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    • День 1

      Day 2

      29 апреля, Япония ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      Another long day as out for 12 hours with a lot of walking (23k steps!). Left the hotel at around 10am as slept through an alarm because of jet lag. Had some nice Japanese pattiseries for breakfast although mine had crème cheese and custard mixed which was a bit weird. We then headed into Tokyo centre which is around a 30 min metro ride from our local station! We had booked the open top city bus tour and spent an hour and a half touring Tokyo. Luckily was a nice day so nice to sit out in shorts on the bus and learn some history. After we walked 30 mins or so to the famous Tsujiki fish market to see some of the stalls! As we were on our way we spotted a big queue of locals going into a ramen restaurant (usually a sign for good food) so we stopped for lunch there and had a nice bowl of hearty ramen pictured below! They make it all in front of you as you sit around the kitchen on stools at a bar with all Japanese sitting in silence slurping away! Luckily they give you big apron as as it’s good manners to slurp in Japan the broth from the ramen goes everywhere! We both had a nice Japanese beer and are working through them. After we went to the market and looked over all the crazy things they were serving we walked just over 2 hours to Tokyo tower pictured below. On route Sinéad stopped by Uniqlo (one just opened in Edinburgh too) and bought some clothes. We had pre booked a tour up the tower but it was very busy still! Lift takes you up at 600 metres a minute. Amazing views from the top though which makes you realise just how big the city is (32 million people making it the biggest city on earth) those were the same views all 360 degrees round! After the tower we went back to a restaurant we had passed and had some fried pork cutlets with rice miso soup and pickles, was tasty and cheap! With 2 glasses of wine each it and food it came to £20. After we had to get 2 trains home which took about an hour and Sinead was nodding off every few mins because of our walk and jet lag combo! Now back in the hotel for an early ish night as long day again tomorrow!Читать далее

    • День 3

      Day 3

      1 мая, Япония ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Long day again as just back after being out for 13 hours! Left at 9.30ish and had a nice breakfast at a bakery next door with egg, bacon bread and some miso soup! We then set off to see an amazing digital art show called ‘borderless’ which we had booked. It was a massive centre filled with rooms that were covered in mirrors and lights! Each room had art that moved and changed and had different scents, very cool experience.

      After we had toured each room and spent a good hour or so in there we had a browse around the local mall which was very posh and clean. The food there was amazing and had been arranged orderly and perfect. The fruit was some of the biggest juiciest non blemished fruit I’ve seen. I had the strawberries and they were amazing! Sinead got an Apple the size of a small football! Imagine Harvey Nichols on steroids with all the Japanese responsible for a section each and working like a well oiled machine. We can’t get over how well dressed everyone is here. It’s like being in a fashion shoot with all the designer clothes.

      We then walked around an hour or so to the imperial palace and the weather got nice and sunny. We walked the grounds with their weird shaped trees and I took lots of pics of the amazing nature mixed with the temple buildings and office skyscrapers. From my very brief stint in my failed sustainable urban management course I could really tell just how well the Japanese landscape architect. Everything has some sort of immaculately groomed greenery on it!

      After the palace we walked another hour to the stadium of Tokyo giants baseball game where we saw a great but very long derby game with the Tokyo giants against the Swallows! We were right up in the rafters with a great view so happy to see that! Both got hotdogs with mustard and ketchup and got a beer from the poor girls that run up and down the stairs with a keg of beer strapped to their backs! Sinead cheered on the other team and hers sadly won but it was a close game with a few home runs and lasted over 3.5 hours….

      After the game we left with 30,000 people although the Japanese were great and every single person left at the same time orderly all taking with them all of their rubbish to the bins inside before they left in a line down the stairs! We got the metro back to our zone Shinjuku and had what I think was our best meal yet. We shared some dumplings and gyoza with some kimchi, chicken and beef stir fry! I had something called a ginger highball to drink which was really refreshing. Another 20k+ steps done and now 1am with an early start Tommorow!
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    • День 4

      Administration

      17 мая 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

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      Moi en train d'attendre mon tour à la mairie du quartier, pour faire enregistrer mon adresse sur ma "Residence Card" (zairyuu ca-do). Cette carte de résident est la pièce d'identité nécessaire à tout résident à moyen/long terme. Il faut toujours l'avoir sur soi, car au Japon le passeport ne suffit pas en cas de contrôle d'identité.

