It's time now for the final installment of our gripping Honeymoon Hunting saga, wherein The Backyard Groom and I have travelled the globe (in our heads, anyhow) searching for the perfect honeymoon spot.
When we last left our would-be honeymooners, The Backyard Bride was anxiously awaiting Wednesday to find out what top 20 deals had made it into her Travelzoo newsletter. One such Wednesday, with less than three months to go to the wedding, one deal struck her fancy. So she told The Backyard Groom about it. Turns out, it struck his fancy too. In fact, they both got really excited about it, more excited that they had been about any other possibility. It just seemed so...different. It even fit The Backyard Groom's "epic" requirement.
And as an added bonus, it would give them the chance to re-enact scenes from one of their favorite movies.
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Yep, The Backyard Groom and I will be headed to Tokyo to celebrate our newlywed status. Crazy, huh? We never thought our honeymoon would be filled with sights like the one below, but we are both head-over-heels excited to spend our first days as smug marrieds in such an entirely different culture than our own. We've only been to Europe before, so this will be a big new adventure for us.
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And we plan on inserting some of the pretty bits of "Lost in Translation" into the trip, like drinks at the beautiful Park Hyatt Tokyo.
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We'll be in Japan for six nights, and we've booked a beautiful hotel in Tokyo for the first half of the trip. For the second half, we hope to explore some of Japan's other nearby wonders, like Nikko, Kamakura and Hakone. We also would love to get a glimpse of the elusive Mt. Fuji, shown below with all the splendor of the fall foliage that should be brightening up the trees during our trip.
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We'd also like to plan a stay in a traditional Japanese ryokan complete with a private onsen, or hot springs, like the one below.
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Any readers out there been to Japan? Do you have any tips for us?
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