Blogs from Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 219

So I have made it to Japan and had an absolutely fantastic flight with All Nippon Airways (ANA) in First class, I cannot praise the airline enough. Both the food and service were absolutely top-notch, I have never seen so much food on offer onboard a plane, it was really a la carte service up in the air! I left Dallas Sunday evening on the last evening flight to Los Angeles, due to two hours time difference I arrived in L.A only one hour later. I stayed one night in a hotel at the airport (Four Points by Sheraton) which was very convenient. Nothing remarkable about the hotel but they had a nice fitness centre. On Monday morning around 10 am I caught the free hotel shuttle from the hotel to the terminals. All Nippon Airways ... read more

On Sunday we spent the whole day traveling - taking the train to the airport, a plane to Incheon airport, a bus into Seoul, a train back to Daejon and a taxi back to our apartment. We were very happy we had seen Japan, but also happy to be back. The best part of the day was when we flew over Mt. Fuji, so Steve got a chance to see it after all.... read more

We caught a train early to get back to Nagoya, and another to go to Tokyo. We spent most of the day on the train. We took a slower train so we could get out at Fuji and have a nice view of Mt. Fugi, but when we arrive it was so foggy you couldn’t see the mountain at all, so we decided not to get out. Tokyo was harder to navigate than Kyoto or other tourist spots because there seemed to be very little English on signs, and the public transit system took awhile to figure out. They have a huge subway system as well as a local train system. Since Tokyo is so large, it was hard to find someone who could tell us how to get to our hotel, so after several wrong ... read more

I have finally got this blog set up ..... well, here I am back in Japan and it's great! I am living in Sagamihara city which is in Kanagawa, Greater Tokyo but TravelBlog doesnt give this as an option. Anyway, it IS beside Machida city. Machida city is cool by the way as it has a five floor 100 yen shop (about 50p)! AND a TGI Fridays! I had to travel 40 minutes to get to Tony Romas from my last place. Sagamihara is not a very interesting place. Population is over 600,000. It is about 40 km from the centre of Tokyo. I haven't found out what Sagamihara is famous for although Camp Zama, a US Army post is located here and in the next city Zama. So that might be it. It has about ... read more

Coming from China, Japan was like this perfect world where everything operates as it should and when it should. It's a clean, orderly, safe and immensely polite society and was delighful to travel around. Our 2 week stint began in Tokyo. What amazed us initially were: 1. the cleanliness of the streets (eventho bins were few and far between) - you could eat off them!! 2. the high fashion - everyone is well turned out, tho we did see one naked man stretched out in the Ginza area!! 3. had somehow thought japanese people were on average quite small - they're not!! Tokyo doesnt have any really major sights but it has numerous different areas, each interesting in its own way. We were staying in Asakusa at Sakura hostel which was convenient to the metro, had ... read more