Blogs Posts on "Grutt Pass"

Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen) – Part 1 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 16, 2009Our most recent Grutt Pass adventure had us at the Tokyo Sea Life Park on a Saturday morning. The place was empty in the morning but looked to be getting very crowded on our way out the door in the early afternoon. Live and learn. If you want to visi...

Institute for Nature Study, National Museum of Nature and Science – Part 1 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 13, 2009Next stop on our Grutt Pass tour of Tokyo was 国立科学博物館附属自然教育園. That’s a mouthful. It doesn’t get much better in English with “Institute for Nature Study, National Museum of Nature and Science.” This...

Mitsui Memorial Museum – Part 1 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 9, 2009Our 8th usage of the Grutt Pass was going to be at the Bridgestone Museum of Art near Nihonbashi. For the second time we encountered a museum that was closed due to a rotation in exhibits. Ugh. We flipped through our pass booklet to find the closest...

Ueno Zoo and the Grutt Pass – Part 1 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 7, 2009We recently purchased a couple of Grutt Passes (ぐるっとパス or gurutto pasu in Japanese). Included with the pass is free admission to the Ueno Zoo. The Ueno Zoo is wonderfully peaceful on a Sunday morning. On a Sunday afternoon it turns into w...