Blogs from Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 20

Privacy has never been of any real importance to us on this trip. Dorm beds are the norm or even 3 in a bed when Michael was here, but this is being typed in perhaps the coolest accomodation we have stayed in yet......a "Manga Cafe". This is a 24 internet cafe in which you hire a private (well it has half walls and a saloon door) booth for the night, complete with DVD, Play Station, bottomless soft drinks and, of course, broadband. Strangely and unexpectedly in Japan you have little choice when it comes to internet. No longer does the standard internet cafe (log on free for 15 mins when you buy a coffee, something that sounds so advanced back home) exist. Nope. No Skype, No cafe's, no phone booths and UK mobiles we have heard ... read more

Relaxing in Tokyo before we go home...... read more

Just a short update, I'm killing some time. Had a bit of a hectic morning, sleeping-in, then having to rush and get showered, pack up my things and do a load of laundry before the 10am check-out time. Then booked it down to shinjuku to check into this place. Just checked into a pod hotel, it's a little sketch, but kinda cool. Think of a mortuary where they have that wall of doors that they keep the bodies in. And for some reason, they don't allow anyone with any kind of tattoo's, real or fake. It really is something out of the 5th Element. Bascially an oversized coffin, complete with tv, radio, alarm clock. I've got some pics but will have to wait to upload them. Spent another day in Shinjuku, went to the park, took ... read more

My family (Dad, Mom, Gramma and Aunt Sue) visited Japan for a week....and it was a great vacation! It was a first visit to Japan for all of them, so we had ambitious plans of what to accomplish in such a short time. We started in Tokyo and traveled to the Mt. Fuji/Hakone region, Nara and Kyoto, and finished in Hiroshima. We saw and did so many things that there is too much to mention in one blog entry....so I've divided it into four. Enjoy the pictures, and have a read of our family vacation. Tokyo Our first day in Tokyo was meant to be relaxed, so everyone could recover from such a long flight. However, we ended up keeping ourselves really busy. We first visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Governmental Offices, which are the tallest buildings ... read more

Desole, l'adresse du blog a ete down pour 2 jours, j ai contacter le support et maintenant tout va bien. Je dois tellement vous raconter la soiree d'hier. Moi, Mel et Yanick on devais sortir dans un club pour notre dernier soir a Tokyo. Finallement Chris, Simon, Mayumi, Keita, la copine a Simon sont tous venu, voici un apercu de la soiree.. Souper, environt 20h00: On avait un nomeodai pour 1000 yens pour deux heures, ca signifie que l'alcool est a volonte. On a vraiment bien manger et tellement...TELLEMENT bu. On sort du resto assez rechauffer vers 22h00. Ensuite on se dirige vers un karaoke pour profiter du nomeodai encore.. Karaoke, environt 22h30: On a tellement foutu le bordel, Chris dechirait les pages des livres en disant aux japonais where are the english songs? et this ... read more