The next day, we were up at 9am... ready to see Tokyo. We had settled on a few sites the night before, and they included: Imperial Palace, Akihabara (the electronics district), Tsukiji (fish market), Shibuya (shopping district), and Roppongi (night-life district) to end the night/morning. It tooks us a little while at the subway station to figur...

This morning we went over to Harajuku to do a little lat minute souvenir shopping and Oriental Bizarre and for me to shop for a dress for GRADUATION! Before any shopping we decided to visit the Meji Jingu shrine- the major shrine in Tokyo which we somehow had not seen so far. As we approached Yoyogi Park, which houses the shrine, all of the Hara...

  Well after a long 8 hour flight, full of screaming babies and miniscule tasteless meals, all i really wanted was a big comfortable bed to stretch out on and watch something funny on the telly... which is exactly what i did...    except the bed was tiny and the telly, although was kinda funny in a laugh-at-how-foreign-it-...

Travel day... We got on the Double Decker train... Of course we had the fancy seats on the top deck with tons of room, and great views. Back in Tokyo we all took some time to rest and unpack a bit and do our own thing. I went on a little side trip to the Electronic Center of Tokyo, Akihabara. Also known as Electronic City. I was on the hunt for ...

Watashi wa nihongo no benkyo o shitemasu. (I am learning Japanese). OK, I won't make too many announcements at 1 a.m. But that's a worthwhile one, eh? I attended a conversational class in Ota-ku, one of Tokyo's 23 wards,on Thursday night, make that my first-ever "real" Japanese lessons. At this center the classes are taught by volunteers. The ce...

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...

Yello... Today we went to the Harajuku shopping district [yup that`s where Gwen Stefani`s back up dancers come from]...and I indulged myself in a bit of shopping...it was interesting to see some of the fashions...there are punk, gothic, cartoony, dress up, second hand shops and virtually every other kind of clothing shop that you could hope to f...