This was our third DIY trip in Japan and it was also our longest trip (19 days). Our first trip was about autumn leaves, second trip on summer festivals and flowers. As for this third trip we focused on the spring effect. Many…
Day 19: Leaving Japan
Going Home We left our hotel at about 7.00 am and took 15 minutes to arrive at Toyota car rental outlet outside Fukuoka Domestic airport, the drive was only 5 km. We wanted to return our car early unfortunately the car rental…
Day 18 : Iwakuni Bridge & Fukuoka
Plan for the day Our plan was to drive all the way from Hiroshima to Fukuoka today. The entire journey would be about 300 km and even if we did not stop anywhere it would take us 4 hours to reach Fukuoka. We planned for…
Day 17: Izumo Taisha & Hiroshima
Plan for the day In the morning we would be driving westward to Izumo Taisha and in the afternoon we would be driving southward to Hiroshima. At Hiroshima we would be visiting the A-bomb Dome and Hiroshima Castle. It was a relaxing…
Day 16: Tottori & Lake Shinji
Plan for the day In the morning we would drive up to Tottori, in Tottori we had two sightseeing destinations the Uradome Coast and the sand dunes. Sometimes in the late afternoon we would move forward to Lake Shinji (at…
Day 15: Kayabuki no Sato & Amanohashidate
Plan for the day In the morning we would be visiting Kayabuki no Sato (thatched roof village), in the afternoon we would drive to Amanohashidate and visit one of Japanese top three sights. For the night we would be staying at Miyazu…
Day 13 & 14 : Mount Komagatake
Plan for the day 13 Our plan was to go up Mount Komagatake and spend a night at Hotel Senjojiki which was located at Senjojiki Cirque at 2,612 metres above sea level. To go up to Mount Komagatake we had to…
Day 12: Shiraito Falls & Karuizawa Stone Church
Plan for the day Last evening while reviewing our next day itinerary we made some changes. In our original plan we had an optional item which was a second visit to Ashikaga Flower Park in the morning. This was dropped as…
Day 11: Hitachi Seaside Park and Ashikaga Flower Park
Plan for the day Our plan was to visit Hitachi Seaside Park in the morning and to visit Ashikaga Flower Park in the late afternoon. As for the night we would stay in Ashikaga city. Both flower parks were very…
Day 10: Fukiware Falls, Kegon Falls and Nikko Shrine
Plan for the day We had planned to visit two waterfalls, a tree and a shrine today. In the morning we would drive to Fukiware Falls a wide waterfall, then in the afternoon we would proceed to Kegon Falls, a…
Day 9 : Snow Corridor
Plan for the day In the morning we planned to drive to Ogizawa Station to start our Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. We would not traverse the entire route but to go as far as the snow corridor and then return.…
Day 8: Lake Motosu & Shibuzakura Festival
Plan for the day Our plan was to see sun rise over Mt Fuji and Lake Motosu. For the later part of the morning we would drive south to Fuji Shibuzakura garden (yes the same place we passed the day before).…
Day 7: Hamamatsu Kite Festival & Lake Motosu
Plan for the day The plan for today was to spend most of the day at the Hamamatsu kite festival. Sometimes in the mid afternoon we would drive north to Lake Motosu (one of the five lakes at the base…
Day 6: Ise Jingu, Hamamatsu Kite Festival and Gion Matsuri
Plan for the day The plan for today was to go all the way to Hamamatsu city. Rather than to drive all the way, we opted to travel a section of the journey on a car ferry. This would reduce the need…
Day 5: Kumano Nichi Taisha
Route for the day Today we had two destinations. The first was Nachi Fall & Nachi Taisha, the second was a repeat of senmaida sunset viewing. For this second sunset viewing we decided to trek up to the high-view-point. Our hotel…
Day 4: Todai-ji & Senmaida
Route for the day Today we had two sightseeing destinations. From our hotel in Kobe we would drive eastward to our first sightseeing destination which was a famous Buddhist temple,Todai-ji, then we would drive south to Maruyama to our second…
Day 3: Mt Washu, Naruto Bridge, Himeji Castle
Plan for the day Today we had a few destinations to visit. They were: Mt Washu Uzu no Michi Himeji Castle La Shomon before ending up at our hotel Toyoko Inn Kobe. By the end of the day, we managed to…
Day 2: Miyajima, Itsukushima Shrine
Plan for the day Last evening as we reviewed our itinerary for the next day we made some changes. We decided to stay longer in Miyajima. Instead of leaving at 2 pm, we decided to stay for another sunset at…
Day 1: Kawachi Fuji Garden & Miyajima
Our Plan for the Day We had planned to visit two destinations today. The first was Kawachi Wisteria Garden and the 2nd was Miyajima. Our target was to be at Miyajima before sunset which I already found out would be at 7.00pm.…
Flying Direct Singapore to Fukuoka
Checking-in It was a past midnight flight and take off was scheduled at 1.20 am. Yat Thong and I were at Singapore Terminal 2 about 2.5 hours before flight time. We checked in our luggage and picked up our boarding passes at the SIA…