Tokyo... And onto Kyoto!

Delayed post due to lack of wireless!


I am loving Japan :) the people are just lovely. I would kill my kids for using a word like that but I can't think of a better one to sum them up. Kind, helpful, considerate. Of course I am generalising here, and that's just from our small exposure so far. BUT so far we have had a random lady come up to us in the station when we were looking lost and confused (a common expression for us it seems!), explain to us the way to go and then actually take us there herself. As if that would ever happen in London or Shanghai! Plus amazingly helpful staff at restaurants, subways etc. I love the bows too, much nicer than a handshake!

Tokyo has been good fun - the bright lights were just as garish and fun as I imagined them to be and despite it raining heavily and constantly all day yesterday we got to see a lot. We started the day at Oeko Park, where the big museums and some temples are. There are three main ponds and two of them are covered in giant lily pads. It was very quiet there (it seems to be quiet everywhere - bit of a change from the shouting, hocking and beeping of Shanghai!)

We visited the Nippori Textile Town after that, every Pinterest girl's dream! I am glad Georgia was keen because I am not sure it would have been high on Steph's to-do-in-Tokyo list! (No idea why?!) I had to restrain myself but still walked away with 5m of 4 different types of fabric! 4 new projects lined up!

We moved into our capsule hotel yesterday afternoon. I am so glad we booked to stay there, it is something that springs to mind when people mention Tokyo and it was a great experience! They are actually a lot more spacious than I expected, plus complementary pyjamas (very sexy!). We didn't brave the communal shower/bath but we are going to have to suck it up tonight when we arrive at the ryokan!
We were going to the robot restaurant last nigh, which looked as awesome as it sounds, but it was fully booked until 10 by which point we would have missed the last train home and would have to spend the night down stripper street...! Never mind!

On our way to Kyoto! Bring it on!

Zai jian!
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