Tokyo Motel

... space shuttle. With the realities of the post-Perestroika economy in Russia, its space industry was especially starved for cash. The Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) offered to pay for one of its reporters to fly on a mission. For $28 million, Toyohiro ...

... light painting on the wall ... Then we had our first dinner in the neighbourhood and headed to Chibuya our favorite district of Tokyo, crowded with fancy dressed people, enlightened like disneyland, there was a kind of magic in the street. We loved it ...

... 10 minute taxi down the runway to the gate. At least we were in Japan. ==================== Thanks for reading this stuff once again. Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Himeji and Nara are (hopefully) coming up soon, as written by ...

... of  "Dukes of Hazzard" fame) came on. This one is in English with Japanese subtitles at the bottom of the screen. Forget the translations for a sec. I was thinkin' maybe I was on a road trip, stopping off at a Motel 6 in Texas. Yee-ha! ...

... pill and literally slept the entire flight so it didin't matter to her where she sat. Our hotel is called the Tokyo Inn and it's basically a Motel 6, but has some quirky Japanese extravagances. There is a slice of bamboo on the floor to stand on and ...

... foreign soil was I confronted by incomprehensible delights. Changi Airport was immense, sure. It made our international airport look like a motel lobby. It was grand, spacious, extravagant. But best of all, it was home to a Burger King. Imagine. For the ...

... easy, and before too long we found ourselves on semi-deserted streets in a section of Shibuya the guide book referred to as Love Motel Hill. And there were indeed plenty of Love Motels to go around. We were tempted. Sorely tempted. I had my hand on ...

... ride home....what do these people do - they were leaving the city for home still at 10pm at night...wow... DAY THREE: Tokyo to Shizuoka "Tsukiji Fish market" was the first stop. This place was great, the guys on their little motorised carts ...

... and how many people were stuffed into it.. We had to find alternate accommodation for our 2nd and last night in Tokyo... Randy found a capsule motel near Ueno station and we headed off with our stuff.... We found when we arrived there that it was only ...

I definitely chose the right neighborhood! Cats cats cats everywhere! I have just been wandering the area around my motel. About to have a sushi breakfast. yum! ...

... that!  They failed to tell me I will not be able to move into my apartment for 11 more days.  WTF????!!!!!   You stick me in a motel that reeks of smoke, no maid service - Consuela was too fat to fit into my suitcase, no wet bar, no view...  and ...

... being so large and with quite a few options to choose from, we decided to stay in the beautiful Hermosa / Redondo beach area. Our motel, was aptly called the Seaside motel and was just perfect for the purpose of our relaxing weekend. On our first day, we ...

... day of his birthday. So , to save having to sleep in the airport, on the first night we stayed in the Alex Motel  which is near enough next to Keflavik airport. It was a bizare feeling arriving somewhere at 1am and it still being ...

... !  Having checked out the sights in Hollywood yesterday, we figured we would 'do' downtown L.A today, taking in Chinatown, Little Tokyo and 'El Pueblo' (the 'original' Los Angeles).  First of all, we headed to Philippe's, an old sandwich shop ...

... and location, and I've made note of these so that I won't do the same thing. The much older American lady had been in Tokyo for 4 years, and was a fountain of knowledge. She advised me about how much I should get paid, which schools to avoid, how much ...

... be a very bad start to our time in Seoul, but it turned out to be a real hoot. Our new accommodation was a “Love Motel”! Let me explain.  A “motel” in Korea has a different meaning – it is usually an establishment where ...

... a functional one, and in that endeavor at least Osaka has succeeded, become the business and industry capitol of the Kansai region. The Tokyo of the South, I suppose. Ellie and I split company with Harry, Wai, and Joe at Shin Osaka en route to the ...

... Tokyo, people walked on the left side.  The Osakans also seem to be a little more colorful in terms of clothes compared to Tokyo-ites.  Just a few observations.  Near the hotel was a shopping arcade.  It was basically a long stretch of ...