Japan travel: sightseeing, matcha recommendations, and is the JR pass worth it‪?‬ Car Chats Podcast

Hi Car Chats fam,

We hope you enjoyed this special guest episode with Ariana and her boyfriend Jack, sharing their travel adventures from Japan.

Our favourite places:

- Team Lab planets, Tokyo (https://www.teamlab.art/e/planets/)
- Universal Studios, Osaka
- National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka - traditional puppet show (https://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/bunraku.html)

- Okonomiyaki village, Hiroshima - Japanese pancake
- Herb garden, Kobe

- Nara - deer park & Todaiji temple

- Kiyomizu-dera temple, Kyoto

- Ichiran, a ramen chain where you eat in a booth

- Hakata Issou, the BEST tonkatsu (pork) ramen, Fukuoka

- Try Monjayaki (a type of Japanese pancake) in Tokyo

- A happy pancake, Harajuku, Tokyo

Cooking class:

- Luna Nueva, Tokyo (https://www.instagram.com/luna_nueva_tokyo_jce/), booked on https://www.byfood.com/

Matcha recommendations:

- Day trip to Uji from Kyoto (buy matcha powder from Nakamura tokichi, enjoy a matcha latte at Tsujirhai honten)

- Suzukien Asakusa, Tokyo (matcha ice-cream)

- Ippodo Tea, Kyoto & Tokyo (buy matcha powder & tea here)

- Nana's green tea, all over Japan (iced matcha latte)

- Saijoen, Nagoya (matcha soft serve & iced matcha latte)

Other:

- Klook app for booking transport (JR), tourist attractions etc.

- Sims direct for data SIM card
- Japan Travel app for transport/maps


Sending Love,
Car Chats girlies - Ariana (@sofoody) & Liannah (@meadow.blu.creative) x
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