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Trains,Temples and Puffer fish
Arrived in Tokyo and was met by a man who looked like a Bond villain,who showed me to the train station where I exchanged my voucher for a Japan Rail pass and got my reserved seats for the next four train trips.
The Naraita Skyliner is like the Gatwick Express in all but a few details. It is cheap, clean, punctual, enjoyable and fast. …
Hello Sweaty Kitty
Up at 6am and out for a walk by the river and some people watching. Then a Japanese breakfast. Grilled fish, rice, miso soup plus a soft poached egg in broth (avoid) and unspeakable cold fried ball of stuff all served with grapefruit and a salad. Weird but good. Then I met Nagi my guide. Nice girl in her late twenties and we headed off for Meji …
Haikus and women’s clothing
Weak with the lack of a bacon sandwich I almost gave in and had the European breakfast but one look at the vile collection of frankfurters (yes them again) and pastry I decided to skip food and headed for the boat to the Hama-Rikyu gardens. Just me, a European couple and three hundred Japanese school kids who thought the large sweaty giant was a …
Tokyo in the Rain
Wow awesome wedding, still totally adrenaline fuelled we headed to Tokyo! Nothing of note at Narita airport apart from the friendly man holding up our names to show us to the train. First experiences of the Japanese fab, he walked us to the platform and stood waiting for us to pull away giving that signature bow, what a lovely guy! Train journey …
Finding my way to Asakusa
Greetings.
I knew the first day of traveling would be tough. It always is. 12 Hours on a plane does nothing for me - physically or mentally.
But the kicker was that my AT&T service didn't come on line. I had to track down their number (quite a feat in NTT Docomo Japan) and get them to troubleshoot why I didn't have service.< …