Japan: Sushi Land

From February 27th to the 29th Yana, Ananda and I went to Japan for a quick visit. We used a ferry from Busan to Fukukoa and then a bullet train from Fukukoa to Osaka where our hostel was located. The first day was pretty much a travel day. We left Busan around 2pm and arrived in Osaka around 9pm. 7 hours of travel and I slept probably 6 hours of it. To me personally, I have to sleep in order to get myself energetic and alive. This was our first proper meal in Japan and it was delicious but also expensive as we expected because it’s Japan after all. We went to sleep right away because we knew the next day is going to be busy. The next day we woke up around 8am so we could meet up with Kanako, who was Rachel’s friend (Rachel is Ananda’s high school friend from Canada). Kanako was also our tour guide! She spoke great English and translated everything for us. She was wonderful and I don’t think we would have enjoyed our visit without her assistance. 9:30pm we meet up with Kanako and headed straight to Kyoto to check out two temples. The first temple was the “Clean Water Temple” and the second temple was called the “Golden Temple”. Kyoto was a beautiful place to discover Japanese culture and history. We also had Udon for lunch at the Clean Water Temple.



After the temple visits we came back to Osaka. The first thing I wanted to do was head to the Pokemon Center! I dragged my friends there in order to fulfill my childhood dreams of visit a Pokemon Center. I took so many photos here.
All of this excitement got all of us hungry so headed to a sushi restaurant to eat dinner. Sushi was coming from the conveyor belt and it was the cheapest meal we had in Japan and it was the most delicious too! As soon as we were stuffed we knew we had to use the rest of the day to explore more of Osaka so we headed to the famous Umeda Sky Building. The view from the top was great. I could see the entire skyline of Osaka city. Afterwards we just walked the streets of Osaka and did few random things such as taking photos at a photo booth, and ate more Japanese food.

The next day we had to catch the 2pm ferry from Fukukoa to Busan so we once again woke up early and travelled 7 hours to get back home. Japan was a wonderful place and I would like to visit Tokyo and Mt. Fuji in the future but it is quite expensive. The bullet train was a great experience but it was overpriced. The food was delicious and the sushi was wonderful. The people were great and spoke better English than most Koreans. Finally, I would definitely recommend a visit to Japan if you ever get a chance to teach in South Korea.