kokumamushi

general profile
nickname	kokumamushi
residing	Wisconsin, United States
member since	4 February 2009
interests	History, Pottery, Ski, Travel

japan travel profile
how often	more than five times
how long	more than two months
travel budget	low (5,000 - 10,000 yen per day and person)
travel pace	slow
travel style	individual travel
travel interests	Historic Towns, Arts and Crafts, Outdoor, Hot Springs, Food
accommodation used	Business Hotel Ryokan Minshuku Hostel Hotel Pension Temple Lodging Camping
transportation used	Train Shinkansen City Bus Domestic Flight Car Taxi Ferry Motorcycle Bicycle Highway Bus
tickets used	Japan Rail Pass Kyushu Rail Pass Oneworld Air Pass Star Alliance Air Pass
destinations visited	Aizu Aso Beppu Fuji Five Lakes Fukuoka Hagi Hakodate Himeji Hiroshima Kagoshima Kamakura Kanazawa Kirishima Kochi Kumamoto Kyoto Matsumoto Matsushima Matsuyama Minamata Miyajima Nagano Nagasaki Nagoya Nara Nikko Okinawa Island Osaka Otaru Sado Sapporo Shirakawago Takayama Tokyo Towada Toyako Yakushima Yamanouchi Yokohama Arita and Imari Dazaifu Hikone Hirosaki Ise Shima Izumo Kamikochi Kiso Valley Matsue Mount Fuji Narita Nichinan Noboribetsu Norikura Onuma Park Sanriku Coast Shikotsuko Shimabara Peninsula Amakusa Bandai Boso Peninsula Chichibu Iwaki Iya Valley Karuizawa Kobe Kuju Kurokawa Miyazaki Morioka Naruto Okayama Ozu Satsuma Peninsula Sendai Takachiho Takeda Castle Ruins Takeo Onsen Tsuwano Ureshino Onsen Yufuin Yutoku Inari Akita Aomori Fujinomiya Fukui Fukushima Gero Onsen Inuyama Jozankei Kawasaki Kinugawa Onsen Kitakyushu Niseko Saitama Sakata Tokushima Toyama Uji Utsunomiya Yamaguchi Huis Ten Bosch Tomioka Karatsu Kunisaki Peninsula Kushiro Marugame Saga Shimonoseki
sightseeing spots visited	Ouchijuku (Aizu) Yatai (Food Stalls) (Fukuoka) Morning Market (Hakodate) Motomachi (Hakodate) Mount Hakodate (Hakodate) Hikone Castle (Hikone) Himeji Castle (Himeji) Hiroshima Downtown (Hiroshima) Peace Park (Hiroshima) Sakurajima (Kagoshima) Great Buddha (Kamakura) Hiking Trails (Kamakura) Kenrokuen (Kanazawa) Ebino Kogen (Kirishima) Hiking in Kirishima (Kirishima) Kirishima Onsen (Kirishima) Narai (Kiso Valley) Katsuo no tataki (Kochi) Kochi Castle (Kochi) Kumamoto Castle (Kumamoto) Chionin Temple (Kyoto) Daigoji Temple (Kyoto) Fushimi Inari Shrine (Kyoto) Gion (Kyoto) Hieizan (Kyoto) Higashiyama (Kyoto) Kyoto Station (Kyoto) Nijo Castle (Kyoto) Ryoanji Temple (Kyoto) Sanjusangendo (Kyoto) Takao (Kyoto) Toji Temple (Kyoto) Matsumoto Castle (Matsumoto) Matsushima Bay (Matsushima) Matsuyama Castle (Matsuyama) Disease Related Sites (Minamata) Daisho-in Temple (Miyajima) Itsukushima Shrine (Miyajima) Mount Misen (Miyajima) Climbing Mount Fuji (Mount Fuji) Dutch Slope (Nagasaki) Glover Garden (Nagasaki) Nagasaki Peace Park (Nagasaki) Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya) Horyuji Temple (Nara) Nara Park (Nara) National Museum (Nara) Todaiji Temple (Nara) Yakushiji Temple (Nara) Futarasan Shrine (Nikko) Lake Chuzenji (Nikko) Taiyuin (Nikko) Toshogu Shrine (Nikko) Canal Area (Otaru) Herring