Today we did another walking tour of the city and it was the three of us in all of our towering glory. We hit up the imperial palace where people were asking to take our picture left and right. We ventured through ginza again and then made a move to check out a sumo wrestling tournament!!! The tournament was one of the cooler sporting events I'v...

Een dag vol opmerkelijkheden... Deze wil ik GRAAG met jullie delen (en naderhand als deze stad mij helemaal duidelijk is en ik antwoord heb op al mijn vragen ;-)  zelf teruglezen) Ga ervoor zitten en bedenk: `Het antwoord op alle WAAROM vragen is welkom!` Vanmorgen (uit vrije wil en met plezier) om 6 (uit vrije wil en met plezier) om 6 uur opges...

Heippa kaikille! Taalla ollaan tokion cypercafessa kirjottamassa ekaa paivaa blogia.Tokio on mahtava paikka, taytyy sanoa! Joka paiva ollaan jotain nahtavyyksia ehditty kattomaan ja Japani itessaan on jo melko erikoinen paikka ;) Lento meni hyvin, matka tuntu pitkalta ja vahan koti-ikavakin tuntu mut kun saatiin nukkuu univelat pois ja lahettiin...

Apparently, if you go far enough West, you can reach the Far East. The magic of a round earth. Take that Dark Ages! Our flights were uneventful. For anyone who knows me, it will come as no surprise that we weren't done packing until a couple of hours before our flight. I'm the consummate procrastinator and rarely do things in a timely manner. I ...

Richard After our last two trips on the Shinkansen (and some more tasty bento boxes) we arrived back in Tokyo mid-afternoon and headed to Shinjuku where we would be spending our last night in Japan. Although the hotel looked close to the metro station on our map, yet again the scale proved to be confusing and it took us a good 30 minutes dodging...