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GTAdriver1988 t1_ja7vf7r wrote

I'm going to Japan for the first time ever this March. I'm so excited to see everything and go to the Sakura festival, it looks so beautiful!

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turdfergusn t1_ja80pse wrote

I’m in Japan right now and saw some early blooming Sakura and I was in awe as to how beautiful it actually was in person!! I totally get the hype now

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GTAdriver1988 t1_ja81m2p wrote

Yea I hear it's beautiful. There's a Sakura festival in philly that I've been to but I hear in Japan it's so much better, I'll be in Iwakuni during the festival there. I wanted to see the Kintai bridge anyway so I'll kill two birds with one stone then!

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turdfergusn t1_ja82kzy wrote

You’re gonna have an amazing time!!! Tomorrow is my last day here after 2.5 weeks and I don’t want to leave, it’s been the best vacation ever!! Enjoy!!

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Grevin56 t1_ja8ctoa wrote

If you are going for the cherry blossoms and get the opportunity, take the Shinkansen up to Aomori Prefecture and go the Hirosaki Castle. The actual Cherry Blossom Festival isn't until late April but it's still an amazing place to visit. I was stationed in Aomori Prefecture for 3+ years and there is an incredible amount uncommon tourist stuff to see there. Lake Towada is a lake formed by a huge volcanic blast that is ringed by hotels, onsens, and walking paths and was very cheap to visit. Cape Shiryazaki is a section of beautiful coast with wild horses, cliffs/unique rock formations, and a light house. It honestly looks like it belongs in Ireland, not Japan. While driving to these places there are cool little roadside produce stands and shrines everywhere. When I first got stationed in Japan I was really bummed that I wasn't in Tokyo but when I left I couldn't have imagined having been anywhere else other than Aomori.

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