InterContinental Hotel Tokyo Bay Minato

... be a better way, unfortunately there wasn't. The only way to buy tickets on-line is if you order a rail pass, and you have to do that out of the country. We already decided against getting the rail passes since it was cheaper for us to buy individual tickets to the places we wanted to go.<br><br>We really wanted to try and get all the tickets before Kelly arrived. We went to various train stations 3 times before finally buying ...

... as it does... it's easier for me to explain in person so if you're interested, ask me. After the tour, we headed back to the hotel and grabbed a quick lunch and an hour of R&amp;R (or for me, Facebook time and a great quick chat w/Lyn before she went off to bed). Then we walked over to McCann's Tokyo office (ad agency headquartered in the US). They gave two great presentations (my favorite so far - by a landslide). Off to the restaurant with the ...

... goes to young Kyle. Dinner was going to be Sushi, but having queued for 20 minutes with at least another half hour wait to go we opted to leave the sushi for another night &amp; do Noodles. A common type of eating place here is one where you order and pay for your food at a vending machine and then the waiter brings it over to you when it is ready. Very civilised really, but when the vending machine has no pictures &amp; is writing in Japanese all sorts of problems start - especially ...

... en una vending machine, fanta grape, deliciosaaaaaaaa, vaya vicio! Fuimos a comer a un restaurante famoso por su tempura y allí me calzé un tendon tempura, langostinos enormes sobre una base de arroz con salsa de soja. Por supuesto descalzo y sentadito en la mini mesa. Las camareras son encantadoras, nos hablaban en un refinado japonés tradicional que nos dejó atónitos. Después de comer nos fuimos a pasear al templo de Kaminarimon, la puerta del trueno. Risas a la entrada al parque ...

... day visiting Shinjuku. Our room has all the mod cons and is quite impressive but like all things Japanese its tiny. This makes it a tad hard to open your suitcases and have room to move around the bed. I'll try the bidet toilet out later and give you the goss. Shinjuku is where all the skyscrapers are and plenty of people but ...

... some photos in the Pirates ride for Alexandra but I was very wary and tried to cover it, so I dont think I got many if any that were decent. I did get myself two Nightmare Before Christmas things which are soooo awesome! I also managed to get the kids all something from Disneyland even though it was super-expensive! I got the twins some cushy little circle things in a packet (One had Princess Jasmin on it ...

... the Umed* Sky Building. The view from the top is *bsolutely spect*cul*r! But the elev*tor ride up there h*d us *ll ne*r hysteri*! Not to mention the esc*l*tors *s well. I won't rush b*ck for th*t. Th*nk god coming b*ck down w*s nowhere ne*r *s b*d! We c*ught * l*te *fternoon tr*in to Kyoto, *nd spent * quiet night exploring the *re*. D*y 3 we spent the d*y with Miho *nd K ...

... che abbiamo gia` in tasca il biglietto per Bangkok. In Thailandia con quello che spendiamo qui a Tokyo in un giorno possiamo andare avanti la` per tre o quattro giorni permetterndoci uno stile di vita che non e` certo quello che abbiamo vissuto qui nelle tre settimane passate. <br>Stasera prepariamo quindi i bagagli e ci concediamo un sentito addio a sushi e sashimi nipponici. Questo ci manchera` senz`altro. <br>A presto giovanni

... barrack for the Giants, and then learned that they were the home team as well as the top team in the league. Good choice. The Sparrows were also from Tokyo, but just when you thought their name couldn't get any worse it turns out they are the "Yakult Swallows" - that's right, the health drink. Each team is supposed to be allocated half of the stadium's seats, but the weak Swallows supporters didn't make the effort so there were plenty of their seats infiltrated by ...

We are back at Bryan's for the night. Tomorrow, we fly out of Narita into Bangkok. We went to sushi for dinner and the fatty tuna was succulent. I have added some pictures from between Kyoto and today. Between Tokyo and Kyoto are in my ipod and I can't get them out. Sorry.