Activities
This technically constitutes a bucket list for our adventures in Japan. Black bullets mean we finished this goal and open bullets are to-be-done items. So within the months between October 2016 and September 2017 we need to …
- Hiking in Japan
- hike to Mount Rokko
- hike to Mount Maya
- Sightseeing in Kobe/Hyogo
- visit Himeji Castle (once more?)
- visit K Computer
- visit Kitano-cho
- visit Oji Zoo
- visit Ikuta Shrine
- visit Nunobiki Falls
- visit Nunobiki Herb Garden (in spring)
- visit an Onsen (hot spring, most likely Arimaonsen)
- visit Nankin-machi (Chinatown) [sadly not on 28th of January 2017]
- visit Venus Bridge, Kobe City hall observation deck or Kobe Port Tower at night
- visit Awaji island (including Akashi Kaikyo Bridge)
- visit Kobe Animal Kingdom
- ride Mosaic Ferris Wheel at night
- visit Kobe City Suma Marine Aquarium
- visit Kobe Science Museum
- visit Azur Maiko Beach Resort
- Food in Japan
- eating at modernark (Kobe)
- eating at mumokuteki (Kyoto)
- eat Okinomyaki in Kobe
- eating at Falafel Garden (reopening on 28th of April, Kyoto)
- eating at Afuri Ebisu (Tokyo)
- eating at Art Cafe ELK (Hiroshima)
- eating at T's Tantan (Tokyo)
- Sightseeing in Nara
- visit Nara Park and Tōdai-ji
- Kōfuku-ji
- Kasuga Shrine
- Sightseeing in Osaka
- Visit the Osaka Tsutenkaku Tower
- Visit Universal Studio Japan (USJ) [decision: no]
- Visit Tenjin festival (24./25. July) [missed]
- Sightseeing in Kyoto
- visit Ginkaku-ji
- visit the Imperial Palace
- visit Kinkaku-ji
- visit Gion festival
- Sightseeing in Tokyo/Kanto
- visit Shibuyia
- visit 合気道本部道場? 17-18 Wakamatsuchō, 新宿区 Shinjuku-ku, Tōkyō-to 162-0056, Japan
- visit a virtual reality arcade [missed to booked early enough]
- VR Park Tokyo, 3200¥
- VR Zone Shinjuku, 4400¥, with reservation
- hiking on Fujisan [decision: no]
- Sightseeing outside Kanto and Kansai
- visit Ōkunoshima (rabbit island)?
- look at Mount Inasa paranomic view
- visit Hokkaido? [decision: no, not in 2017]
- visit Okinawa? [decision: no, not in 2017]
- Miscellaneous
- take a photo of our residence as displayed in Google Street View
- attend a class which is entirely held in Japanese
- ask a Japanese to try Austrian sweets
- make a trip with Shinkansen (bullet train)
- receive the 4th Aikido kyu in Japan
- visit Kyoto with Aikido friends
- visit a baseball game
- sleep in a capsule hotel
- drive a left-sided car on our own (esp. Martina's wish)
- visit a manga shop
- visit a Neko cafe
- buy a Detective Conan manga in Japanese (Lukas' wish)
August-specific TODO list
- 2 days Kyoto
- 3 days Hiroshima [done]
- Visit Chris and Kaori-sensei [done as much as possible]
- 1 day Nara [done]
- Visit Kei at Kyushyu Island? [decision: no]
- Visit meetup Kobe?
- Visit PyData Osaka?
- Visit all parts of Kobe University
- Visit Sannomiya bag shop