Coming back from a trip to Japan 2023/Carlos Pueblo
Last Friday afternoon, we were coming back from Japan after 3 weeks cherry blossom tour around the nation. I was sick due to the fatigue and cold infection; however, it would not affecting my exciting of the trip. This trip is one of my many trips to Japan in my life time and is the best of all and I shall describe it to you.
We landed in Tokyo Narita Airport on March 25. It took several hours to go through the entrance procedure which was due to the overwhelming tourists and the Wuhan corona protocol, an internet verification for all passengers. After the immigration exit, I ran into another long line to get our Japan Rail Pass. Unfortunately, our paid reservation was passing three months limit and we had to purchase two new one in order to continue our journey.
We made it to Shinakawa station in order to get on a night train to Osaka. Upon arriving Shin-Osaka station, we were lucky to ask a right person who took us to two local trains to our hotel at Fukushima, Osaka. We were so appreciated of her kindness and treat her to a fancy lunch on the next day at a nice grill eel restaurant. She is a pretty young girl who makes two trip to Tokyo in a month for her business. We were on the same bullet train that night.
We stayed in Osaka for the first week. Five years ago, Amy and I visited Osaka together; therefore, this visit was the second time for us to Osaka together. I took her to Osaka Castle, Kiyomizu dera in Kyoto, Himeji Castle, Okayama Castle, and Fukuyama Castle. The next week, we were in Fukuoka/Hakata and we visited Kokura Castle, Mazumoto Castle, Kagosima city, and Hiroshima Castle and the peace garden. The final week, we were at Akita on the north west part of Honshu Island. We made a 6 hours costal line train tour from Akita to Aomori, we visited the Hirosaki Castle at Aomori, We went back to Aomori by the bullet train on the next day, we visit Sendai and the Tohoku University, and we stay two days at Akita to participate the Cherry Blossom Festival.
Japan is very beautiful especially during the cherry blossom season. We can see the blossom all over the country from the south to the north.
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