Mt Fuji! (Shinjuki)
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Jumping on the metro to Shinjuki, we headed for the Tokyo local government building, which has a free observatory on the 45th floor. From here, the view of Mt. Fuji was absolutely stunning - we had Czytaj więcej
Jumping on the metro to Shinjuki, we headed for the Tokyo local government building, which has a free observatory on the 45th floor. From here, the view of Mt. Fuji was absolutely stunning - we had Czytaj więcej
The final stop for the morning was the Akasaka Palace - something like Versailles crossed with Buckingham Palace. After a false start (getting off a station too early on the metro) we walked the Czytaj więcej
Our metro tickets got us a good way out of Tokyo but not to the cruise port. So we had to get off at Meguro metro and buy a train ticket to Nihon-Odori. Annoyingly we would actually be getting back on Czytaj więcej
After much deliberation, and a very rough night on the seas, we decided the cruise ship's $159pp trip to Matsushima Bay was more than we could countenance. So instead, we disembarked after breakfast Czytaj więcej
On our way back to the ship, we climbed the big hill (as is our cruise tradition) in Ishinomaki up to Hiyoriyama Park. The park overlooks the shore of Ishinomaki where the tsunami hit. Today building Czytaj więcej
After a far calmer night, we arrived into Hakodate on Hokkaido greeted by a local girls school dancing on the pier. The ship's shuttle bus dropped us at the station and after a shaky start (couldn't Czytaj więcej
Niigata port was a new stop for the ship we are on...and we weren't entirely sure why as it didn't seem to have a lot going for it. After some free WiFi research on the dockside, we decided to get the Czytaj więcej
After returning to the ship yesterday, we triumphed at trivia before dinner! Today was a chilled day at sea - eating too much, reading lots and sleeping. We did take a class in learning Japanese Czytaj więcej
Early arrival into South Korea today. Once off and through immigration, we used took the great metro tour of Busan...meaning we spent a lot of time on the metro and achieving little! Largely because Czytaj więcej
A somewhat lackadaisical start to the day - we had to wait to be called for Japanese immigration but we were group 10. We waited for the best part of an hour after docking and they were only at group Czytaj więcej