Mansion (Otaru) Sakaimachi Street (Otaru) Osado Skyline (Sado) Historic Village (Sapporo) Mount Moiwa (Sapporo) Ainokura Village (Shirakawago) Ogimachi Village (Shirakawago) Hida Folk Village (Takayama) Old Town (Takayama) Odaiba (Tokyo) Roppongi (Tokyo) Shinjuku (Tokyo) Takaosan (Tokyo) Tsukiji Outer Market (Tokyo) Ueno Park (Tokyo) Lake Towada (Towada) Oirase Stream (Towada) Showa Shinzan (Toyako) Usuzan West Craters (Toyako) Byodoin Temple (Uji) Around the Island (Yakushima) Yakusugi Land (Yakushima) Shiga Kogen Resort (Yamanouchi) Yamashita Park (Yokohama) Yamate and Motomachi (Yokohama) Higashiyama Onsen (Aizu) Iimoriyama (Aizu) Oyakuen Garden (Aizu) Okawachiyama Village (Arita and Imari) Aso Shrine (Aso) Mount Aso (Aso) Beppu Hot Springs (Beppu) Jigoku (Hells) (Beppu) Mount Nokogiriyama (Boso Peninsula) Kanzeonji Temple (Dazaifu) Komyozenji Temple (Dazaifu) Tenmangu Shrine (Dazaifu) Lake Kawaguchiko (Fuji Five Lakes) Fort Goryokaku (Hakodate) Castle Road (Hikone) Genkyuen Garden (Hikone) Hirosaki Castle (Hirosaki) Inner Shrine (Ise Shima) Mikimoto Pearl Island (Ise Shima) Izumo Taisha (Izumo) Museum of Ancient Izumo (Izumo) Zeniarai Benten (Kamakura) Nagamachi (Kanazawa) Nihon Minkaen (Kawasaki) Kirishima Shrine (Kirishima) Hirasawa (Kiso Valley) Magome (Kiso Valley) Nakasendo Hiking (Kiso Valley) Kochi Downtown (Kochi) Mount Godaisan (Kochi) Hosokawa Residence (Kumamoto) Suizenji Garden (Kumamoto) Kushiro Marshlands (Kushiro) Ginkakuji (Kyoto) Honganji Temples (Kyoto) Kinkakuji (Kyoto) Kiyomizudera (Kyoto) Matsue Castle (Matsue) Zuiganji Temple (Matsushima) Senjokaku (Miyajima) Walking Trails (Miyajima) Zenkoji Temple (Nagano) Chinatown (Nagasaki) Dejima (Nagasaki) Toyota-related Sights (Nagoya) Shin-Yakushiji (Nara) Naritasan Temple (Narita) Irohazaka (Nikko) Kegon Waterfall (Nikko) Rinnoji Temple (Nikko) Hot Springs (Noboribetsu) Korakuen Garden (Okayama) Hedo Misaki (Okinawa Island) Nakagusuku Castle (Okinawa Island) Shuri Castle (Okinawa Island) War Memorials (Okinawa Island) Sado Gold Mine (Sado) Sapporo Beer Museum (Sapporo) Susukino (Sapporo) Mount Unzen (Shimabara Peninsula) Takachiho Gorge (Takachiho) Morning Markets (Takayama) Takayama Jinya (Takayama) Yatai Kaikan (Takayama) Ameyoko (Tokyo) Asakusa (Tokyo) Edo Open Air Museum (Tokyo) Edo-Tokyo Museum (Tokyo) Ginza (Tokyo) Hama Rikyu (Tokyo) Harajuku (Tokyo) Imperial East Gardens (Tokyo) Meiji Shrine (Tokyo) Sengakuji Temple (Tokyo) Sensoji Temple (Tokyo) Shibuya (Tokyo) Shinjuku Gyoen (Tokyo) Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo) Yasukuni Shrine (Tokyo) Toyako Onsen (Toyako) Usuzan Ropeway (Toyako) Chinatown (Yokohama) Noguchi Memorial Hall (Aizu) Tsuruga Castle (Aizu) Arita Town (Arita and Imari) Urabandai (Bandai) Mount Tsurumi (Beppu) Chichibu Shrine (Chichibu) Canal City (Fukuoka) Ohori Park (Fukuoka) Shofukuji Temple (Fukuoka) Azuma Mountains (Fukushima) Former Castle Town (Hagi) Hagi Castle (Hagi) Hagiyaki Pottery (Hagi) Kokoen Garden (Himeji) Coal Museum (Iwaki) Iya Kazurabashi (Iya Valley) Iya Valley (Iya Valley) Mount