Kyoto, Kinki, Japan Wednesday, January 4, 2017 *BLAKE* We caught train at 9.30am from Tokyo station to head off to Kyoto. We took a high speed train that got us there in 2hrs 40mins. The ride was really enjoyable as we were riding in comfort with large reclining seats, seat warmers and plenty of leg room. It was was a nice change to the cramped up plane flights we had over. Along the ride there were plenty of spectacular views of smaller towns and country sid...

Tokyo, Kanto, Japan Tuesday, January 3, 2017 *DYLAN* Woke up in the morning expressing our grievances to each other over another night of poor sleep due to snoring. After we had left snorlax behind in the mixed dorm I was hopeful that would be the end of our snoring troubles. Turns out he has infected our tour guide Callum, and now he has been snoring as well during the night. Thankfully after discussing it the snorlax jnr he has informed us to wake him up wh...

Tokyo, Kanto, Japan Monday, January 2, 2017 *MAYA* The day started off with the boys sneaking away for their boarding trip outside of Tokyo at a cringe worthy time of 6:10am. All was good though because us girls were snug as a bug zzzzz'ing. After our little sleep in we slowing made our way to Takes***a street. We had it all down packed with no navigation problemos! Upon arrival, a breakfast of champions was in order - crepes. Crepes of the chocolate, custar...

Tokyo, Kanto, Japan Sunday, January 1, 2017 *ASH* Dyl, Maj and I woke up at 830am and headed to Shinagawa to do their MariCar Tour. Upon arriving, we got to select a costume - I chose Toad, Dyl went as Mickey Mouse and Maj went as Dory. Although it wasn't too cold - we had to dress like we were going snowboarding as we would be driving around for 3hours. After a quick run through of the karts, we hit the streets of Tokyo - it was so much fun! The karts had a...

Tokyo, Kanto, Japan Friday, December 30, 2016 *LOUISE* This morning we had a makeshift brekky of noodles from the local family mart followed by a yoga sesh conducted by Dyl on the roof of our accommodation, while we waited to move our bags into our 6 bedroom dorm which we will be sharing for the next 3 nights. We made our way to the Ueno District. A pretty and serene place and the cultural heart of Tokyo. We walked around Yanaka known for s...