Here are a few observations on Japan. The roads, even with traffic on, seem very very quiet. No one shouts, hollers or talks loudly - except in Shinjuku which is more a piccadilly circus if you like. Everyone in public spaces in fact is very quiet and softly spoken. On trains, apart from us, we only saw a couple of older ladies talking and some school boys too. No one talks on their phones on the trains or metro. They put them on silent and either text, surf or p...

Thursday 19th April 2018 On the way back we managed to see the majestic Mount Fuji. Another travel box ticked. It almost feels like we're going back home. Back to 'Planetyse'. And what a warm welcome we recieved as we walked in. The girls there gave big smiles and handed over the keys to our twin room! What luxury. It was around this time we discovered we had left our food in Hiroshima....ah feck! In order to check our flight details and find out if we had to ...

Thursday 12th April In Narita airport we collected our bags and enquired about the shuttle bus to the hotel - stop 32, every 10 minutes. Spot on. Checked in and got the lift to our room, in front of which a bank of vending machines with everything in. The alcohol one was on 6th floor. Big wide corridors, a smell of stale ciggarette smoke and our room had a metal (shed like) door. In the room were 2 kimonos, belts and slippers. On they went after a good shower, ...