-:Travel Report:-

-Mastering Japan 2019-

First Trip: 7~23 June 2019

(17 Days Trip)

-:Purpose of Visit:-

Sightseeing and Touristic Visits in Whole Japan

(I Like Japan, It Was My Dream to Visit It! )

-:Focusing Mainly On:-

Museums, Sightseeing

Foods, Sweets, Parks, Zoo,

Malls, Seaside

 Meeting Natives

Meeting New People

Shopping Streets

Japanese Landscape

-:Cities and Places of Interests Visited:-

5 Days Stay in Tokyo:

Tokyo Mosuque Camii in Yoyougi Uehara Stsation

Takeshita Street Shopping(Harajuku Station)

Amu Plaza Tokyo

Tokyo Memorial Museum (Ueno Station)

Ueno Park and Zoo(Monorail Too) (Ueno Station)

Imperial Palace (Garden)

Akihabara (Akihabara Station)

Disneyland (Disney Resort Line)

Tokyo Skytree Tower and Mall + Aquarium.

(Tokyo Skytree Station)

Ginza Street Market(Ginza Station)

Asakusa - Nakamise Shopping Street

Roaming Around Taito

Kyosho Village Shop - Odaiba By Sea(Aomi Station)

Tamiya Shop (Shimbashi Station)

Edo Tokyo Museum

Shinjuku(Shinjuku Station)

Shibuya

1 Day in Saitama (Early Morning):

Roaming around Omiya (Omiya Station)

Railway Museum (Tetsudo Hakubutsukan Station)

Motegi Honda Museum Ibaraki (Cancelled)

Half Day in Yokohama:

China Town + Walk Around (Kannai Station)

Half Day in Kanagawa:

Atsugi City:

2 Hours Walk Around

Kyosho Headquarters Visit

Half Day in Takao:

Enomoto San (Tamiya Shop) 

(Taniya Kuwait Interview As Well)

Walking to Reach Shop from Station(40 Min Walk)

Odawara Station(Transfer)

Odawara Castle(Missed)

1st Shinkansen Ride

Half Day in Shizouka:

Tamiya Headquarters

(Interview with Int. Relation Dept.)

Mount. Fuji View by Shinkansen (Missed)

Short Stay in Nagoya:

1 Picture in Nagoya

20 min Walk Before Going to Kyoto

(Thanks, JR, for Allowing a Short Stay)

Transfer in Maibara(Shiga)

2nd Shinkansen Ride + 2 Local Trains to Arrive to

Kyoto

7 Day Stay in Kyoto:

Fushimi Inari Shrine

Gion Shopping Street(Shijo Station)

Omiya Shopping Street(Omiya Station)

Kawaramatchi Station

Kyoto Imperial Palace(Marutamatchi Station)

Kyoto National Museum (Shichijo Station)

Manga International Museum

Kamogawa River

Karasuma Oike Shopping Street(Karasuma Station)

Walking Around with My Friend Abiru

Kyoto Tower

Kyoto Imperial Palace and Park

1 Hour Stay in Nara:

Supermarket Check

Walking Around Nearby (Nara JR Station)

Stayed in Osaka for 20 Min(Thanks JR)

Half Day Stay in Kobe:

Visited China Town(Kobe)

K Computer (K Computer Mae Station)

Kobe Animal Kingdom Zoo

Kobe Tower

Kobe Port

Sannonomiya Station

3 Hours Stay in Himeji:

Himeji Castle

Himeji Shopping Centre

1 Hour Walking and Entering Shops...

Hachioji Station

5 Hours Stay in Okayama:

Okayama Korakuen

Okayama Aeon Mall

Okayama Castle

Walking Around the City

1 Day Stay in Osaka:

Legoland (Missed) (Osakako station)

 Universal Studios (Sakurajima station)

Universal Studios 9:30PM

(Last 30 minutes of closure)

Osaka Castle

Osaka NHK building

Osaka Museum of History

Q's Mall

Osaka Earthquake Experience

Missed Flight to Kuwait Next day!

