Room in a ryokan

The futon beds are a lot more comfortable than they look.
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Blog: The Gaijin Ride In
Date: August 2nd 2006

Doing the soft shoe shuffle 31/07/06

We sleep for most of the 6hr flight to Narita but still arrive feeling knackered, we stagger like zombies through immigration and customs and find a space to rebuild the bikes near the bus stops. People keep wandering up to have a look (see the silly Gaijin getting hot and sweaty). Next to us is the pick up point for one of the buses to Tokyo, each ti ... read more

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