Brrr.... Cold

After a good night’s rest we meet Yukio at 9.30am and started our second day of exploring. Today we took the train to Kamakura which is about an hour or so outside of Tokyo. This region has many temples and shrines which date back to about 1000 years ago. Our first stop was in Mase where we visited a famous Temple with a big gold Budda whilst there we tried a hot rice wine. It was like a watery ambrosia creamed rice - not unpleasant but I couldn’t drink a ...

Well we made it to Japan! The flight was 12 hours but to be honest I thought it was quite quick - especially since I slept for over 6 hours! BA were great and we were well looked after. So we arrived in Tokyo Narita at 9am and my Uncle Yukio meet us at the airport and took us to our hotel in the Shinagawa district in Tokyo. Narita is quite a distance from Tokyo so it took more than an hour to get to the hotel. We were feeling pretty good after getting so much...

Well are on our way to Scotland and about to start our honeymoon adventure! After the storms yesterday I was very nervous about the ferry but alas my stress was relieved when Stenaline started sailing again late last night. The sea is a bit choppy but I am focusing on this blog and not the horizon which keeps going up and down outside the window! So tomorrow morning we are flying to Heathrow and then on to Tokyo Narita! So excited but also a but nervous as ...