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West Hollywood Airbnb (W/D)
General Notes and Codes
No location
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07:35 West Hollywood Airbnb (W/D) (check out)
08:15 Parking AC Marriott
10:35 →
Zipair LAX to Tokyo (Jen, Ben, Gabe, & Alex) - ZG023
15:40 →
Zipair San Jose to Tokyo (Samantha)
14:00 →
Ninja Wifi Pickup
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14:25 Zipair LAX to Tokyo (Jen, Ben, Gabe, & Alex) - ZG023 (arrive)
14:30 TA-Q-BIN Luggage forwarding
16:00 →
AirBnb - Shibuya City (W/D)
18:00 Bellwood (Jen & Ben)
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19:00 Zipair San Jose to Tokyo (Samantha) (arrive)
19:30 Sushi Ginza Onodera Musuko Shibuya branch
08:00 7-Eleven Shibuya Hatagaya Station Square
09:00 →
12:30 Tsukiji-Tokyo Omakase Sushi Class after market tour (Airbnb Experience)
13:30 Shibuya Tokyu Food Show (picnic bento boxes)
14:00 Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (picnic for cherry blossoms)
16:45 :
Fuglen Tokyo
No location
08:00 Cafe Tsumugi at Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple
10:00 Ekiben-ya Bento Boxes Tokyto Station (Jen Alex Gabe)
10:00 Harajuku Shopping District
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11:00 AirBnb - Shibuya City (W/D) (check out)
11:00 →
Odawara rental car Alamo (Jen Alex Gabe)
11:00 Tsukiji Shutoku Ganso? (Ben & Sam)
12:30 Hanoke Ropeway (Jen Alex Gabe) eat Bento boxes on the hike
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First Cabin Atagoyama (Ben & Sam) (W/D)
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18:30 Hakone Hot Springs Park (Jen Alex Gabe)
16:00 Hyatt Hakone (Jen Alex Gabe)
21:30 Yoroniku (Ben & Sam)
09:00 Hakone Garasunomori - Venetian Glass museum
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10:00 First Cabin Atagoyama (Ben & Sam) (W/D) (check out)
10:30 →
12:40 Samurai Restaurant Time (Ben & Sam)
13:00 Ekibenya Matsuri (Ben & Sam)
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14:00 Odawara rental car Alamo (Jen Alex Gabe) (arrive)
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16:15 Shinkansen Tokyo to Kyoto (Ben & Samantha)
14:02 Odawara to Kyoto Station Jen, Alex, Gabe 2:07pm arrive at 4
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Kyoto Airbnb (Washer in unit/Dryer in building)
17:30 Ippodo Tea Kyoto Main Store
19:00 Sushi no Musashi Sanjo Honten - Revolving sushi
05:00 Fushimi Inari Shrine
11:00 Micasadeco & Cafe Kyoto - matcha pancake place
13:00 Fukujuen Kyoto Main Store - Matcha
06:00 bus to Arashiyama Bamboo Grove - 50 minute bus ride
07:00 Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
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11:00 Kyoto Airbnb (Washer in unit/Dryer in building) (check out)
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16:38 Kyoto to Kanazawa
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16:20 Alex and Gabe train ticket
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Alex and Gabe Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport
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Miwa's Airbnb Kanazawa (W/D)
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08:00 Alex and Gabe Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport (check out)
10:00 Gyokusenin Maru Garden & Kenrokuen Garden
10:50 →
09:40 Asiana Airlines Osaka to LAX (Gabe & Alex)
14:30 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
18:00 Kanazawa Nanahoshi Curry (Veg. options)
Parking AC Marriott (arrive)
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11:00 Miwa's Airbnb Kanazawa (W/D) (check out)
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14:09 Kanazawa to Kyoto Station
14:00 →
Yunohana Resort Suisen
14:09 →
15:15 Taxi Kyoto Station to Yunohana Resort Suisen
