Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo Minato

... fashions. Kids dress up in full costume and parade around here on sundays. It was not sunday, so while the street was packed with kids, most of them where not dressed too crazy. It would have been fun to see some of those super eccentric costumes.<br><br>That night we went out in Roppongi, which is one of the posh, clubby areas to hang out. There were a lot of African man trying to coax us into this club or that one. But ...

So the morning started out by getting up at 4am so we could go to the famous Fish Market. As it turns out, it's closed on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, which today happened to be.. go figure! We had already called 3 cabs by the time we figured this out and then had to pay them 400 Yen each (about $4) for the cancellation fee. Not that big of a deal. At least we didn't get all the way down there. So we went back up to our rooms to catch some more sleep. Of course at this ...

... that Boyley has relations in St Andrews &amp; that we may be able to put him in touch with Ann Marie to get a Job this summer. He was really genuine in his announcement that he "has a background in washing dishes"! Pete continued to talk until pretty much 3 in the morning! Next day we provided porridge for Kyle who, when he took a bowl over to Jackie told her he "was practising his waiting skills" bless! Had a good chat with a couple of cockneys who also got excited over our porridge ...

... to hear. we're staying at the New Sanno hotel, a fancy hotel in Tokyo for military personnel and families. its pretty awesome, cuz its only $60/nite and pretty much in the heart of Tokyo. most of the sites are in walking distance or just a short ride on the train. japanese public transportation is super efficient. pretty much everyone takes it, but you do have to be careful as Nips noted, or you mite get trampled. what i find ...

... Flown more flights than I can remember Slept in some top notch hotels..(and some ****** ones) Travelled by train, plane, pirate ship, ferry, jetski, helicopter, bullet train, cable car, taxi, coach, car, tram, swam and free fallen to our destinations Missed one flight (Ayres Rock..they changed it at the last minute..so we deny all responsibility)! Run out of most of my beauty products Forgotten how to use a knife and fork (chopsticks for a month)! Got mugged Got ...

Last night was spent in a capsule hotel or the coffin hotel as I will refer to it from now on. It was an experience not to be or should that read to be missed. Firstly K and I were split up I had to go to the women only floor, they issued us with a wristband that had three keys on it, in my case one for my locker, one for the bathroom and the last one for the coffin room. We had to leave our backpacks downstairs the lockers were not big enough, so ...

... in Tokyo, dating back into the Edo period. We did not have enough time to visit the entire museum, as we only had a few hours. We took a bunch of photos, as is the tradition and then left. Following the museum, it was nearly 6 o'clock, and we were going to head back to yoyogi, but instead decided to find the mystical "downtown tokyo". It turns out that there is no down town tokyo, as every single JR rail stop seems to open into a big square with big TVs ...

Got to the airport (after not much sleep the night before), checked in and found one of my cast mates Amy. We sat and giggled and got ready to board. Joanne (Jasmine) cut it pretty damn close. But we all boarded with ease and had assigned seats next to each other. I don't know what I would do without Dr. Chavez and the prescription he gave me. I slept for about 9 or 10 hours of the flight. Makes the whole experience much more tolerable. Arrived in Narita ...

We arrived in Narita around 330 Tokyo time after a LONG day of travelling. We were up and on the road at 5am and arrived in Tokyo 23 hours later, travelling through daylight the whole time. We landed went through customs had our bags in our hands all in about 10 minutes. We took a bus into the city which took about an hour and a half and got settled in then it was off to sample our first sushi dinner, we had a mini feast trying new ...

... were scalpers too, just like at home. Everything was so orderly as we entered. Even the lines to buy T-shirts. I was so disappointed they didn't have any shirts with Japanese writing on them and I asked William about it. "Of Course not. That wouldn't be cool..." Good for Japanse, not good for me.... --------------------------------------- ----- It took me a while to notice but there was no booze for sale in the ...