Today we started the day off with eggy bread which really set us up for the day. Reading about Japan and safety, I had read quite a few posts like this one. Lost something in Japan? You’re in luck — chances are good that you’ll get it back. Countless travelers in Japan have reported being …
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A day that just kept giving….
Today was amazing from beginning to end. On the way to Hakone cable car we had to stop as there was a huge religious procession going through the village. Have tried to find out what it was to do with but have drawn a blank but think it is linked to the shrine here. It …
Hitting the road……
So today we said goodbye to Tokyo and headed to Narita to pick up the camper van. For some time emails had been passing back and forth to the company, some understood and some not. I was quite excited to finally meet who we had been corresponding with. What a difference a few days has …
What a day!
Pete had mentioned to me before we came that there are issues for women on the subway and with close proximity on packed lines this does allow for unwanted attention. There have been women only carriages in Japan since 1912 but then they ceased only to be reintroduced again. As the Japan Experience site states …
A night in Roppingi Hills…..
Having had a rest we headed to Roppingi Hills – a very swanky area in Tokyo, home to the Ritz. Roppingi literally means 6 trees but there quite a few more than that. Coming from the subway the huge skyscrapers lit up the sky and the massive digital billboards did feel very reminiscent of Bladerunner. …
Day two Tokyo during the day….
Slept late as the journey had really caught up with us. Later than intended wle headed to Uneo Park, which was one of Japan’s first public parks. It’s estimated that there are 8800 trees in the park but what comes with the trees is a cacophony of noise. Pete described the noise as if there …
First night in Japan….
Managed to find the hotel, the Grand Central Hotel near Kanda Station. The subway system in Tokyo is supposed to be the most complicated in the world, not only because of the number of lines but also the fact the ownership of the lines is split between different providers. Sounds like the UK only to …
Touching down at Narita Airport…
Immediate thoughts on touching down at the airport and getting through customs etc was how painless and efficient it all was. There seemed to be a real sense of trying to ‘get it right’. Lots of airport staff on hand to get things moving quickly and painlessly. First impressions were of how polite everyone seemed …
Getting to Japan the long way….
I have never written a blog before and really all I want to do is to record things that have interested me and maybe give you a sense of our ‘adventure’. If there are any rules to writing one I will undoubtedly break every one of them. There will be no literary flourishes or clever …
Random Acts of Travelling 