Yesterday we went to the Imperial Palace Gardens, we couldn't (as far as we know) get into the actual palace. The gardens were full of trees, no surprises there! and a lot of historic buildings like rest houses and fort type things. Not being a great lover of history it was a bit lost on me but it was quite interesting.  Today we went to Harajuku. We had heard that Sunday was the best day to go, as the local schoolgirls dressup in their Harajuku clothes ...

Went to Disneyland Tokyo yesterday and today. Yesterday we went to the main park, decided to leave early and then got there and had to wait for 45 minutes to actually get in. Tickets were quite cheap, 10000 yen for two days, which is around 40 pound. It was also really easy to get to by train from our hostel.Disney was awesome, though everything was in Japanese so you didn't get the full effect. The park is much bigger than the one in Paris and is more like D...

Went to an early morning fish market, but when we finally got there, we couldn't see any fish. We wandered round for about 30 minutes thinking we had got there too late until we met some people who had been there since 3. We saw a few fish but nothing spectacular. Went back to the hostel and slept all day, even though we were planning on getting up at midday.

We're staying in Asakusa, which is in the North East of Tokyo. It is one of the few remaining traditional parts of Tokyo left. It used to be the red light district though! We went for a wander round the area. Ended up at Kaminarimon gate, you go through here and a busy market street to end up at the Sensoji temple. Inside the temple there is a shrine, most people were putting money in and then praying. Also inside were fortune telling sticks, basically you pu...

Arrived in Tokyo late morning. Managed to get out of the airport ok and on the train without too much difficulty, though we did spend 10 mins trying to work out how much we should pay and how to work the ticket machine.At the station, armed with a map we tried to find out hostel and ended up completely lost, even after getting directions from a random man. Thankfully found it in the end and they let us check in early.We literally got there and crashed out (at 1pm...