I'm going to Japan end July/early August next year. Japan is a country I've always wanted to visit. I'm planning to go to Tokyo and Kyoto.
Does anyone, who's been there, have any advice/tips/what to see and do?
Thanks.
It's been a while now (errm, 35 years actually but seems like yesterday) when I was a navigating officer cadet in the merchant navy. First trip, I was on a ship on the Gulf/Japan run, and we spent two spells of about a month each in Japan. Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya, and a few other ports I can't remember.
I loved Japan. People were very friendly and polite, none of the aggressive selfishness which were obvious in Europe, even back then.
We used to go on cultural trips at company expense to visit ancient Buddhist temples, get blootered on sakhi and sapporo beer, visit the extremely expensive "hostess" bars, then head back to the ship in time for work!
Highlights were the bullet train; seeing the Stranglers live in Osaka; the Sapporo beer hall in Tokyo; noodles; the Motomachi in Yokohama at night; feeling safe wherever you went at any time of the day or night; the Japanese people and their culture.