1 Day Stay in Wakayama:

(Last Day Spent)

Wakayama Castle

Walking Around the City

Entering Shops Around the Streets to Castle

Wakayama Station 

Wakayama Aeon Mall

Cat Station Master (Kishi Station) (Missed)

(Got lost in Countryside for 30 minutes)

Wakayama Marina

Wakayama Amusement Park

Second Trip: 16 ~ 22 December 2019

(6 Days Trip)

6 Days Stay in Fukuoka:

Tenjin Shopping Street

Nakasu Kawabata Shopping Street

Fukuoka Canal Mall

Hakata Station

Amu Plaza

Tenjin Underground Shopping Centre

HKT48 Theatre

Tenjin Minami

Japanese Massage

Ohori Park

Fukuoka Chirstmas Market

Marine Messe Exhibitions (Fukuoka Motor Show)

1 Day in Hiroshima:

7 Hours Bus Ride from Fukuoka (Night Trip):

(10pm Depart and 5am Arrival time)

Hiroshima Castle

Memorial Hall

Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Museum

Peace Memorial Park

*Visited Hiroshima Bomb Museum to Compare it

 with Nagasaki Bomb Museum which I visited in

2017

1 Day in Kokura:

Meeting My Friend(Toshio Hihara)

Kokura Castle

Riverwalk Kitakyushu Mall

Shopping Street

1 Day in Beppu (Oita):

Jigoku Hell Onsen Tour

4 hours Onsen Time (5 Types of Onsen)

Missed the Train Back to Fukuoka

Slept a Day in Beppu

-:Major Hotels:-

Asakusa Central Hotel(Tokyo)

Nest Hotel(Kyoto)

StayTenjin(Fukuoka)

(Apartment)

-:My Trip Records:-

 (Never Done in Any Country Visited)

Longest Trip Travelled

Travelled more than 700km around

Japan alone

More than 3000 Photos and

 Videos taken

(That’s more than 50 GB)

K Computer Visit Before Decommission

(Once Largest and Fastest)

(Data Center in the World )

(Decommissioned in 15 August 2019)

Trip Plan Took 2 Months to Make

 Montage Took 11 Months to Make

-: Cities With City Subway Systems:-

(Except JR Trains)

Tokyo(Metro and Monorail and Tram)

Yokohama(Liner)

Kanagawa

Nagoya(Metro and Maglev Liner)

Kyoto(Metro and Tram)

Osaka(Metro and Monorail and Tram)

Kobe(Metro and Portlier)

Fukuoka

Oita(Tram)

Beppu(Bus)

Shizouka(Bus)

Wakayama(Bus)

Nara(Bus)

Takao(Bus)

Kokura(Bus)

Omura(Bus)

Saga(Bus)

Shiga(Bus)

Odawara(Bus)

Himeji(Bus)

Hachioji(Monorail)

Kitakyushu(Monorail)

Hiroshima(Tram Light Rail System and Liner)

Okayama(Tram Light Rail System)

Saitama(New Shuttle Train)

Nagasaki(Tram)

-:Restaurants and Food:-

Japanese Sea Food, Noodles Sea Food, and Sushi

(Water Cooked Food, Non-Alcoholic)

No Pork, No Chicken, No Beef for 17 Days!

