hello again. this is day 2 of our trip in tokyo and we decided to start things off with breakfast from the local family mart. bought what we thought was apple juice but turned out to be really strong minging green tea but did play it safe with some yogurts and pastries. first stop was a trip to the imperial palace. kinda messed up with the ticket on the metro line and tried to use it at the wrong barrier, slightly embarassing but it did make other tickets cheape...

hello there people we've made it to tokyo and my what a clean place it is. we've seen people sterilise their bank notes on the train. made it here without any problems and managed to not get lost, hoorah. we've just spent the first day wondering round asakusa. visited the sensoji temple and the market streets surrounding it and some yummy jam and bean buns. had a bit of a dilemma choosing where to eat because claire doesnt like fish and laura didnt fancy dog but...