Blogs from Ueno, Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 8

Day one! Current mood: listless Naturally because I had to be up at 4am and faced 14 hours on planes I did the sensible thing and went to bed at midnight after consuming a certain quantity of red wine. Chatted with friends, and went to sleep as my head hit the pillow. 3:51 woke up before the alarm and realised that one or two things had been left in Sam's room. Not used to having house mates yet, still it will be good to have someone in the house. I hope that she doesn't find the stash of red wine in the wardrobe! Drove like a maniac as I pfaffed around leaving notes for Sam and got to Christinas place same time as the taxi, paid $45 for a cab to the airport to catch ... read more

Heute sind ich und Yo einfach durch Ueno und Shibuya gewandert. Da es geregnet hat war der tripp nicht so toll aber zusehen gibt es immer was.... read more

Today was a great day. Didnt have a hard time finding my way around AT ALL, and when I went back to the station I had come from, I realized just how far off I was wondering from my hotel last night. I mean, it was pretty bad. Thankfully I was able to figure everything out today, and the palce I wanted to hang out was right behind the station. I went to Ueno park today. It has a cool shrine, the Zoo, and a few museums. I got there kinda early, so I walked around first. I was happy to see the Siago statue. He's the guy that the movie The Last Samurai is based off, tho the movie has NOTHING to do with Siago (Doesn't even use his name), in fact about the only ... read more

I had a frustrating experience getting out of Hokkaido for Tokyo. Due to bad weather, the shinkansen stopped running on Monday afternoon, and I found myself back in a Hakodate hotel room for the night. I was tired, I'd had to wake up at 5:30 am on Monday morning to get a series of trains which would see me in Tokyo by 7 pm. Tuesday morning saw me exhausted. I had already booked another early morning train to be sure of arriving back in Tokyo. The train ride itself was quite nice though, I did a lot of work on my laptop. An elderly woman sat next to me, and at one stage tried to give me chocolate, or something wrapped like it! She was really quite sweet. Finally, the outskirts of Tokyo began flashing by ... read more

Après avoir visité Asakusa, comme écrit dans le message précédent, nous avons continué notre promenade à vélo vers le quartier Ueno. Nous avons commencé par une visite du parc, un grand parc. Ce parc contient beaucoup de musées et de galleries d'art, mais nous n'en avons pas visité. Il y a aussi, paraît-il, beaucoup de sans-abris. Nous en avons effectivement vus quelques-uns, mais nous ne sommes pas allés tout au nord du parc, là où selon notre livre ils sont installés dans des tentes. Nous nous sommes ensuite promenés un peu dans le quartier, principalement dans deux rues de magasins pas chers. Nous avons mangé un Kebab. C'est comme nos Shish-Taouk ici, mais dans un pita en demi-lune, avec du chou et de la tomate. La sauce est faite de mayonnaise et de chili au lieu ... read more