Shinagawa Prince Hotel Tokyo Minato

Made it to Tokyo. Long flight but not too bad. Found it actually very easy to get around the airpot and get to my hotel. Surprised by how much was actually in English. Will post pictures soon...

Today we visited the Kiomizu Dera Temple which takes you through the Gion area (Famous for its Geisha Houses). Here there is a shrine famous for providing assistance with your wishes particularly in the area of "love"! We then went on to the beautiful Golden Pagoda where Darren spotted a crane (symbol for Longevity - age not height) before catching a train back to Shinagawa in Tokyo. Some lovely photos from today - Enjoy

Today is our last full day in Japan and this morning we decided to adventure to the Tsukiji Fish Markets to see where the tuna for all that sushi comes from...

We arrived late on March 28 after a verrrry long flight (to me, anyway!). Within minutes of stepping out of the airport doors, a man approached me and asked, "You are living in Memphis?" because I was wearing a University of Memphis shirt that a relative had given me. I was really surprised but when I answered, "No, I just have relatives there," he looked disappointed and walked away.

The bus ride from Narita to our hotel was long and dark. I was very tired and had a headache, but even...

...Having said goodbye to my aikido friends, I proceeded to book a nice single room at the Asia centre of Japan and headed on a train into Tokyo centre. I took the limited express option which basically means it stops everywhere but it was clean, easy to navigate to and cheaper than the Keisei skyliner- ideal since i wanted more money to spend and wasn't on a time schedule. The tokyo tube system is a bit complicated since it's not all run by one company and certain lines in the same station m...

The ANA flight to Narita was pretty nice. There was no one in the middle seat, so there was plenty of room. The arrival at Narita was easy. We landed at 15:10 and by 15:50 I was on the airport limousine bus to Shinagawa. The bus took about 1.5 hours on the Higashi Kanto Expressway. The traffic got heavier around Urayasu-shi, on into the city. The bus dropped us off right in front of the Shinagawa Prince Hotel New Tower. I was staying in the Annex, but eventually found it, thanks to Tina's det...

Japonsko! Dnes rano som priletel do Japonska. Krajiny na ktoru som sa uz velmi dlho tesil. :-) Cestou sem som v lietadle jedol same Japonske jedlo. Lufhansa nam dala moznost vybrat si zapadne, alebo japonske jedlo a tak som nevahal. A bolo naozaj vyborne. Skoda, ze aj na inych linkach ho neponukaju. Do Tokya som prisiel o 8:00 rano a prva vec co sa mi zdala velmi zaujimava bolo to ako prazdne vyzeralo letisko Narita v Tokyo. Dokonca aj pred letiskom bolo ticho a iked vsade chodili ludia zdalo...

Dnes rano som zistil, preco sa Japonsko nazyva Krajina vychadzajuceho slnka. Vychadza tu totiz, prosim pekne, o 4:30 rano. A o piatej je uz vsade svetlo a ludia v pohybe. Dnes som tiez pochopil, preco si Japonski turisti u nas vsetko fotia. Je to preto, lebo tu v Japonsku sa spravam ako Japonsky turistana Slovensku ja a fotim uplne vsetko z coho sa miestni poriadne smeju. Fotil som si predajne automaty na potraviny a napoje, vyhrievane sedatka na zachodoch, ludi ako stoja v rade cakajuc na pr...