      En tant que titulaire d'un visa Vacances Travail, on m'a remis ma carte à mon arrivée à l'aéroport de Narita. Cependant celle-ci n'est pas complète : il est impératif d'y enregistrer son adresse au Japon sous 14 jours, et sans cela, certaines démarches sont impossibles (ouverture de compte bancaire au Japon par exemple).

      C'était une petite épreuve en soi car les formulaires sont entièrement en japonais, heureusement j'arrivais à comprendre et à me faire comprendre en japonais, et le staff était très sympathique. Pour les moments les plus complexes, un sauveur est apparu, quelqu'un qui parlait anglais 😂

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      Me, waiting for my turn in the local city hall, as I needed to register my current address on my "Residence Card" (zairyuu ca-do). This card is a mandatory identification document, for medium / long term stay. You always need to carry it with you, as the passport isn't enough in case of identity check.

      As a Working Holiday visa owner, i got mine on my arrival in Narita airport. But in this state, the card is not considered as "complete": you need to register your current address on its back within the first 14 days. Without it, you're not allowed to open a bank account in Japan, for example.

      It was quite a challenge to register my address, as all the papers I needed to fill were in japanese. Thankfully, I was able to understand and speak, and the staff was very kind. During the most complex tasks, a "hero" emerged : someone able to speak english 😂
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    • День 3

      Day 4

      1 мая, Япония ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

      Slight change of plan today as we had originally booked to go to Tokyo Disney Sea but unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse and the rain started early and lasted all day with heavy downpours! Instead we changed our time for Disney and are going tommrow instead. Luckily the rain is only for one day and we are back to mine weather!

      As it was rainy we decided to go to a Japanese shopping outlet to get some designer clothes cheap! We took the metro early and were right in amongst the Japanese work craze! The metro was rammed and we were crammed on like sardines. I tried to capture what it was like but everyone in Japanese metro looks at the floor on silence as no one dares make eye contact and you could hear a pin drop! Not one person chats.

      We took the metro then train for 30
      Mins and both did some shopping. Normally it’s something I hate but I braved going to Levi’s store and got chatting with a young Japanese worker there who had studied a year in Ireland. He told me about their promotion and I ended buying 3 pairs of Levi’s jeans (light blue, navy and black jeans) all for a combined 13,000 yen which is just £70! got a nice shirt from banana republic cheap too and without tax due to the passport! Sinéad got a great Michael Kors bag 75% off! After a long day of shoping we had coffee and food in the mall and headed back as we were a bit wet from getting caught in the rain! Luckily I’m Japan get package your paper bags with plastic covers!

      More rain and we dropped our bags off at the hotel then set out to go to the famous pokemon cafe in Tokyo centre! (Japan created pokemon) unfortunately when we arrived we found out you needed to book in advance and the next 30 days were sold out! However there was a queue for cancellations so we waited in that and we’re lucky to be told we had sometime drop out so come back in an hour! We came back and both had a Gengar (a ghost Pokémon) themed smoothie and enjoyed the pokemon cafe! Was a big nuts but cool too relive some of my childhood playing Pokémon!

      After the cafe we tried to get into a few places (still need to have some sushi and Sinéad wants udon noodles) everything in Tokyo was packed so we were forced to go to a burger place ! Was decent burger and I love the drink I keep ordering (ginger highball ) it’s basically ginger ale and whiskey with lime! Sinead says it’s a copy Jameson ginger ale lime! But delicious! Sinead found a small metal thing on her burger so they have us the drinks on the house!

      After the burger and getting caught in more rain we went to an underground sherry bar in Shinjuku! I went for Japanese whiskey mixed with Pedro Ximenez and bitters! It had a huge Diamond piece ice cube which they carved up with knifes and was delicious! Up very early tomorrow so an early night (12.30am has become early night for us!)
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    • День 5

      Day 5

      3 мая, Япония ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      Day 5 started with an early rise! Up at 6.15am as we had to get into Disneyland early as we had heard the queues were crazy! We had a mad rush across Tokyo metro to get to our train on time! Tokyo metro is like a whole city underground, in the morning it’s jam packed and you have to weave in and out of people coming from every direction!

