Japan On Land - Oct 2017


There were 3 parts to this trip: Part 1 - Vancouver to Japan, Part 2 - Japan Explorer and finally Part 3 - Japan on Land (this part) - covering the 6 nights we spent on land after the 2 cruises.

This is the third of 3 parts. Our Transpacific from Vancouver, BC to Yokohama, Japan began this adventure, then the second leg of our trip is about our experiences on the Japan Explorer 11-night cruise aboard Celebrity Millenium. Then for this leg of the trip, after 26 days on the back-to-back cruises, we ventured off on our own, first to Kyoto for a few nights, then to Tokyo for a few nights before heading back to Vancouver. With just 2 cities to visit, the packing, unpacking and schlepping luggage wasn't much of an issue. In fact, once we disembarked from the ship, we dropped our bigger suitcases at a delivery service to have them delivered to our hotel in Tokyo while we used smaller backpacks for our trip to Kyoto. This worked very well, and made finding our way in these 2 cities much easier.

The links below will take you to each of our days in Kyoto and Tokyo with the exception of travel days spent finding our way and getting settled in to our new locale.



The Sensoji Buddhist Temple in Tokyo, Japan.