Thursday 17th September 2015 I have always been intrigued by Japan and have been counting down to the days to our first stop, Tokyo, for months. Needless to say, it didn't disappoint. Having landed on a rainy Thursday afternoon, our first challenge was getting our jet lagged selves and big old backpacks across Tokyo to our hostel, Anne Hostel, in Ryoguku, an area renowned for sumo wrestling grand tournaments hosted in the large arena, Ryoguku Kokugikan, only a stones throw from the hostel. The metro system is a huge maze of coloured lines, but not that dissimilar to the tube so it wasn't too hard getting ourselves to where we needed to be. After a short rest, we were eager to explore so I could get my first taste of Tokyo by night. Our first stop;
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