Activities Asahiyama Zoo, Asahikawa Clifford Bernstein my kids have seen plenty of penguins at the various aquariums around Tokyo
Transportation Flight to Okinawa Varsha Vaswati Tokyo and Okinawa are best connected through air, though one may opt for
Activities Ueno Zoo, Taito-ku Michael Kaplan Ueno Zoo is that it's readily accessible from almost anywhere in Tokyo
Accommodation Fujiya Ginzan Ryokan Clifford Bernstein myself scrambling to buy train tickets for the four hour schlep from Tokyo
Food Hayakawa Organic Farm Paul Arenson-Kawano humored to see me, 27 years a resident of New York City and even longer of Tokyo
Activities Climbing Mount Mitsu-toge Nicole Bauer minute walk to Kawaguchiko station, from where you can get a train back to Tokyo
Activities Ishizaki Kisen Offices Anonymous lessons learned after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 that leveled Tokyo
Culture Early Cherry Blossoms in Kanagawa Tomoko Kamishima Miura Peninsula is the closest remote area from Tokyo.