Tsurugi (Iya Valley) Oboke Gorge (Iya Valley) Former Taisha Station (Izumo) Hachimangu Shrine (Kamakura) Hasedera Temple (Kamakura) Kanazawa Castle (Kanazawa) Heian Shrine (Kyoto) Kyoto Tower (Kyoto) Philosopher's Path (Kyoto) Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) Hearn Residence (Matsue) Samurai District (Matsue) Nakamachi (Matsumoto) Fukuura Island (Matsushima) Godaido (Matsushima) Oshima Island (Matsushima) Eco City Minamata (Minamata) Aoshima Island (Miyazaki) Mount Inasa (Nagasaki) Oura Church (Nagasaki) Nagoya Castle (Nagoya) Sakae (Nagoya) Kasuga Taisha (Nara) Sawara Town (Narita) Whirlpools (Naruto) Akechidaira Plateau (Nikko) Ryuzu Waterfall (Nikko) Shinkyo Bridge (Nikko) Yumoto Onsen (Nikko) Norikura Kogen (Norikura) Okayama Castle (Okayama) Nakijin Castle (Okinawa Island) Minami (Namba) (Osaka) City Museum (Otaru) Old Town (Ozu) Ogi Town (Sado) Senkaku Bay (Sado) Jodogahama (Sanriku Coast) Botanic Garden (Sapporo) Clock Tower (Sapporo) Nijo Market (Sapporo) Odori Park (Sapporo) Ibusuki (Satsuma Peninsula) Shimabara Castle (Shimabara Peninsula) Unzen Onsen (Shimabara Peninsula) Amano Iwato Shrine (Takachiho) Takachiho Shrine (Takachiho) Higashiyama Walk (Takayama) Akihabara (Tokyo) Ikebukuro (Tokyo) Institute for Nature (Tokyo) Kappabashi Street (Tokyo) Nihonbashi (Tokyo) Shinagawa (Tokyo) Shiodome (Tokyo) Tsukishima (Tokyo) Yoyogi Park (Tokyo) Zojoji Temple (Tokyo) Imari Town Center (Arita and Imari) Government Ruins (Dazaifu) Sengen Shrine (Fujinomiya) Fukuoka Castle Ruins (Fukuoka) Red Brick Warehouses (Hakodate) Samurai District (Hirosaki) Hiroshima Castle (Hiroshima) Ago Bay (Ise Shima) Spa Resort Hawaiians (Iwaki) Senganen Garden (Kagoshima) Shiroyama Park (Kagoshima) Beaches (Kamakura) Nishi Chaya District (Kanazawa) Nikko Edomura (Kinugawa Onsen) Tsumago (Kiso Valley) Moji Port (Kitakyushu) Yawata Steel Works (Kitakyushu) Hearn Residence (Kumamoto) Maruyama Park (Kyoto) Subaru Line 5th Station (Mount Fuji) Meganebashi Bridge (Nagasaki) Naramachi (Nara) Katori Shrine (Narita) Kanmangafuchi Abyss (Nikko) Senjogahara Marsh (Nikko) Ryukyu Mura (Okinawa Island) Bay Area (Osaka) Ozu Castle (Ozu) Sado History Museum (Sado) Toki Forest Park (Sado) Honma Residence (Sakata) Miyako (Sanriku Coast) Sapporo Factory (Sapporo) Sapporo Station (Sapporo) Government Building (Tokyo) Imperial Palace (Tokyo) Mount Mitake (Tokyo) Yurakucho (Tokyo) Uji River (Uji) Uji Tea (Uji) Aeon Narita (Narita) Sendai Downtown (Sendai) Toyosu (Tokyo) Aizu Bukeyashiki (Aizu) Suehiro Sake Brewery (Aizu) Nagatoro River Cruises (Chichibu) Sengen Shrine (Fuji Five Lakes) Inuyama Castle (Inuyama) Meiji Mura (Inuyama) Outer Shrine (Ise Shima) Oku-Iya Kazurabashi (Iya Valley) Usa Shrine (Kunisaki Peninsula) Washo Market (Kushiro) Kyoto National Museum (Kyoto) Ohara (Kyoto) Marugame Castle (Marugame) Koiwai Farm (Morioka) Fujinomiya 5th Station (Mount Fuji) Hara Castle Ruins (Shimabara Peninsula) Kichijoji (Tokyo) Tokyo Dome City (Tokyo) Mount Hakkoda (Towada) Ujigami Shrine (Uji)

japan living profile
living duration	5-10 years