The day had gone swimmingly well, apart from the 20 minutes of torrential rain, but even that didn’t bother us too much. We returned to the shoe box armed with beer, wine and a suitable collection of snacks to watch England v Tonga on the TV. The France v Argentina game had been on the…
Our first game – very exciting. The morning was spent at Osaka Castle, largely because it was on the way to the stadium. It is an imposing edifice originally built in the 1500’s, but restored and rebuilt several times since then. We headed out early to the game in case we got lost or delayed.…
After the NZ v SA game we decided to grab some food before heading back to our shoe box, and having walked past any number of perfectly acceptable looking places, we made a decision on an authentic looking bar/grill. On entering we were told that they only served pig, but that was fine, lots of…
We had a great evening watching the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup and then Japan v Russia in a sports bar in Roppongi – the place doesn’t change much, still roughly a thousand Yen a drink, same as it was 20 years ago, Lord it was expensive back then. It was time to…
When we lived in Tokyo we had a Saturday morning ritual of sushi at an authentic Japanese sushi restaurant in Kanda. We last ate there over 20 years ago but I knew Robert was keen to see if it still existed, so after a hard morning (for him) wandering the funky shopping streets of Harajuku,…
Hurrah, it stopped raining and we woke to bright blue sky & sunshine, which makes exploring Tokyo much easier, umbrellas can really slow you down. It was a mix of old & new today: sumo, which we never managed to catch while we were here, followed by dinner at the New York Grill in the…
The photos show what it is we loved about Tokyo
We’ve been on two planes, two trains and overcome a number of challenging ticket machines to arrive at our destination. We’ve learnt that alcohol (particularly in transit) can really take the edge off the journey. A quick shower (& a small snooze) then we ventured out and loving Tokyo
Continue readingTrains, planes and God it’s a long way to Tokyo
All my bags are packed. I’m ready to go, or more accurately we’re ready to go. I had planned to take photos of our bags at check-in, but the stress of wrestling with bag drop meant the bags were sailing off to Haneda before I’d managed to get the phone out of my rucksack (mental…