Toke Station Hotel Chiba

... the language. There were absolutely no problems for me though passing through Japanese immigration and customs. As always, the personnel there were extremely friendly and professional. The greeting of these people coupled with all of the other familiar sights and smells made me realize that, despite the severe pain in the ass that I had developed on Air Canada flight 1 from Toronto, it was truly great to be on vacation and back in the land of the rising sun!

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The people here are just fantastic and we have met a number of foreigners now living and studying/working here in Japan. Some of their stories are absolutely fascinating as is this country. I love Japan.

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Mate ne. (see you later)

... all single and lonely people, she said. We sat talked drank tea for half hour, I was really tired, took a shower and immediately went to bed. Mr Hirota, my host, said I can get up whenever I like in the morning.

Next day was beautiful, sunshine. We had breakfast, drank tea and started talking and Japanese learning lessons. We then went out for a walk in the neighborhood. This area has
round 30-houses, it seemed only Mr. Hirota is the only primary ...

Christmas day isn't a holiday in Japan so it's basically a normal day which was nice. We woke up at about 8 but by relaxed until about midday. Drank some champagne and ate the most exciting Christmas cake ever with a little sugar santa, snowman and plastic tree on top. We walked across the street to the Ramen shop. Good times. Unfortunately this restaurant didn't have pictures and numbers like the one last night so I ...

... through the darkness, eventually popping out the side of Mt Prometheus before arriving safely back with Nemo's crew at the exit. I realise I've blabbed on about this ride but I love it that much - superb!



Also at Mysterious Island is the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride, which is another detailed masterpiece. It uses dry-for-wet effects to mimic actually being underwater as we travel in our submarines that are suspended from above using monorail technology. Each pair ...

... needed a tip - fantastic! As we settled in we felt no need to leave our room except to get ice from the machine in the hall, of course, and were contemplating how we were going to live in the real world after this experience. All non MiraCosta guests were all just so common and dirty to us and what is better than looking out your window into a theme park, with the park's nice area music floating into the room? There was but 1 disturbance during the evening; I called guest ...

... What if anything happened, Japan has lots of small earthquake taking place everyday... hehehe, negative thinking, I would say!!! Oh yeah, the fare is 3000 yen per car. We stop at the resting area and it has a mini shopping mall and eatery places. We stop for about 40 minutes to view the sunset in the middle of Tokyo Bay before we finally headed home. Thank you for for the invitation, our dear friend. Until next time. Enjoy the photos. Until then, everyday is a new discoveries...

... I'd just hang around and see what would happen. The festival involved a type of dance/performance with the golden dragon being paraded about to music performed by a group of geisha, still unsure if they were real geisha or just dressed up for the festival though like many of the locals. Decided to hit the streets of Shibuya that evening which is the young, lively, crowded, vibrant and any other hip verb you can think of to describe this entertainment and ...

... the game, but we got nowhere, not surprising when it kicked off at 4.45am local time, so i signed up to an Internet streaming service only to be disappointed and pretty ****** off not being able to access the game. There also was a very funny story on our last stop at the guest house - an American claiming to be on the run from the u.s. government was also staying, but he couldn't reveal where he was going next because the FBI might find him(what i referred to earlier about George bush).

... Watch out for these guys and all the water cascading into the floor and splashing on your shoes. Admission to the market is free and it's worth the experience. In addition, outside the Fish Market there are a bunch of sushi bars and food stands for a good Japanese breakfast. Two hours later, I head towards Ueno Park where I was going to meet with my friend Mika and her daughter. To my surprise, the park had a zoo and they had two very special guess from ...