14th of November - took rapid train to Osaka then subway to skanksville to our budget hotel! 9pounds sterling per night. Went to Tennoji park via Pachinko hall (full of Japanese men playing pinball machines and smoking themselves to death) - very loud and busy. Saw Japo gardens and s***enoji Temple full of monks and turtles. Met another friendly Jap that showed us the way and practised his English skills en route. Only thing he knew about Scotland was Nakamu...

Arrived 0550hrs in Kyoto. We had a good sleep on the bus, found a wee cafe open @ 6am so we got brekky (more eggs). Had to sit sit outside hostel for an hour as the rest of the world doesn`t waken till around 8am. Once settled in the new pad we shot off out so excited about temple spotting, i could hardly hold Susan back!! First stop was the Kiyomizu temple followed by a few others. Lots of walks and paths around the temple full of tourists, but no....Susan ...

Friday 9th November - 2hour bus journey from Shinjuku station to Mt. Fuji. Had a lazy day, starting with a short stroll followed by some shopping for beer. Laney insisted! we updated our blog which im sure you have all read and made new plans.........quickest route to the 7/11 for beer. Saturday 10th November - bought tickets for sightseeing bus round lake Kawaguchi, stopping at some caves. This killed a whole 10 mins but we took some photos of some quite sp...

Hi all, Here we are in gorgeous Japan. We arrived at 9am Tuesday morning with a little bit of jet lag. We powered through the pain and made our way from Tokyo airport onto a bus and into shinjuku station (the busiest train station in the world). Here we met DJ Campus who kindly showed us the wonders of traveling by metro in Tokyo. We made it to the hostel by about midday and took our wee shoes off and left them in the shoe graveyard at the front door. Lucki...