Hotel Kuramae Taito

... arcade area when I see one as well, I wish we still had arcades in the States I miss 'em, and Japan has left me with the impression they can still be fun even with widespread counsel ownership. One of the claw machines contained some more bread to win. But we finally discovered that it wasn't real bread to win through clawing (pun?) but was, instead, plushy huggable bread of the fake variety. We postulated as to why anybody would want to win fake bread from a claw ...

... t start til 0530am. But, it was well worth it. The fish market is a must see in Tokyo. It is crazy how much is going on at 4am and even crazier watching the pace of the people at the market. Auctioning fish, packing trucks, cutting off little pieces of each giant tuna and eating it raw as a means of quality assurance.......fun place to be. Check out the photos of the craziness. We wandered around the market for a good three hours just soaking it up. People ...

... AM/PM (convenience store) and finally to 7/11 where I would successfully obtain cash from the machine and buy some batteries. I also won a free bowl of instant noodles! After completing my money retreiving task, I gimped my way back to the dollars store and then to home where I would make an toasted egg sandwich. It was Delightful. The rest of the day was spend with Becky, drinking tea, eating Pocky and watching a very amusing english ...

... our cameras as we left! Got in this morning at 8, feeling alright to be fair, was going to go to the free viewing platform at the 45th floor of the Government building at Shinjuku, but it is shut today apparently, Monday is like Sunday in Japan and Asia, hence why the local Chinese takeaway is shut on Monday. Just waiting to go to the airport (and for the fixtures!) so i will update you all in Perth, WA when i have the time. Stay safe everyone, see you all soon. Ta, Al xx

... your exchange order for a JR Pass so don't fret if you think it will only be valid from when you buy the exchange order. I saw so many posts on travel forums asking about this system so please don't worry. 9. If you can't get a reservation on the bullet train, don't worry. The carriages are divided up into reserved and non-reserved carriages and signs at each station will tell you which carriages are reserved. Most of the display boards on ...

... pointing at everyone else in the salon, a little flustered. Everyone was staring at me, but I didn't understand why I was being asked to do things differently. 'You don't take your clothes off, Emma,' Hideko said in surprise. 'You go in there to put the robe on.' I laughed in painful embarrassment. It had never struck me that you'd need to go into a private room to put something else on on top of your clothes. It was a politeness beyond my ...

... with proscuitto and greens on it and some linguini with a few prawns which was way over priced. The pizza, however, was really good. From there we hit the Linco's grocery store near us for a few things. Grocery shopping is almost more expensive than just eating out in Tokyo, especially if you want Western things like apples, broccoli, bread or cereal. Fish, meat and mystery foods are reasonable. As I said, took a few pics of fun food. Off to bed!

After my sleepless night, we landed in Narita Airport, and I went through the traditional customs procedures and collected my luggage. Next stop was the Japan Rail Pass exchange office to get my shiny new Rail Pass, and it really is shiny. A long wait later and the Narita Express arrived to whisk me off to Tokyo. Following the instructions I got from the hostel web ...

Well. I was going to go dancing this evening but as usual I left a bit later than I should have because I played soccer with a few of the JETS and didn't leave early enough. So, I came back from playing soccer, changed, had dinner, found the directions, put my shoes in my bag and headed out the door. I was out the door at 6p.m. But since it was a weekend, the trains don't come ...

... for Cathy' farewell and surrounded by my work friends and my Tachikawa host family sister and mum had the best time. Seeing Tacchan and Okaasan meet was scary.. I'm always raving about both of them to each other hehe. Then Tatsu, Hokkaido Yuka and I pulled an allnighter.. and Tacchan called me Anchan 3 times or so LOL.. I made a big deal tho the poor boy.. He can only call me Anchan if someone else has already said it.. like a parrot.. LOL. As ...