Bright lights big city Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo is frankly insane.  I would say for once in my life I'm stuck for words but that would be lying : )  This city really doesn't sleep and the Japanese have some strange habits but more on that later.  The all important bugger the sights beer review.  I've only managed to actually have&...

Sunday - We Meet Our Host Families! For breakfast, I planned to visit a McDonald's, since there is one in both the Ito Yodado, and also in the Daiei. But I soon realized that Ito Yokado is closed on Sunday mornings and the food court in the Daiei isn't open either. There was a very large and crowded farmers' market going on at the Daiei though, ...

It was an early start today and I met 2 new hostel guests at breakfast, Erin and Ellena from Australia. Today I decided I would go to Shinjuku and Shibuya which are the most modern parts of the city. I arrived at Shinjuku and was met with many tall buildings, most of which are shops or offices, and started wandering around. Shinjuku is impressiv...

Had to be up early the next day for my flight to Japan. Set the alarm for 7, had a quick shower, had my French Canadian yeti-lookie-likie room mate yak at me for me 10 minutes, finished packing my rucka and realized that I couldn't find my room keys. Frantically, I start looking in all my pockets. Finally five minutes after the bus had departed,...