Kanda Gawa

An hour to central Tokyo in a cool car with water was so nice. Watching the countryside evolve into a concrete jungle was a treat. Tokyo is enormous; there are so many apartment buildings and at times, like the Sims and not entirely real. Freeways have these curved walls for noise proofing, just thinking about building costs, must go into 100s of millions, although given the proximity of accomodation to freeways, it makes sense. Multistory apartment complexes went on and on and on in all directions. Roads are well signposted in English which I found pleasantly surprising but moreso, drivers are really respectful. For the density of traffic it flows really well, even though there lots of cyclists sharing the road (without helmets no less).

The hotel is cosy 😆. I think the airplane toilets are larger as the boys barely fit under the shower rose, but bidets are everywhere so it feels like home. Noah says the beds are harder than the benches at the airport and he's not wrong, but we are all too tired to care and grateful to lay flat to sleep, despite weird, coarse lumps in our pillows. I think its rice!?

Thankfully there was a delish sushi place just around the corner from our hotel. The fish was so fresh and tasted amazing!! Our Japanese is rather average and the locals have this wry smile when we give it a go, but I sense they appreciate us trying.

A weird snack pillage of the local 711 rounded off the day.Read more