Tokyo is known for having some amazing bars and after my trip last year to Singapore where I visited a few of the world's top bars according to the list of the World's 50 Best Bars and had a great time and a lot of new experiences, I wanted to try at least one of …
Month: March 2018
Tokyo: Day Trip to See Cherry Blossoms
On my second day in Tokyo, I scheduled a day trip to Mount Matsuda through Viator to see early blossoming cherry blossoms or sakura. The trip I booked can be found here and was actually operated by H.I.S.. This trip included going to Mount Matsuda to see the early blooming cherry blossoms, a buffet lunch, …
Attending a Vacation Club Presentation
THE PRELUDE About a month ago, I attended the Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show at the LA Convention Center in Downtown. While there, a friend and I wound up at the Wyndham Vacation Ownership booth (or I should say we wound up at one of many of their booths there that day). When you're …
Tokyo: Sushi
The reason I love going to Tokyo is really the inexpensive but still amazing tasting sushi. Originally on this trip I wanted to go to a sushi omakase but due to certain things we ended up not reserving one and I don't regret it one bit because even though we went to more affordable places, …
Tokyo: Snoopy Museum
If you read my last post about the Ghibli Museum, I did mention that I went to two museums that first full day in Tokyo and the second museum was the Snoopy Museum in Roppongi. The friend I was traveling with is a huge Snoopy friend which is why we decided to go but I …
Tokyo: Ghibli Museum
On our first full day in Tokyo, we went to two museums: the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka and the Snoopy Museum in Roppongi. My friend is a big fan of both and hadn't made it to either museum on her previous trips so we decided to go on this trip. In this post, I'll talk …
Tokyo: Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku
So, for my Tokyo & Seoul trip, I'm going to break it down in various posts, from the hotels, the flights and the various activities. To begin with, I wanted to start with my first hotel in Tokyo. THE BOOKING At the recommendation of friends, I decided to book a twin room at the Hotel …
How a Direct Flight turns into a 2-stop Flight
Before I share about my trip, I wanted to share my father's trip (flights) back to Taipei, Taiwan because it was so much more interesting than my direct flight to Tokyo. His trip started a day before mine and his itinerary to Taipei was supposed to be Charlotte, NC --> Los Angeles, CA --> Hong …
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Tokyo & Seoul Updates Coming Soon!
I just touched down in Los Angeles about 4 hours ago and obviously I did not post during the trip. I don't really love typing via an iPad so unfortunately the motivation was not there but now that I'm back I hope to write a few posts in the next week or two about portions …
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