Japan-Four Archive

After being forced out of bed by Jo this afternoon with a huge hangover, we went on a trek around Tokyo. Firstly, we went to Ueno which is apparently where you go to see the older parts of Tokyo. We found a really nice shrine tucked away in a back...

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Today we were out by about 8:30 because Simon was off to Kitakyushu to meet up with some of his mates. After saying goodbye at Ueno station, Jo and I went for a walk around Ueno-koen (Ueno Park). According to Lonely Planet, Ueno Hill was the site of the last-ditch...

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New Koyo is the name of the youth hostel in Tokyo that we’re staying in. It’s tucked away down an alleyway in what appears to be a dodgy part of town. There’s a lot of homeless people around which I wasn’t really expecting and the buildings themselves are old and...

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I woke up at 7:30 for a traditional Japanese breakfast made lovingly by the youth hostel kitchen. It was pretty crap – a bowl of gohan (rice) with seasoning, some miso soup (which was nice), and 4 segments of mandarin (Mikan) and a few biscuits. After we packed up all...

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We got to Kansai international at 7:00 in the morning. There isn’t really that much difference between Kansai and Perth – although they’ve invented a cartoon ‘Customs Hamster’ who has a customs badge and a little hat and delivers messages about customs in many different languages. We got off the...

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