Our last morning in Tokyo and we've found out that the Kitty Suite doesn't just come with breakfast, it comes with a special Hello Kitty-themed room service! There are bows and Kitty faces adorning every aspect of the breakfast. We can't motivate the girls to leave the room before they have to, so we'll be here until the last possible moment. Choking back their grief the girls eventually let us check out, not before Boo "accidently" left her came...

Busted from the game last night, everyone sleeps in until suddenly there's a knock at the door - the cleaning staff are here - it's 10am already?!?! We're checking out of our tiny Shinjuku apartment today and spending our last night in a hotel across the park. There's a whirlwind of crazy as we pack up and get out of the apartment, we're across the park and drop our bags at our next hotel, then we're off to Harajuku for a bit. The girls j...

We're up early enough for me to greet the lobby attendant with Ohayo, first time in a week! It's an indicator of how motivated the girls are today - we're off to Sanrio Puroland for our Hello Kitty adventure 2.0. This place is the embodiment of Kawaii - super sweet, high pitched, and smiling constantly. The girls are awestruck.  This is all one building, enclosing the whole theme park. There are rides, water floats like It's a Small World, and l...

Sanrio Puroland has been tugging at the girls since we clocked it in a brochure a few months ago. It's just under an hour from our place but we decided today was the day. We arrive at Tama-Centre station and right from the station platform everything is Hello Kitty themed, now we're all excited. This station is easily bigger and busier than Chatswood station, but it sounds like Roseville Station at 11am on Wednesday - everyone is so quiet. We round the c...

We're at the SkyBus desk by 11am, very impressive for us. With an hour to kill before departure, we have a picnic in the palace gardens under one of the most beautiful Sakura trees we've seen this trip, big thick rose like blooms. We get as far as the palace gates before it's time to head back - this is a very modern area, beautiful streets of cafes and restaurants filling up on this sunny day.We're in the queue for the bus when a dozen people wi...