Chisun Grand Akasaka Minato

Tokyo , like New York , is one of those places I'll never tire of. There's so much to see, and I am never satisfied at the end of my visit. Las Vegas is that way too, but I was getting tired of the limitations one has when traveling with family. In any case, I know I don't seem like a city person, but there's something about the bright lights an...

'...and then we'll take it higher.' Nothing get my inner geek going like differential equations. Seeing as how those don't pup up in everyday life my next biggest guilty geeky pleasure (welcome to my secret life) would have to be high rise neon advertising. That particular brand of Madison Avenue ingenuity that baths city squares in the bright g...

I thought I'd jot a few notes down for anyone who is thinking of doing a tour of Japan. Useful links here to websites, hotels, and traveling tips. Feel free to suggest any comments at the link below! Divided up into 4 sections: Travelling Accommodation Books Useful tips Travelling If you are intending on traveling around Japan on at least two lo...

Konnichiwa Hideko! Sleeping in the plane, where fortunately, all four of the middle seats were mine to stretch out on, I woke up refreshed and buoyant. I was landing in Tokyo! The people around me had been really nice, and I'd already found a hostel buddy and two English speaking locals. Getting off the plane, I felt happy - its rare to find suc...

My god! What a silly mistake.. You gotta hear about this... You guys have to hear about this. It was my first morning in Tokyo, and I was thirsty so while i was out walking, looking for somewhere to get some breakky I decided to buy one of those drinks from a vending machine. By the way... they have vending machines EVERYWHERE here... and for al...

Oedo Onsen Monogatari, Japan The last few days have been non-stop go go go. So today Mel and I took it eeeeeeasy. Slept in. Brushed my teeth with bottled water at the kitchen sink. Still no electricity or water. Ahh, the life of a traveller :0) Had a delicious Japanese lunch. (Food here is soooo good). After many visits to public toilets (due to...

Bangkok to Tokyo was a five hour flight and we lost an additional 2 hours with the time change, but we arrived safely. We are excited for this last leg of our adventure as Wendy has never been to Tokyo and we have plans to get together with many friends. We had dinner last night with our friends Emi and Hissa at a izakaya, the Japanese equivalen...