Toke Station Hotel Chiba

... said, “my name is Mihoko, what is your name?” I was so tickled! I responded that my name was Santa and that I was glad to see her. She said, “I’m glad to meet you today. I am fine, how are you?” I don’t know if she understood me but I told her that after meeting her I was very, very fine and I hoped that she had a wonderful day.

If there is any doubt about why I love my job . . . . .

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... here, people buy the property as second house, and only spend round 30days in a year, no one rent them, it is on the hill but within walking distance to the beach. All of the houses' windows are blocked
to prevent from the wind. So at night it is like a ghost little town, only one house was lit. The biggest house was owned by a Korean family who owns a casino.

We came back from the walk, Mr. Hirota then drove us sightseeing, afternoon was hot ...

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 ...

Small, but the best Japanese style garden in Tokyo. Check out my video clip here http://www.mustlovejapan.com/area/tokyo _east/kiyosumi_garden/ Kiyosumi Garden is a Japanese style garden located in east side of Tokyo. It has very famous collections of Japanese stones and rocks. In the center of the garden, there is a ...

... so we were now free to travel between the parks and enjoy the best of both worlds. Although after our first day experience at Disneyland we were far more focussed on DisneySea. It was a non-Oceano breakfast day so we got up an hour later and headed straight into our local park to get FASTPASSes for the TOT. On this second day we did all of the other attractions that we had missed the previous day due to queues and other circumstances, resulting in an even greater appreciation for ...

... Sheraton, this time embarking from the Tokyo Disneyland stop. Back at the aptly-named "Oasis" centre at the Sheraton we moved our clothes into the dryers and headed off once again. I had been interested in visiting some of these "Official Hotels" because if I wanted to revisit the resort they present a sometimes cheaper accommodation option, with some of the Disney benefits. Unfortunately the Sheraton was really dated, hot and a bit smelly whilst having no charm or ...

So, this has to have been one of the most surreal days in my life. In my previous years here I'd read about The Japan Highland Games, yet never actually experienced it. This year was different. My mate Dan had emailed me to remind me of the games. I'd forgot to keep my eyes peeled this year. He was quite keen on going so I thought "**** it" donned my kilt and headed off to the station. The weather was nice Iw as just hoping it wouldn't be too ...

... 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 ...

... very loud metal clang and it didn't take me long to realize that he had whacked the snorers bed, something that i found ***********tain i was laughing so much. so next time he started i threw a slipper at him with the same effect, and around 10mins later he was at it again, probably dreaming about why there were coat hangars and slippers in his bed. By this time, the whole dorm was up and the only person asleep was the snorer himself. how he didn't wake himself up ill never know ...