 -:Prefectures Travelled in Japan:-

(Region and its Respected Cities)

Kanto Prefecture:

Tokyo

Saitama

Kanagawa

Yokohama

Odawara(Transfer)

Kansai Prefecture:

 Shiga(Transfer at Maibara)

Kyoto

Osaka

Hyogo(Himeji)

Nara

 Wakayama

Chugoku Prefecture:

 Okayama

Hiroshima

Chubu Prefecture:

Shizuoka

Nagoya

Kyushu Prefecture:

Fukuoka(2017,2019)

Saga(2017)

Omura(2017)

Nagasaki(2017)

Oita

Beppu

Kokura

Kitakyushu

                 Kumamoto(Cancelled)

Except: (Shikoku, Hokkaido) Prefectures

-:Trip Planned by Using:-

Road2Rio.com

Google Maps

Trip Advisor

Google.com

-:Cancelled Regions:-

(Ehime Prefecture)

Matsuyama(City)

Yawatahama(City)

-:Transportation Used:-

Google Maps (GPS)

(Walking Blue Dot)

Metro

Train

Tram

 SkyTrain(Portlier Kobe)

Monorail(In Tokyo Zoo)

Buses

(Not All Major Cities Have Metro)

Walking for Hours

Help and Suggestions from Native Japanese

(Girls and Boys)

-:All Thanks To:-

All Japanese People who Made This Trip Happen

and Helped Me Out

(School Girls and Boys Across Japan)

My Japanese Friends(Met)

Abiru(Kyoto) and Mr. Toshio Hihara(Kokura)

New Friends Met

Marc (From Fukuoka to Hiroshima by bus)

Roberto (From Himeji to Okayama)

JR Railway Company of Japan

(without them Trip won't have happen)

All the Ticketing Officers

Who Gave Suggestions

All JR Station Staff Around Japan

Maidreamin Cafe(Akihabara)

HKT48 Theatre(Fukuoka)

AKB48 Shop Staff(Tokyo)

Nogizaka46 (Sing Out! - Near Debut)

(Reminds me of Kyoto and Tokyo)

Tamiya(Shizouka) Staff

(Iinterview)

Super GT Raybrig Honda NSX 2006

Kyosho Headquarters(Atsugi city) Staff

(Interview)

Mitsubishi Electric(Shizouka)

SEGA (Across Japan)

TV Tokyo(Shizouka)

(Interview)

NHK Staff(Osaka)

Nintendo Headquarters(Kyoto)

(Walking & Chatting With)

 (Nintendo Secretary Staff)

Railway Museum Staff(Saitama)

Animate(Across Japan)

Best Denki Electronics Staff(Fukuoka)

-:Mobile Network Operators in Japan:-

SoftBank

Docomo

Donkihote Shop(Across Japan)

BicCamera Electronics(Across Japan)

Disneyland Staff(Tokyo)

Universal Staff(Osaka)

(Hot Spots)

Starbucks Japan

(For Allowing to Charge My Phone And use Wifi)

Macdonalds Japan

(For Allowing to Charge My Phone And use Wifi) 

All Japanese Castle

(Guiding Staff)

Hotels.com

Kuwait Airways

Staff Travel

(For the Last ZED Fare Staff Ticket)

Qatar Airways

(Kuwait to Tokyo by ZED Fare Ticket)

Emirates Airlines

(Osaka to Kuwait)

Air Asia X Airlines (December Trip)

(Thailand to Fukuoka)

-:Fukuoka Motor Show Staff 2019:-

Staff of Japanese Car Makers:

Honda Motors

(Allowing Me to Enter Honda NSX)

Nissan Motors

(Allowing Me to Enter Nissan GTR)

(Interview)

Subaru Motors

BRZ(GT300 Class Super GT Car)

Impreza (Final Edition)

Daijatsu Motors

(Interview)

Toyota Motors

(Kyosho Rc Car on their Display)

Kuwait STC Sim Card

(Roaming on SoftBank Japan Network)

Family Mart

7eleven

NBK Kuwait

-:Camera Used:-

Samsung Note 8

Few Places Couldn't Be Shot Cause of Empty

Phone Battery Did Not Carry Powerbank in This

Trip

-:Favorite City:-

Fukuoka

 (Like My Second Hometown in Japan!)

-:Montage:-

April 2020

Thank You for Watching!

ありがとうございます❣

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