Travel information from our guest

We were in Tokyo at the end of March and Kyoto the beginning of April. As we had never been to Japan before it seemed that life was carrying on as usual. The only things we know we missed in Tokyo were
the observation floor of the Metropolitan Government Building which was closed to tourists, the tuna auction which was also closed to tourists. The JR train was not going to and from Narita airport at the end of March or mid-April.

Ginkakujin

People we spoke to who had been to Kyoto before during cherry blossom season said it was very quiet this year, but we found it pretty busy, especially on weekends when it was very busy. We were able to get into visit the Katsura Imperial Villa which had been fully booked when we tried to reserve in mid-February in advance for early April.

In Kanazawa we were the only ones in the lovely garden and wonderful tea ceremony at Gyoku-sen-en and it was also easy to get into the Myoryuji Temple...both of which require a reservation 1 to 2 days prior.

We found that people were really happy to seen us foreigners and we had a fabulous trip.

JL, Canada