Soooo I am pretty sure my last post was about my New Years resolution to keep on blogging...6 months later that has clearly worked out well!
But I am now on my SUMMER HOLIDAYS!! And I am travelling around Japan for just under 2 weeks and then on to Yunnan province in China for 2 weeks, THEN back to Shanghai, to Hong Kong and finally to Cardiff for Kat and Eliot's wedding :D so I thought this would be a good way to record what happens along the way!
Steph, Georgia and I safely arrived in Tokyo this afternoon! We are staying at Oak Hostel in the North of Tokyo which seems fine, complementary Japanese robe as standard! We went straight out to see Senso-Ji Temple, which was impressive. It has survived the earthquake but not WW2 so it was mostly rebuilt quite recently.
We had an amazing traditional dinner at a restaurant called Hana No Mae sat on the floor on the mats. There was a mock sumo ring too, which we enjoyed playing sumos in (especially after our big Japanese meal!)
Georgia and I have decided we will try something new at each meal and we outdid ourselves this evening - we tried Satsuma Age (fish cakes with egg, mushrooms and ginger), octopus tempura, tuna sushi, Japanese tea and also cider. It was all amazing, lots of photos taken but on my camera so they will follow. The tuna sushi was the best bit, though it looks completely different to how I think of as sushi - it was served in a big bowl (with a lot of wasabi!)
A great start to our trip, I can't wait to continue exploring tomorrow!
Zai Jian! (not sure what goodbye is in Japanese!)
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