Day 14 – Tokyo Skytree, and Headed Home
The next morning, JB and walked to the Tokyo Skytree, which we had been wanting to do for some time (since we kept seeing it from everywhere we went). The … Continue reading
Day 13 – Kappabashi Street and Akihabara
The next day brought us to another day of visual over-stimulation, but in a good way. Just a few streets to west of where we were staying was Kappabashi-dori, … Continue reading
Day 12 – Headed back to Tokyo (Asakusa)
After a long bus ride back to Shinjuku, we again had all our bags and the fun of navigating the subway system to get to our next and final location … Continue reading
Day 11 – Second Day of Fuji Hike (the upper half)
So, after (in theory) sleeping – just resting our bodies mostly, we got up around 2:30 AM to start our next leg. We didn’t care about being at the … Continue reading
Day 10 – First Day of Fuji Hike
You will probably hear other people talk about hiking Mt Fuji. Most people hike it by driving up to the 5th station, which is about halfway up the mountain, and … Continue reading
Day 9 – Arrival in Fuji-town (Kawaguchiko)
The next morning, check out was early and we had a lot of luggage to move again (always the worst part of any foray). So the first part of … Continue reading
Day 8 – Odaiba, and back to the Park Hyatt
We started our journey to Odaiba by trying to see if we could find the Honda walking robot (ASIMO). We did manage to find the Honda building, but the showings … Continue reading
Day 7 – Imperial Palace and the Science Museum
Day 7 started out the right, with a wonderful breakfast at, uh, well… Ok, so it was just mediocre. By the way, Denny’s in Japan (like everything else), is not … Continue reading
Day 6 – Nippara Limestone Cave
While taking their break the previous day, Tanja and Brian planned out our next day adventure – a trip to the Nippara Limestone Cave. The cave was quite a … Continue reading
Day 5 – The Ginza and the Fish Market
By Tuesday, our fellow travelers needed a little break, so we split up for the day. JB and I rode the Tokyo Metro to the Ginza to start with. Before … Continue reading
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