Weather: sunny and hot low 20°C, high 29°C Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan We wanted to get all our laundry clean before leaving Tokyo, so we got laundry washing at 9 am (the earliest you can start). While it was washing Eskil…
Category: 2015 Japan
Japan 2015 Day 07: Bus Tours
Weather: sunny and hot low 20°C, high 29°C Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan The day before we’d seen a hop-on/hop-off bus, and as we’d had good experiences with them in the UK we decided to try it (and hopefully it would give…
Japan 2015 Day 06: Ginza, Ito Ya, and the Imperial Palace
Weather: overcast and humid: low 18°C, high 24°C Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan We had breakfast at the Anderson at our train station again. We took the Yamanote train to Yūrakuchō station and walked to the Ito Ya Ginza store. We explored…
Japan 2015 Day 05: Rainy Relaxing and Tobu
Weather: rainy and humid: low 16°C, high 19°C Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan Eskil was up at 6:30 am, so Scott took him downstairs to the common room so I could try to sleep in. I couldn’t get back to sleep, but…
Japan 2015 Day 04: Hakone
Weather: overcast, humid, and afternoon rain: low 18°C, high 25°C Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan Eskil almost woke up at 5:20 am, but luckily Scott swapped pillows with him and he went back to sleep until 7:30! Hooray! We dressed then had…
Japan 2015 Day 03: Ueno and the Zoo
Weather: mostly sunny: low 21°C, high 29°C Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan Eskil woke at 5 am. Ugh. We thought it was 6 am at first, but no – 5. As I couldn’t sleep anyway I took him downstairs to the common…
Japan 2015 Day 02: Arrival in Tokyo
Weather: mostly sunny: low 21°C, high 27°C (with humidity it felt like 72° C) Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan I hardly slept on the flight at all, as usual. During the flight the airline staff gave out disembarkation and quarantine cards. She…
Japan 2015 Day 01: Leaving Home
Hobart weather: mostly sunny: low 8°, high 23° Eskil woke before 6 am, of course. I got up with him and made LOTS of pikelets: some for our brekkie and some to take with us on the trip. Scott woke,…