Family in Japan

An overnight flight from Singapore brought us back to Japan. And it was a family reunion with a group of seven, including Divya and me, Dad, Mom, my younger brother Nishu and his wife Purva, and Purva’s mom. All of us landed around the same time (except Nishu and Purva who landed the previous evening) but at different airports in Tokyo. Our first task was to meet at Tokyo Station to catch the Shinkansen (Japan’s bullet train). After some issues with having multiple Suica cards on our iPhones and navigating the immensely complicated Tokyo Station, we somehow managed to catch the train. We reached Kyoto in the afternoon amidst slight rain and cloudy weather, not what we were hoping for. Nevertheless, after checking in to our hotel and having some delicious home-cooked food from India (parathas, aloo, karela, kathal), we were energised to head out and start exploring Japan.Read more