Living in Japan Bucket List

I'm not the first one to do this, but I thought it would be a fun idea instead of working so hard on New Year's resolutions.  I know some other military spouse bloggers that have posted their must-do lists, or bucket lists, for their base.  Military families move often, sometimes with only a short time at each base, and a list of things you want to do while stationed there is a great way to make sure you don't miss out on anything.  Plus, it gives you some goals to work towards and ideas for activities when you are just not sure what to do.

This is my list of 100 things I want to do while living here in Japan.  From time to time I will come back to the list and update it, marking off things I accomplished and see what I have left to do before these next few years fly right by.  Some of these we have actually done, but I am keeping them on here since they were on my list before publishing it here.  I'll make sure to come back and update the list after the New Year since a few of these may happen over the holidays.

1. Take Survival Japanese

2. Visit Tokyo

3. Visit Kyoto

4. Visit Osaka

5. Sapporo Snow Festival

6. Ride the Shinkansen

7. Go horse back riding

8. Learn to ski

9. Learn to snow board

10. Visit Hirosaki Castle for the Chrysanthemum Festival

11. Visit Hirosaki Castle for the Cherry Blossom Festival

12. Aomori Nebuta Festival

13. Make okonomiyaki

14. Try takoyaki

15. Make my own sushi

16. Take Beyond Survival Japanese

17. Buy a kimono

18. Visit Oirase Gorge

19. Visit Big Buddha in Aomori

20. Visit Aomori Art Museum

21. Visit Towada Art Museum

22. Take a cruise on Lake Towada

23. See a snow monkey

24. Go snow shoeing

25. Take a trip to Thailand

26. Take a trip to Australia

27. Climb Mt. Fuji

28. Go to an onsen

29. Go to Tokyo Disney

30. See Tsukiji Market

31. Travel to South Korea

32. Go to Universal Studios (in Osaka)

33. Buy something with Hello Kitty on it

34. Write a blog post during an earthquake (any idea what just happened! LOL)

35. Visit Okinawa

36. Go to a Sumo tournament

37. Drive to Tokyo

38. Go to the beef and garlic festival

39. See the Ryusendo Caves

40. Volunteer for Tsunami/Earthquake relief (from 2011 Earthquake)

41. Go to a Japanese baseball game

42. Go ice skating

43. See Kabuki theater performance

44. Travel to Hawaii

45. Take the ferry to Hokkaido

46. Try green tea ice cream

47. Visit Sendai

48. Attend Shabbat services in Tokyo

49. Go apple picking

50. Go cherry picking

51. Visit a Buddhist Temple

52. Visit a Shinto Shrine

53. See the wild horses

54. Go to the Rokkasho Salmon Festival

55. Drink sake

56. Visit Tokyo National Museum

57. Visit Hiroshima

58. Visit Kenji World

59. Visit Morioka

60. Eat shabu shabu

61. Visit Tokyo Tower

62. Have a traditional vegetarian Buddhist meal

63. Buy fresh fish from a market
64. Buy an antique
65. Attend a tea ceremony
66. Dine Japanese style (sitting on the floor)
67. Go to a concert in Tokyo
68. Learn to use chopsticks
69. Use a Japanese toilet
70. Buy a heated toilet seat
71. Go hiking
72. Go camping
73. Visit Nagoya Castle
74. Visit Nagano
75. Visit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
76. Dine along Dotombori
77. Visit Ueno Zoo
78. Buy a Hard Rock shirt from all locations in Japan
79. Visit a Japanese beer brewery
80. Play a round of golf (all 18 holes!)
81. Drink apple wine
82. See a fire works display
83. Swim in the ocean
84. Visit Shipwreck Beach
85. Build a snow man
86. Eat tofu on a stick
87. Visit the Tokyo Sky Tree observation desk
88. Visit Disney Sea
89. See a professional Taiko drum performance
90. See the deer in Nara
91. Visit Sensoji Temple
92. See a Noh theater performance
93. Go dolphin and whale watching
94. Check out Harajuku
95. Sing karaoke
96. Eat a sea urchin
97. Make a kanji painting
98. Learn how to spell my name in Japanese
99. Ride the subway in Tokyo
100. Be a good ambassador

QUESTIONS: If you were traveling to Japan, what is the top thing you would want to see or do?  What is on your bucket list where you live?