Sorry for the delay producing the first post. I can't put pictures up at the moment but I have taken lots and they will flood onto this site over the coming days.
The flight was painless although neither of us had any sleep and we felt like zombies (excited zombies) as we stepped off the plane. We met up with Fumi, sent a suitcase to Hamamatsu (a brilliant service) and then went to the hotel... WOW! The place was not what we were expecting. We have become fairly accustomed to staying in hostels and backpackers hotels.
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/ha/tyohb - That's no hostel.... Fumi had sorted this out and it was a huge shock! A very pleasant one. When I can post a few photos I will write a little more.... especially about the toilets. If you have never experienced a japanese toilet before then you are missing out! I think someone should start importing them to Europe. We headed to Akihabara and I bought a very cheap digital camera. The pictures are on my laptop and when I can find a wireless access point the pictures will be here.
We were tired so we spent an evening in the hotel drinking japanese beer and fake beer (happoshu) and eating snacks.
The next day we explored Tokyo visiting Asakusa and we went on a Hello Kitty tour bus to see the government buildings. We spent most of the afternoon drinking with some drunken middle-aged business men who were celebrating the opening of a new direct train route from their home town to Asakusa. Japanese people have been so kind and welcoming and very keen to help us with our poor language skills! Sarah is making much more progress than I am. We left Tokyo in the evening and took the Shinkansen to Hamamatsu.
We headed to Fumi's coffee shop and met her family. They were so welcoming and kind!!! We are very lucky to have such good friends here.
Yesterday we explored Hamamatsu and today we head into the countryside.
I have to go and have a bath (in the amazing automatic, self-filling bath tub)... So I will finish now and add some more tomorrow (after job hunting...)
Ja mata ashita,
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2 comments:
All sounds pretty coool! whats fake beer?
Goodness, you have gone up in the world since you took that beard off. I bet strawberries in Hamamatsu aren't to the same standard as Windsor ones though...
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