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11:00 Yunohana Resort Suisen (check out)
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14:20 Kyoto to Kansai Airport (Samantha)
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14:48 Train Kyoto to Nakatsugawa Station (via Nagoya Station) (BEN and Jen)
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17:00 Bus or hike from Nakatsugawa Station to Magome Airbnb (2 hour and 7 minute hike or 30 minute bus)
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Sakanomichi - Magome (Nakasendo Trail)
17:00 →
16:00 Asiana Oasaka to LAX (Samantha)
17:00 Magome Tourist Info Center (8:30 am - 5 pm) (WS)
18:10 Magome Observatory (amazing sunsets)
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23:32 United LAX to SLO (Samantha)
ATM for Hotels: 61,000 ¥
No location
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10:00 Sakanomichi - Magome (Nakasendo Trail) (check out)
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15:50 Magome to Tsumago to Nagiso to Junikani (Nakasendo Trail)
Ichikokutochi Tateba Chaya (Tea house) (WS)
Nagiso Station Tourist Information Center (WS)
Tsumago Tourist Info Center (WS)
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10:00 Hoteiya (check out)
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11:30 Hoteiya (Junikane) to Nojiri
15:00 →
Onyado Tsutaya Hotel in Kiso
19:00 Tofu Cuisine Wakoya
Agematsu Town Tourist Information Center (WS?)
Kiso-Fukushima Station Tourist Info Center (WS)
Nojiri Station Okuwa Village (WS)
Yamato-ya in Suhara-juru (WS)
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10:00 Onyado Tsutaya Hotel in Kiso (check out)
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11:30 Yabuhara to Narai
Chopstick making workshop https://tokimeguri.jp/guide/making-hinoki-chopsticks/
Fukushima Checkpoint Site (WS)
Hirokoji Plaza Tourist Information Center / Homaruya (9:30 am - 5 pm) (WS)
Minshuku Shimada - Narai-juku (Nakasendo Trail)
Miyagawa Shikkiten Miyagawa Family History Museum (WS)
Narai-juku Tourist Information Center (WS)
Yamamura Daikan Yashiki Museum (8:30 - 4:30 pm) (WS)
Yoshinaka Yakata Museum in Miyanokoshi (10 am - 5 pm) (WS)
11:26 →
11:51 Train Narai to SHIOJIRI (need to buy this ticket) (note - heading away from Kyoto for 15 minutes)
12:03 →
14:44 Train SHIOJIRI to Kyoto (Shinano 10, transfer in Nagoya to the Nozomi 33)
Minshuku Shimada - Narai-juku (Nakasendo Trail) (check out)
11:30 151st Miyako Odori 2025
Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera - Kyoto
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07:47 Kyoto to Kansai
08:00 :
Ninja Wifi Pickup (end)
No location
10:50 →
09:50 Asiana Osaka to LAX (Jen and Ben)
No Date Specified
Alex's list: Alex priority; (1) walk in nature & see a shrine, (2) try good matcha and buy a tin, (3) grocery store, Gabe: (1) bullet train, (2) revolving sushi, (3) cherry blossem picnic Jen: (1) cherry blossem picnic with cute food, (2) hike and hot springs, (3) eat really good sushi but choose my own, (extra: buy a silk robe)
No location
Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum
Heiwa Doburoku Brewery Kabutocho
Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route
Kyoto Katsuriki - Tonkasu
luggage transfer service for the Post Road trial
Mimikou - Udon with Vegetarian options
Myoshin-ji oldest working bell in the world
Nakamura Tokichi Shijio Matcha Cafe & Store
Nihonbashi Nigiyakani Sushi 1
Nomura-ke Samurai Heritage Residence
Oedo Antique Market (Future)
Ozawa sake brewery (Future)
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum (Future)
Teppanyaki Okonomiyaki Fue
Tokyo National Museum (Future)
Yabuhara (Nakasendo Trail)
yunessun - Hakone region kitchy hot springs water park - look up reviews