Japan Bucket List Update

As I am gearing up for another trip down to Tokyo, I realized I haven't updated my bucket list officially since we reached the 1 year point of living in Japan.  Well, I have now officially lived here for 2 years and 7 months!  We still have a little time left in Japan, so I am hoping it is enough time to knock most, if not all, off my list.

If there is a post that I have to accompany the activity, I'll share the link here, just in case you are interested and missed seeing the post in the past.

1. Take Survival Japanese (November 2011)

2. Visit Tokyo (November 2011- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

3. Visit Kyoto (September 2013- Part 1, Part 2)

4. Visit Osaka (September 2013- Click here)

5. Sapporo Snow Festival (February 2012- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)

6. Ride the Shinkansen (November 2011) 

7. Go horse back riding

8. Learn to ski

9. Learn to snow board

10. Visit Hirosaki Castle for the Chrysanthemum Festival (November 2011- Click here)

11. Visit Hirosaki Castle for the Cherry Blossom Festival (May 2012- Click here)

12. Aomori Nebuta Festival (August 2012- Click here, August 2013- Click here)

13. Make okonomiyaki (December 2011- Click here)

14. Try takoyaki (February 2012- Click here)

15. Make my own sushi (December 2011- Click here)

16. Take Beyond Survival Japanese (January 2012)

17. Buy a kimono (December 2011)

18. Visit Oirase Gorge

19. Visit Big Buddha in Aomori (October 2011- Click here)

20. Visit Aomori Art Museum (April 2012- Click here)

21. Visit Towada Art Museum (October 2011- Click here)

22. Take a cruise on Lake Towada

23. See a snow monkey

24. Go snow shoeing

25. Take a trip to Thailand (June 2013- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8)

26. Take a trip to Australia (September 2012- I have 18 posts from my roughly 3 weeks in Australia, so here is post 1 to get you started.  The rest are easily located from there.)

27. Climb Mt. Fuji (July 2012- Click here)

28. Go to an onsen (October 2012- Click here)

29. Go to Tokyo Disney (July 2012- Click here)

30. See Tsukiji Market (November 2011- Click here)

31. Travel to South Korea (September 2013- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) 

32. Go to Universal Studios (in Osaka)

33. Buy something with Hello Kitty on it (November 2011-Hello Kitty Hard Rock Shirt)

34. Write a blog post during an earthquake (any idea what just happened! LOL) (December 2011)

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) (September 2012- Although no major active efforts have been taking place, I was able to donate 1 hour of nutrition counseling to an auction where the proceeds went to directly support a community still rebuilding from the tsunami.)

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 (February 2012- Click here)

46. Try green tea ice cream (Can't recall a specific date, but I have had it a few times now)

47. Visit Sendai (May 2013- Part 1, Part 2)

48. Attend Shabbat services in Tokyo

49. Go apple picking

50. Go cherry picking

51. Visit a Buddhist Temple (August 2011- Click here)

52. Visit a Shinto Shrine (August 2011- Click here)

53. See the wild horses

54. Go to the Rokkasho Salmon Festival (September 2013- Click here)

55. Drink sake (July 2012- Click here)

56. Visit Tokyo National Museum (November 2011)

57. Visit Hiroshima

58. Visit Kenji World

59. Visit Morioka (March 2013- Click here)

60. Eat shabu shabu

61. Visit Tokyo Tower

62. Have a traditional vegetarian Buddhist meal (September 2013- South Korea)

63. Buy fresh fish from a market
64. Buy an antique (January 2012)
65. Attend a tea ceremony (September 2013- Click here)
66. Dine Japanese style (sitting on the floor) (January 2013- Click here, we've actually dined this way a few times)
67. Go to a concert in Tokyo
68. Learn to use chopsticks (August 2011-This was a tough one for me, but I have it mastered now!)
69. Use a Japanese toilet (August 2011-Squatty Potty!)
70. Buy a heated toilet seat
71. Go hiking (September 2012- Click here)
72. Go camping
73. Visit Nagoya Castle
74. Visit Nagano
75. Visit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo (July 2012-Click here)
76. Dine along Dotonbori (September 2013- Click here)
77. Visit Ueno Zoo (July 2012- Click here)
78. Buy a Hard Rock shirt from all locations in Japan
79. Visit a Japanese beer brewery (February 2012- Click here)
80. Play a round of golf (all 18 holes!) (June 2012)
81. Drink apple wine (February 2012- Click here)
82. See a fire works display
83. Swim in the ocean (July 2012)
84. Visit Shipwreck Beach
85. Build a snow man
86. Eat tofu on a stick (February 2012, Click here)
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 (September 2013- Click here)
91. Visit Sensoji Temple (November 2011, click here)
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 (I did a calligraphy painting of my name in kanji, but I can't remember the date.)
98. Learn how to spell my name in Japanese
99. Ride the subway in Tokyo (November 2011)
100. Be a good ambassador

Impressive!  I have knocked 55 things off my bucket list for here in Japan.  Now, we are more than half way through our time here and I have just less than half my list to go.  At least I have some of these in my plans already.  Guess I better get moving...can't be slacking on these!

QUESTIONS:  What tops your bucket list?  What was the last thing you crossed off your bucket list?