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We flew into Tokyo midday from
Hong Kong after a night there in the transit lounge and No
sleep. We had planned in Bali the places we wanted to visit and
had done a bit of research. So straight away after landing we
were talking to the information desk and a travel company down
stairs to plan our 7 days 6 nights here. So a bit like what we
did in Chile, we had built a non-stop itinerary using up our
time efficiently. So after all the planning we hit the train to
get out of the airport into the city to our hotel.
Tokyo is the world’s largest
populated city with 34 million people, yet the place is clean,
people are friendly and they have a great public transport
system, even if some of the names of places look the same at
first glance. We soon found out there are plenty of regular
(punctual, clean) trains/metros with a number of different lines
taking you in all directions. Usually the worst people in the
world are taxi drivers, but here they were polite even wearing
white gloves and not trying to rip you off!
It was a great time to come
here for the weather. The summer and wet season had passed and
they were just heading into autumn with great sunny warm days
where the maple leaves were changing colour from green to red so
all the beautiful grounds and gardens just looked amazing. This
was the first time since leaving Australia in early September
where we needed to wear shoes all day long and fleeces now and
then!
Japan is known for being
expensive especially for accommodation so we made good use of
their AM PM convenience stores to even up the costs for food
through out the day. They sell great Sushi to go and they even
cook things for you if you buy anything that needs cooking.
Next day we hit the city with
plenty of walking around in the sunshine. We went to the
Imperial Palace but couldn’t go in as it is restricted entry
only so that was a bit disappointing. We visited one of the BIC
electronic stores that sell wall to wall great Japanese
electronic gadgets and we even dropped into the Sony centre for
a nose and play with some kit that’s not in the shops yet. That
evening we started our Sushi tasting off in a traditional
Japanese conveyor belt restaurant. Next stop Kyoto.
On our last
day here we had a flight back to Hong Kong, connecting to
Jo’berg in the evening, so with what time we had, we packed up
all our things and headed over to the Tokyo Motor Show for a few
hours looking at the cars and motorbikes. We dumped our back
packs into some lockers and mooched around, sitting on and in
many fine machines. It was a huge show with lots of people
there. Later we headed off to the airport for our flight. |
