Friday 13th June 2008 Our beds are Japanese style futons, but much more comfortable than the last hotel and the bathroom is bigger. After breakfast we hired a couple of bikes from the hotel for five hundred yen each to cycle around the city. Our first stop was at Nijo Castle where we paid two…
Thursday 12th June 2008 We were up and out of the hotel by half nine despite Ady feeling worse this morning. We walked to Ueno station in the rain and got the local train to Tokyo central to pick up the Shinkansen to Kyoto. We arrived in Kyoto at quarter past one and walked in…
Wednesday 11th June 2008 After another late start we walked into Asakusa to have a look around the markets until our washing was done. We ate a bit of lunch at the hostel whilst the washing was drying and then caught the train down to Akihabara to have a look around the electronics district. The…
Tuesday 10th June 2008 We were up and out of the hostel just after ten and walked to Ueno station. We booked tickets through to Ito and then got on the local train to Shinagawa. The guy in the ticket office had taken a while and by the time we got to Shinagawa we’d missed…
Monday 9th June 2008 After a late start we had breakfast in the hostel and headed out to get the train up to Komagome and walked around the very pretty Rikugien Gardens in the rain. We’d picked up some bits for lunch at a bakery in the station and ate those whilst sheltering under the…
Sunday 8th June 2008 My plane arrived into Tokyo on time and it didn’t take too long to get through immigration and customs. After enquiring at the information office I managed to work out that Ady’s flight had come in to Terminal 1 and mine in to Terminal 2. A short, free shuttle bus ride…
Saturday 7th June 2008 Last night Leon decided to put the TV on until about midnight, he then snored the loudest I’ve ever heard at 5am and 7:30am – I will not miss hostel dorms when I get home! After packing up and checking out I decided to make the most of the sunshine and…
Friday 6th June 2008 I had yet another disturbed night with a couple of people sat right outside the window talking in the early hours. I had the free breakfast and then decided against the two hour train ride up to the blue mountains (plus the weather wasn’t great) and instead got the train a…
Thursday 5th June 2008 My taxi arrived slightly early and I was at Southern Cross station by half seven. It was definitely worth the fifteen dollars not to have to walk and change trains with my bags. I checked in my large ruck sack and then got some bits of food from the IGA opposite…
Wednesday 4th June 2008 I had a much needed lie in this morning and whiled away half the morning using the very slow internet connection and booking a taxi for tomorrow morning and my last hostel in Australia – the Pink House in Sydney. I decided not to go for a Neighbours tour, instead opting…