Toyoko Inn Asakusa Senzoku Taito

... proved surprisingly easy to find. We had originally been a little worried about how we would be received there. We had read things that there were sometimes xenophobic right-wingers present shouting hostile slogans and the like. But surprisingly, the place was quiet. The only thing out of place were lines of businessmen off in front of the shrine. We caught some stares on our way to the museum a bit later, but no one was openly ...

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... Mt. Hood (which the Japanese guidebook told us is called Oregon's Mt. Fuji by the many Japanese who are living in the area) and on back down to Portland. For the second night in Portland we enjoyed a superb dinner at Higgins'. This is a definite recommendation and if they have them on the menu try the baked oysters with garlic whistles. The rhubarb pie with lovage ice cream is also a treat. Heading southwest from Portland we decided that stops at a couple of the ...

... rtw-2007/1178420400 /tpod.html?tweb_UID=travellerhans&t web_token=380463223296012790 Joo, käytiin tässä illalla vielä Uenolla vesisateessa heittämässä pieni rundi, mutta kyllä alkaa nyt väsymys pikkuhiljaa viemään voiton. Tällä hetkellä ollaan oltu valveilla reilusti yli 30 tuntia ja nuppi on aivan sekaisin, eikä tiedä onkos nyt päivä vai yö? Huomenna alkaa Tokion ihmetteleminen oikein toden teolla ja sitä ihmettelemistä muuten riittää! :-)

It's summertime. Great to be outside after dark, stroll the streets ... and see fireworks along the banks of Tama River. So I present you with some snapshots (attempt No. 1, I'll be a pro at it after 55 more tries, haha) from the fireworks event of a few weeks ago. All over Japan there are fireworks shows at night in small towns and big cities. Perhaps the biggest and best is held at Sumida ...

... a meal. The concierge gave us instructions for our trip to Kyoto as well as setting us up with a reservation for our Kaiseki...traditional Japanese dinner. That done we walked a couple of blocks to the Sizzler. Don't laugh, this was the nicest Sizzler we've ever seen. As most of the American style restaurants here, Sizzler incorporates a large assortment of Asian foods to the menu. Dinner was great. We crawled back to the hotel and passed out once again. What a day!

... shrine was very pretty, but the main temple area was under construction so the view wasn't what it could have been. We took a group picture here - our first! Haha Afterward, I went with Drew, Murphy, Val, and Liz to a soba shop, where I had delicious Nabeyaki Udon (noodles, fish cakes, vegetables, shrimp tempura, and an egg cracked over top). I am intensely impressed with the temperatures at which Japanese food is often served - my food was still BOILING when it reached ...

... realise was that it had a smoking section and I was sat right in the middle of it. It seemed like the place was on fire. I mean I couldn't see my hand in front my face. Still I didn't care I had my Big Mac. Still only 1pm I went and found a park and ended up having a nap for an hour. Probably not the best idea I know with all my stuff still on me but I couldn't stay awake any more. To be honest if it was Bristol I probably would have woke up and all my stuff would have ...

... from Tokyo station. But, before then we have decided to find an internet cafe to update the journal. We read in the tourbook of a not too expensive one in Shibuya, so we take the JR - Yamenote line to this neighborhood of Tokyo. After about 20 minutes of walking around and asking for directions to the building this cafe is supposed to be in, we find the MAnBOO! Internet Comic Cafe instead. This place is incredible, it has thougsands of DVD's and games you can ...