Capsule Hotel Sun Royal Chiba

... Korea, Germany, etc, men and women, old and young. The writing souvenir is of all kinds and style and inspiring touching. <br> <br>My days there consisted of healthy fishy/tofu/veggie/fruits meals accompanied by beautiful music followed by Japanese tea and talking learning laughing, and even dance when we drink sake.<br> <br>On the third day, Yuka asked me if it was OK she goes to Tokyo with me, I was delighted she would, she worked in Tokyo for two years, quit ...

... apparently Shang hai is the largest) but there is a great subway system, so it's very easy to get around. Kyoto is probably the loveliest but that may have been because the weather was perfect and we arrived when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. Squeezed a lot into two weeks so won't bore you with the many details but highlights are noted below: 1. Tokyo tower - not so much the tower (which is kind of ugly and has the oddest looking mascot) but ...

Welcome to Tokyo Tokyo is overwhelming. I consider myself a pretty experienced traveler, but the sheer size and scope of Tokyo makes it daunting for anyone. With flashing neon lights and billboards everywhere, this megopolis of more than 12 million people looms as something more to be conquered than to be seen. Still, Tokyo ranks up there with the world's Great Cities, like London or New York, and I was really excited to finally get here. Overview We were ...

... in dark suits. This is the electronic part of town where there is store after store selling cameras, TV's DVDs computers and mostly electronic games. Most of the stores were pretty garish with loud noise belting from loudspeakers aimed at the shoppers along the street and hundreds of copies of the latest x box or nintendo wii game displayed in the windows and salesmen shouting from megaphones while sitting on ladders. Here are also theme cafes where ...

... Japan only - the Sony Rolly is one of them! But discounts are hard to find. Apple Ipods, laptops and digital cameras, lenses, video cameras, Wiis and PS3s are probably the best buys here, but be careful not to buy one without a warranty valid in your home country. Bring your passport when you are shopping as you will be entitled to buy goods worth over Y10,000 without the 5% consumption tax on the price. If you're worried about the language ...

... bad news. They wouldn't budge. He hastily started talking about complaints procedures. Hideko and I went for a fantastic, cheap Indian curry at a vegetarian Indian restaurant. All this had happened in Shinjuku, Tokyo's neon-lit centre for which it is famous for internationally. This cash flow crisis was a harsh blow. I'd planned my finances for the next two months around this credit card. I'd deliberately left buying birthday presents for my ...

... possible syllables in the Japanese language, which isn't that bad. Unfortunately most sentences are made up of a combination of all three types of symbols depending on whether it is a Chinese, Japanese, or foreign derived word. Yikes! Our friend Jeff was nice enough to get us a very useful book which shows each symbol and then shows you a cute visual way to remember it: for example the syllable "to" looks like a toe. I am learning little by little but even once you translate a ...

... they're Scottish. It was used more as a platform to promote English tourism than Scottish tourism. Real Scots in Japan not really participating in the event, due to the inability of the British Embassy to rally support for the event. English or Scottish the British Embassy doesn't do that much, in my opinion, to promote the culture of our island. Plus the only Scottish thing there "The St Andrew's Society" was manned by American ancestors ...

... then stop. And it was steeper and rockier. But I couldn't breath due to the altitude. At the summit Mount Fuji is 3700 metres!! Luckily Owen was there to push me on. In the end I felt like I was dying. Couldn't breath. Wanted to throw up. Exhausted. I was so tempted to just give up. The thought that kept me going was Hikaru told me climbing to the top of Mount Fuji was very symbolic. It meant a new beginning ...

... was a tour group. It turns out that they were a group of foreign tour guide trainees, and they adopted me as a customer to test their skills. It meant seeing everything a second time, but they were a great group. We helped each other out - they explained the history of the Imperial Palace (most of which burned down at one point or another) and I helped them with their English (they had some ...