Japan Honeymoon Tour Review: Osaka, Kyoto, Snow Monkeys, Shopping, Local Cuisine

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Joshua Z.

5.27.2019

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Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

Japan

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

We used Zicasso for our honeymoon trip and it was also our first time in Japan travelling (only have been to the airport a couple times for transfers). The travel company that we got matched up with was really good. We had a first call and after that we were emailing back and forth to finalize our trip. They planned out all the accomodations, transportation (JR Rail Pass), pocket wifi, prepaid card for the public transit (Icoca) and gave us suggestions on what to do at each place. They even helped reserve some of the restaurants that we wanted to go too, I believe this is difficult to do for foreigners unless you can speak Japanese or use a paid service online. Overall, I am satisfied with the service they provided me.
We were in Japan for 18 days and went to a lot of different places. We really enjoyed the different cities that we went too. Even with 18 days, we still felt that it was not enough and we really wanted to spend more time there. The accomodations were at great locations and close to major transportation lines. The 2 ryokans that we stayed at were beautiful. Most of the trip we were alone and did not use a tour guide but the person who picked us up at Haneda airport, tour guide in Kyoto, as well as our tour guide in Osaka were all really great people!

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

The most memorable and enjoyable part of the trip for us was eating Kobe Beef at a restaurant that the travel company reserved. The beef was amazing and the chef as well as his mother were wonderful! We even got a picture with the chef! Definitely should go there if you want to eat Kobe Beef. The price is also very reasonable!
Another memorable thing was our trip to the Jigokudani Monkey Park to see the snow monkeys. We went there a bit late in the afternoon and had to walk up a snowy mountain for 40 minutes. When we reached, at first the person at the ticket counter told us that all the monkeys had gone away but after calling some people at the man made monkey onsen (hot spring bath) we were told we can go. Apparently, the people put out a lot of food for the monkeys so that they came back down for a while. We finally got to see some of the monkeys and took a lot of pictures.
Also, as a fan of anime and Gundam I enjoyed shopping for all the toy figures in Akihabara (way cheaper then if you buy from Canada) and also taking pictures with the real life sized Unicorn Gundam at Odaiba City.
We also reserved a dinner at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo (really expensive but its a once in a lifetime experience). We really enjoyed our dinner and while we were there I believe the owner gave us some copies of newspaper articles of the famous people that went to that restaurant (Barrack Obama and Tom Cruise were a couple of the people in the list).

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

We went there during the Golden Week (also it was the longest Golden Week for Japan, 10 days total) so it was really busy when we were taking the Shinkansen. Also, a lot of the tourist attractions were really crowded and it made queue times extremely long. When we bought the plane tickets we did not know this as we just booked the flights which was right after our wedding. Next time we will definitely pick a time when it is not during Golden Week.

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