2025 Japan Cruise on the
Celebrity Millennium
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Notes for Tokyo (Yokohama)
- Off ship by 7:45am
- Met tour guide from Shore Excursions Group
- Byung Byung Tours for "Historical Tokyo" with Korean Park
- We were only ones on tour
- Tour was actually of neighborhoods of Ota and Kamata
- Toured:
- Ikegami Honmonji Temple and Cemetery
- Ikegami Baien Plum Tree Gardens adjacent to Temple
- Neighborhood shopping covered mall district
- Purchased snacks
- Went into grocery stores
- Lunch at Kamata Station
- Soba noodles
- Toured shopping mall
- Grocery stores and bakeries
- Anamori Inari-jinja Shrine
- Back on ship by 2:30pm
- Computer work to pay Medicare premium
- Dinner in MDR
- Watched Survivor
Notes for Cruising
- Rough seas all day
- Bfast and lunch in room
- Dinner MDR
Notes for Kobe
- "Best of Kyoto in a Day" tour
- 2 hour drive to Kyoto
- Nijo-Jo Castle
- Removed shoes
- Samurai Castle
- Kinkakuji Temple AKA Golden Pavilion
- Arashiyama
- Japanese lunch
- Bamboo forest
- Bought rice crackers
- 2 hour drive to ship
- Late return after 7pm
Notes for Kyoto (Osaka)
- 9:30am tour: "Kyoto by Shinkansen with lunch"
- Late start and traffic
- Missed first train
- Put on second train but no reserved seats so had to stand for 20 minute ride
- Couldn"t see anything out of windows
- Got on bus
- Golden Pavilion again so did not tour it
- Japanese lunch at hotel resort
- Temple at Kiyomizu
- Too crowded to walk up street to temple in time so stayed in shopping area
- Had a pork bun and ice cream
- Then to Gion & Rinkacho to walk the "Geisha" restaurant streets.
- Back to ship late again. 7:45pm
Notes for Kyoto (Osaka)
- 8:45am tour "Osaka Castle and Dotonbori District"
- Osaka Castle
- Stairs to 8th floor observation walk
- Dotonbori District
- Crazy crowded
- Starbucks for snack and toilets
Notes for Hiroshima
- Arrived in Hiroshima at 1pm
- 1:45pm tour: "Peace Memorial Park and Museum"
- Walked park grounds
- Museum dangerously overcrowded so didn't see any exhibits
- Back to ship by 6pm
Notes for Nagasaki
- 9:30am tour: Nagasaki Memorial Tour
- Peace Museum: Statues on grounds
- Ground Zero
- Museum
- Peace Park
Notes for Jeju Island
- 7:45am tour: Stone Park & Coastal Road
- Beach & toured store
- Stone Park
- Dongmun Market
- Starbucks
- Helipad Sail-a-Way reception
Notes for Kagoshima
- Duplicate port so after clearing immigration, went back on ship
- Café al Bacio
- Played cards
Notes for Cruising
- Woke up very early
- Tuscan Grill for breakfast
- Packed a suitcase
Notes for Mt Fugi (Shimizu)
- 7:30am tour: Komagatake Ropeway and Lake Ashi
- Reordered due to change in tour without being notified plus high winds so ended up receiving a 50% refund
- Drove to Hinoke
- 2 hours
- Hinoke Shrine
- Art Museum
- Ate lunch looking at Mt Fuji
- 2 hour drive back with 30 minute rest stop
- Super clean bathrooms!
Notes for Tokyo (Yokohama)
- 8:30am tour: Downtown Tokyo with transfer to Haneda Airport
- Downtown bus tour of Tokyo in heavy traffic due to Imperial Family in town
- Bathroom stop only at Imperial Palace Gardens
- Tokyo Tower: up to Observation Tower
- Got burger at Mos Burgers to eat on bus
- To Haneda by 1pm
- Met Jenna and took bus to Tokyo Disneyland Toy Story Hotel