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8 May 2009 (Friday) - Day 1: Depart Narita, Tokyo to Beijing, China. Arrive Beijing. Upon your arrival at Beijing airport at 9:40 pm Tokyo (TYO) to Beijing (PEK) - $728.00 = $763.66 Total price https://res.nwa.com/secure ...

... coast line towns. Houses huddled up together sometimes stretching high up the hills and mountains, and often all the way down to the ocean. All so colorful but with time the colors have dampened giving the towns a sort of yellow-grayish look. For a hobby photographer such as Lilly and I, the electric wires are a pain. They seem to be everywhere, in many layers, connecting houses and poles., which results in dark lines covering all photos ...

Tr*velling b*ck up to Tokyo w*s like the fourth l*p of running * mile, we could *ll see the end *nd w*nted to wr*p it up *nd st*rted counting the d*ys. At every moment the most popul*r topic w*s when we were going to *rrive *t port. Everybody h*d their guess, but they w*nted to check their guess *g*inst wh*t the computer s*id. the problem with computing long dist*nces with * computer is th*t it figures th*t you'll go str*ight *t the current speed for ...

... Also the weather was very nice. It had around 28 degree Celsius. We were travelling there by a huge ferry over night. Tokyo and Yokohama are also very nice when it is dark. The skyline is shining in so many different colors. Really amazing! :-)

Try Wasabi ice-cream here. It is very interesting taste. It very spicy, but great. There are many hotels with hot spring in this town. Hiking and fishing is very exciting here. Also, not just wasabi ice-cream, there are also many unique food in this town. http://www.mustlovejapan.com/area/izu/k awazu_summary/

... here. At the parking area, there are many hotels and gift shops. They have wasabi ice-cream which is very interesting taste. You should try at once. Be careful, it is very wasabi kind of spicy, but taste great! Also, Wasabizuke is great wasabi food, too. http://www.mustlovejapan.com/area/izu/j oren_fall/

... that is consumed in prodigious quantities at these events. I still fell pray to a bit too much beer, owing to the fact that they drink it out of small cups, which someone refills the second you take the tiniest sip. This makes it impossible to judge how much you've drank. In Japan, people pour drinks for each other. It's considered rude to pour for yourself, or to let anyone's glass around you become empty. It's also considered impolite to refuse a refill. Carole, ask John ...

... itself, I noticed that there are a lot of school kids going home after school in their uniforms and I feel bad because these poor kids they still have to go to school in July!!! I'm intrigued by the train conductor higly precise movements of the hand and arms to indicate the tracks! And I'm impressed by the view of Mt Fuji.

Unfortunately today we are experiencing the typical weather of the japanese rainy season. I read somewhere that the rainy season was supposed to last only one month, namely June, but I guess it depends on the year....anyway instead of laying on a beach enjoyng the sun and the pacific waves we are stuck in a bar checking our emails....

... which are very exotic and beautiful. The shrine itself is understated and pretty as well- but we were starving so we took some pics and moved on! We grabbed lunch at a place called Café Studio which is somehow affiliated with MTV Japan. They had decent burgers and an interesting décor with IMacs available for public internet surfing and a stage for DJ shows. Chris wasn't feeling well and headed home but I kept shopping and met him there!