Tokyo Tower, Shiba Fire Station, vending machines

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We arrived in Japan at 6am. We got through customs quickly and spent an hour at the Jr office exchanging our rail passes. We caught a bus to Tokyo and walked across the city to our hotel. We dropped off our bags, went to the local shrine and then to ToKyo Tower to climb up to see the view, amazing! We had Starbucks for lunch and then visited the local Shiba Fire Station,where Andrew swapped badges with the locals.The best part of the day was the vending machines, you can buy coke, hot coffee, noodles, icecreams, beer and even undies. These machines can be found on every street corner and coke is only yen150yen ($1.50).

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Photos

Riley at Atago Shrine
This shrine was only 50m from our hotel. There are 70 steps to the top, four large tori gates and a pond of carp fish, just beautiful!

Comments

[Wendy]

Wow what a busy first day
Sounds exhausting but fun - loving the photos and all the news - keep it up, all well here and congrats you mighty HAWKS!!

[Jason]

Good photos
Thanks for sharing. Good photos and great description of your journey so far. Enjoy.

[Ayla Battilana]

greeting from Adelaide
Hi Kate how is Japan that photo is awesome.

[kaiji]

I Miss Tokyo!
What did you see in the Tokyo tower? Did you like the view underneath your feet?

[Autumn Skehan]

Autumn RM11
Hi Chandler Sensei i hope your having a amazing time in Tokyo! have a amazing last few days of your holiday too. :)