Tokyo - perfectly normal

We arrived in Tokyo after an uneventful but odd flight from Hanoi. Odd in that they served lunch at 9am.

We stayed close to Narita airport for the 1st night because the following morning, we picked up Grandpa Bernard, who arrived from Geneva via Zurich. Quite a journey for an 89 year old.

We had sushi the 1st night in a tiny one man restaurant, where an old master makes everything literally by hand. A real fun place.

Upon Grandpa's arrival, we moved to the centre of this mega city. Grandpa and one child ( a different one each day) in a hotel near the royal park. The rest in an appartement in Akihabara.

The next day, whilst Grandpa rested ( jet lag), our gang went street viewing in the best known Tokyo shopping areas. A bit like Piccadilly Circus in London, just much bigger and more modern. There's also the world's busiest pedestrian crossing.

We never really shop unless we have too, so we limited ourselves to a fancy dress photo.Read more