more snap shots of Japan

Hakone glass museum

Had my own hot spring bath...yay!


Hot spring cooked egg
Tulips at Tokyo bay

Palatte town ferris wheel view

Tokyo tower



Sushi at Tsukiji markets

More cherry blossoms at imperial palace gardens

Good old ramen... Ate heaps of these

Lights display at Roppongi... Pretty


Was a busy 3 or so weeks exploring.

snap shots of Japan trip

After Okinawa, we travelled to Osaka as a base and travelled by bullet train to close by cities for a day trip....
Kyoto

Hiroshima

Kyoto

Shirakawago

Osaka

Universal studios

White strawberries, never seen them or eaten them till now, gosh they are expensive

Then moved onto Tokyo, stayed here for the rest of the trip.. skytree

Hired a car and did a day trip to Hakone and visited the museums

Saw cherry blossoms on a lovely day

Okinawa

Flew the night before and stayed a Narita hotel

Once we arrived, we collected our car hire and drove to the hotel, walked around Kokusai Dori and it was time for dinner. Had some local cuisines...

They called this sea grapes.. tastes salty

Bitter melon stir fry and pork belly

Tried the okinawan doughnuts

Had an okinawan breakfast

Drove to the aquarium

Sightseeing... Heart rocks

Bitter melon park

Pineapple park

Sesoko beach for sunset


Heaps of driving... I have to say the speed limit is a lot slower here on the road than at home.

Brisbane

The following day I returned from the rock, I was back at the airport bright and early..
Had my usual muffin and tea coz I know I'll end up falling asleep when I get on the plane

Dinner was at a Japanese restaurant, they had a special of seafood pie

View from my room



After 3 days it was Friday and back home in Sydney. Friday night dinner at a Korean bbq place we haven't been too! Gosh they gave us the wrong set! Only realised it when the bill came. Need to pay attention next time.

Kings Canyon

This place was 3hrs drive from Yulara which is where the resort is.

The gradual ascend up..

Looking back mid way up.

Almost there...


Getting higher

Finally at the rim

We didn't do the whole rim walk so didn't walk down to the Garden of Eden, but the guys below did. You could see the water holes, I'm sure it was much cooler than where we were.