After a reasonably quiet night, i hired a bike yesterday, and was headed towards the Imperial Palace when i met a couple of American guys who were headed the same way. We had to book onto a tour of the palace, so we went to find the castle. The castle was pretty cool, with great gardens. in the rooms where the shogun had meetings, they marked all the trapdoors and hidden panels were the samurai hid! We went to get dinner, ordered it out a vending machine, the...

Yesterday, i got the train to Shimbuya, a really nice district with lots of fun shops, including a great disney store, hello kitty stores, a barbie shop and lots of music and manga stores. Walked around getting lost and trying to avoid the temptations, then walked to Yoyogi park. Had a wander round and started talking to a Japanese guy who had lived in london for a year and wanted to practice his English. We went to the Meiji shrine which was really amazing,an...

Well, first day in Tokyo and my legs are exhausted! Woke up and got my morning coffee out a hot can from a vending machine! Walked over the bridge and using a Japanese map managed to navigate my way to the sinsoji temple, the biggest temple in Tokyo. It was amazing! there were the initial gates, then there was a passage lined with stalls then the temple at the end. yuo can get your fortune there, by picking a stick and then taking a fortune out the box that it...

I made it! got out of my lovely bed at 4.30am and made it to the airport in time for a burger king croissant burger! what an invention- sausage egg and cheese in a croissant! Boarded the flight and we took off at 8.30. The flight was around eleven hours in a 767, and i managed to fit 5 films, my name is earl and some reading into that time! Half of the plane were wearing masks, obviously concerned about the swine flu, and when we arrived at Tokyo Narita airport, ...