3+ Hours Of Japan Madness! (w/Mrs. DoggMD and the ZPupps)

Come along a a virtual Japan adventure as I walk you through our 2 week trip to the “Land of the Rising Sun.”

To get the most 3+ hour dad story awesomeness out of this video, consider watching it on a larger screen, such as a computer or TV 🙌

Topics & Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

2:42 Tokyo: Keio Plaza hotel, Shinjuku, culture shock

8:28 Meiji Shrine

12:46 Tokyo: amazing meal in Ginza

21:00 Ginza Itoya Stationary Store

23:31 Shinjuku Chuo Park and Shrine: The urban meets the sacred

28:45 JAPANESE TOILETS 🔥💩🔥

31:22 Hakone/Gora: train to volcanic hot springs town, steepest rail in the world

34:53 Hakone Sky car over sulfuric steam vents, volcanic crater, PIRATE SHIP!

39:48 Hakone Ryokan (Inn) Gora Kadan, hot spring baths, AMAZING meals

57:04 To Kyoto via bullet train! And NO TRASH CANS 😳

1:02:06 Kyoto train station ramen and ACE hotel Japanese breakfast

1:05:04 Kyoto Bamboo Forest

1:07:33 Climbing to Monkey Park! (Arashiyama)

1:14:45 Kushikura restaurant Kyoto: yakitori

1:16:57 Kyoto Shogun Palace: Motorikyu Nijo Castle

1:18:18 Kyoto Covered Shopping Districts, Family Mart and 7-11

1:19:32 Zen Temple Kyoto: Nanzen-ji

1:25:52 Kyoto Omen Udon Restaurant, matcha ice cream, city at night

1:29:24 Urban Kyoto Pigeon Shrine!

1:30:13 Nishiki Fish Market Kyoto

1:31:37 Part 2: Inari shrine, the red gates, and fox kitsune

1:43:02 Kyoto downtown Gion Festival, Yakisoba & Okonomiyaki restaurant

1:48:53 Nara: sacred (and BITEY) deer and massive buddhas in Todai-ji

1:55:45 Gion festival and amazing Sushi!

2:04:42 Bullet Train, Osaka to Koyasan mountain monastery

2:08:30 Amazing lunch in Koyasan, Shojoshin Monastery

2:11:26 Monk Food! Vegetarian dinner in the ryokan-monastery

2:13:55 Okonuin Cemetery stillness in motion 

2:30:47 Cable Car and train to Osaka!

2:32:05 Sushi in Osaka, puffer fish! Uoshin Minami 

2:35:33 Swissotel Osaka

2:36:40 Osaka Castle, pancakes at Gram, Umeda Sky Building and observatory

2:44:26 Kura Conveyer Belt Sushi, Osaka! & Fish Market

2:48:00 Osaka Fake Food! Nighttime, Sunset

2:50:06 Tokyo Part 2: Sushi @ Tsukiji Fish Market, matcha, Takoyaki (octopus balls)!

2:54:12 Hibiya-Ginza Night Wander

2:57:25 Imperial Hotel & Breakfast

2:57:40  TeamLab TOKYO! 

3:06:48 Italian Food Tokyo Ginza (Cafe La Boheme): and nighttime festival Hibiya

3:09:06 Last Day: Asakusa (Old Tokyo) & shrines

3:14:53 LAST MEAL! SUSHI! Itamae Sushi Ginza