Holiday Inn Tobu Narita

... state that it is something that I will not be doing for quite some time -- unless, of course, I have the privilege of flying first class. The flight via Toronto is approximately 15 hours in length. This is just too much for my skinny butt to handle. I swear that my tail bone was about to pierce the skin on my buttocks by about hour 12! Never again....

To make matters worse at the start of the trip was the fact that the plane that was supposed to ...

Sleeping on the floor alah Japanese style is doing good things for my back.

Since we have been in Abiko we have seen Fuji San, played 10 pin bowling, sang supremely well at Karaoke twice, ridden on big ferris wheels, visited large shopping centres and supermarkets.

Looks like we may go to Disney Sea tomorrow on our second last day here in ...

I have wanted to visit Japan ever since I was about 11 years old and developed an interest in Japanese anime and culture (I remember watching Saint Seiya vaguely when I was tiny in my grandma's house in Paris but I'm embarrassed to say I think Pokemon probably did more to make go out and start researching Japan). Walking through Narita airport I began to develop the kind of silly grin when you're in the process of achieving a life's dream or accomplishing something ...

It's our last night in Japan and time for a bit of reflection on the week. Before we came out both of us were a bit anxious about the completly different culture of Japan. Dont be, it's a lovely country with really helpful people it's very easy to get about and being on a Shinkansen is like flying on rails. We spent today on and around Lake Ashni,ending up walking through wooded pathways ...

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I didn't get an upgrade. I was told that they have changed their policy again and aren't doing that. I wish I had known about the policy change when they offered to let me upgrade with miles. I don't know if I would have but I would have thought about it more. I had an aisle exit row seat, so it was pretty comfortable anyway. I got a few hours sleep on the way.

... different location (thankfully out of sight from the last). "Ohhh, free samples??" we say to the girl with a shot taking gesture she recognizes and a slight smirk to each other. Hmmm, lets try this one...

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... Terminal 2, and got off the JR Rail train. Once off we quickly found signs directing us to the Keisei Line. This turned out to be a 500 meter walk through a tunnel, to what seemed like an abandoned station. We found a nice gentleman at the ticket/information booth who helped us determine we were in the right place and we purchased our tickets. 220 yen each. He also helped us take our luggage down some stairs, as the down escalator appeared to be under ...