How does one get motivated to write the final chapter of such a fantastic holiday? By writing this entry I have to admit to the world, and to myself that it's over. There is however, a few factoids providing me some comfort at this time. Firstly, all holidays must come to an end. Without a defined beginning and a defined end, it simply isn't a holiday. The fact that it is ending, and there is already a desire to start making a list of the things we didn't ge...

All too soon, our time in the bubble of the Tokyo Disney world has come to an end, and we find ourselves faced with the prospect of returning to normal Japanese life, on our last full day in Japan. After this, we're faced with the even sadder prospect of returning to completely normal life back in Australia, when we fly out tomorrow night. Thus, we prepare ourselves for the last city hop of the trip, from Tokyo, around the corner to Yokohama. Specifically, we&#...

Once again Tokyo Disney Sea has proven beyond any doubt that it is the far superior Tokyo Disney theme park. If you have only one day to experience Disney in Tokyo, do not even think about going to Disneyland. Do Disney Sea. If you have 2 days for Disney in Tokyo, seriously consider doing Tokyo Disney Sea twice. Many people consider it to be the best Disney theme park in the world, and every time I leave, I can see that this opinion could very well be a...

Each time we visit Tokyo Disney, we split our time evenly between Disneyland and Disney Sea. Each of the previous times we've said that Disneyland was good, but left something to be desired. Today was no different. The next 2 days are going to be exhausting. Leaving Disney until the last few days of the trip is probably insane, but that's how the schedule lines up on this trip. The alarms (yes plural, for the sake of redundancy) sounded abruptly at 6am. We...

I've now been to the city of Matsumoto twice, and I'm a very big fan of the city. On the last trip, I left the city after a day trip from Nagano really impressed, asserting that it would be a great place to spend more time in. A night stopover there has only reinforced this opinion. It is a very picturesque city, surrounded by alpine mountain ranges. But the city itself just feels relaxed. The people never seem to be in too much of a hurry. There is not masses ...