I’m gonna go to all the cherry blossom (Sakura) spots in Japan. (Challenge)
Getting up at 4AM / 15 Days / $1,000 / solo trip
My Best 5
No.1 Hirosaki Park
No.2 Himeji Castle
No.3 Goryokaku Fort Park
No.4 Miharu Cherry Tree
No.5 Keage Incline
0:00 Depart from Tokyo
0:49 Kumamoto Castle [1st spot] * **
1:55 Sakura-flavored Mont Blanc
2:33 Capsule Hotel (Only $4)
3:48 Japan Rail Pass
4:59 Nishi Park [2nd spot] *
6:39 Kintai-kyo Bridge [3rd spot] *
8:19 Keage Incline (Time Lapse) [4th spot]
8:44 Maruyama Park [5th spot]
9:23 Daigo-ji Temple (World Heritage) [6th spot] *
10:24 Yodo River Park Sewaritei District [7th spot]
10:46 Togetsu-kyo Bridge Arashiyama Mountains [8th spot]
11:15 Sakura-flavored soft-serve ice cream with Sakura mochi
11:34 Path of Bamboo
12:05 Philosopher’s Path [9th spot]
12:19 Kiyomizu-dera Temple night illumination (World Heritage) [10th spot]
13:04 Staying at Manga Cafe in Kyoto ($16)
14:27 Himeji Castle (World Heritage) [11th spot] * **
15:39 Osaka Castle [12th spot] * **
16:39 Hikone Castle and Hikonyan [13th spots]
17:45 Usuzumi-zakura [14th spot] * ***
18:45 City Hotel in Kyoto
19:45 Yoshino Mountains (World Heritage) [15th spot] * ****
20:19 Nara Park and Deer [16th spot] *
20:39 Todai-ji Temple (World Heritage)
20:54 Sukiyaki
21:14 Ninna-ji Temple (World Heritage) [17th spot] *
22:39 Nijo-jo Castle night illumination (World Heritage) [18th spot]
23:27 Kyoto Station graphical illumination
24:38 Takato Castle Ruin Park [19th spot] * ****
25:17 Matsumoto Castle [20th spot]
25:55 I’m home Tokyo
26:08 Kawazu-zakura [21st spot]
26:20 Sakura mochi with cherry blossom petals
27:24 Jindai-sakura Cherry Tree [22nd spot] ***
28:23 Kaba-zakura Cherry Tree [23rd spot]
29:00 Meguro River Tokyo [24th spot]
29:12 Starbucks Reserve Roaster
29:52 Yasukuni Shrine [25th spot]
30:22 Imperial Palace (Chidori-ga-fuchi moat) [26th spot]
30:36 Senso-ji Temple
31:03 Ueno Park [27th spot] *
31:43 Miharu Cherry Tree [28th spot] * ***
33:16 Hirosaki Park & a flurry of petals [29th spot] * ****
35:53 The famous Hanaikada (Time-lapse)
36:12 A duck and Hanaikada (a raft-like chain of fallen petals on the water)
38:14 Mt.Hakodate (one of the World’s Best 3 Night Views)
39:00 Goryokaku Fort Park [30th spot]
40:20 Sakura-flavored Cafe Latte
40:33 Ending (Summary Map)
* Designated as one of Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Viewing Sites
** Designated as one of Japan’s 3 Great Castles
*** Designated as one of Japan’s 3 Great Cherry Trees
**** Designated as one of Japan’s Top 3 Cherry Blossom Viewing Sites
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