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GW 2019 Escape to Lovely Double-A

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“Where to go this GW (Golden Week)” is kind of normal question to the people in Japan as they entered the new year, no exception us, no matter with a baby or not. Holiday is holiday after all, which we won’t take it for granted 😛

Around Feb, we started discussion how we’re gonna spend this year’s GW. For the first time in the history, GW holiday will be the longest up to 10 days in total including weekends. I suggested to go to the new places, but Aisar preferred to revisit nostalgic areas such as Okinawa with kids this time. At the end, the fate stood by me. Aisar got the suggestion of cheap flights to Akita. It’s matched to my desire for Aomori, in which we can ride trains from Akita to reach.

Finally, there we went!

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Akita Part: rice field tour

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aomori part: apple frenzy

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JR Tokyo Wide Pass 1: Golden Week Holiday

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Posted from Aisar’s Facebook with improved pictures

Thanks to JR Tokyo Wide Pass, we could travel to as far as Nikko, Izu, and Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma without breaking the wallet!

And seriously all the venues posted here are kids friendly and accessible, by train or bus ride. One thing to note, we got into the bottom of this beautiful 100 m deep waterfall in Nikko, not by foot, but by an elevator! Who would build an elevator near a waterfall, if not Japanese.

I seriously adore this country nature and the people who built it.

NIKKO

Nikko station Tochigi Japan

Nikko station from the front. We could feel the sensation of “heritage site” since this starting point. The stations we passed along Nikko Line are also designed in vintage style.

Shinkyo Bridge - Nikko - Tochigi - Japan

That famous Shinkyo Bridge. We decided to walk to reach this spot because the traffic jam was terrible when we arrived at Nikko station. It’s not far and even interesting to see the stores along the main street which some of them were listed in the walking map.

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