      When we got to our stop (45 mins away) we had to get the Disney Monorail! We had tickets to the sea world rather than the main park as didn’t want to deal with the queues! Despite this there was already thousands of people queuing before it opened at 9am so we queued for an hour or so (luckily in the sun) to get in! Thank god we went today and not yesterday!

      Each ride took about 45-hour of queuing which I was told was not bad to my amazement! The feet are in absolute bits today after 4 days straight of 20k steps and standing on my feet all day! Each section of the park had a different rollercoaster theme and country theme! We went to Italy, USA, morroco which I’ve included above! Also the Japanese are great for not inflating prices at tourist spots! Lunch was about £3/4 which would be £50 in the UK!

      We left after getting tired at 4pm! Train back to Tokyo central and then headed across to Shibiyu to see the famous crossing and go to the sky bar we had booked! We nipped into pick up our JR rail pass before so (we’d be travelling on bullet trains next week) Crossing was amazing with people coming from 8 different ways! We tried it ourselves. After this we went up to the skybar to see the view, it involved another queue so the feet were done at this point. More great views from the top and then search for dinner.

      We settled on a Japanese place and had some Korean noodles and a funny frittata like thing! There’s no English on the menus and no body speaks a word so it’s just pot luck half the time! Was delicious though, and got some Japanese beer with it. Metro stop back and it was an early night. Off to Kyoto in the morning via bullet train.
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    • День 2

      Tokyo, day 1

      26 марта, Япония ⋅ 🌧 10 °C

      After a bit of a queue for immigration (and Ed being questioned about his passport... Seemingly linked to the ones that we had stolen in Barcelona) we took some advice and caught the airport limousine (coach) to Shinjuku, the area that we are staying. Most of the journey was underground in a long tunnel! We eventually emerged into the open not far from the station.

      We got off the bus and walked, in the rain, the 15 minutes to our hotel, arriving at around 10.30am. Unfortunately our room was not available and so we left our bags and wandered back to the station area! It seems that almost everyone in Japan owns an umbrella. ☂️☔

      We explored the area for a little bit before stopping at an old pre war building for some food. The restaurant saw us sitting watching the chef cook the food and alongside tempura battered prawns we also had tempura battered vegetables, rice and some odd soupy things (which was tricky to eat with chopsticks!)

      By the time we finished it was still only 12.15 and so we found a bar to have a couple of beers in... Order at your table here! By now it was almost 2 and we were both flagging because of the long flight and sleepless couple of days. Do we walked back to the hotel and had a quick drink whilst the room was finished.

      Eventually, at around 2.30 we had a message to say that the room was ready and so we checked in to our upgraded room.

      We decided to have a nap and set an alarm for 4.30 so that we had time to wake, get showered and head to the 'social' that takes place each night. The alarm went off and it's fair to say that we were confused. Ed said that he'd realised that we'd missed the social 'last night' until I pointed out that he'd only been asleep for just over an hour.

      Anyway, we both had a shower to eat wake us up. Once done we took the lift to the 16th floor for some wine and canapes. This finished just after 6 and as we were both tired we decided to eat some of the room snacks and have an early night ready for the day ahead!
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    • День 5

      Day 5

      21 мая 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Today was Sumo Day!

      We woke up, did a quick load of laundry, then headed to Ryōgoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall for the Sumo tournament. The walk there was super hot (as was the whole day). We were there around noon, so it was still more of the novice wrestlers, but it was super entertaining. Some of the guys are actually pretty fit, while some are XXXXL. When we had our cooking class, she told us they get so fat because they eat a veggie and meat soup and then go to sleep hahaha you can’t tell me they’re not downing McDonalds and bags of chips all day to get the size some of them are haha Ole got a bento box for lunch at the tournament, which is a normal lunch or travel food here filled with a variety of foods. He thought it was tasty!

      We eventually left to walk to Nakamise-dori Street, which was supposed to be a nice street food / souvenir shopping area, but when we got there, the streets were packed. It turns out the Sanja Matsuri Festival was happening. It’s a Buddhist festival, and one of Tokyo’s biggest shrines is in this area. That was something to see. They all had short robes on, and many men didn’t have anything underneath haha

      After making our way around there, we were really craving the big fluffy pancakes you always see on Instagram. We found the chain, Happy Pancake, in Ikebukuro. We had to wait about half and hour, but they were so worth it. They were melt-in-your-mouth good.

      We walked around that area, and ended up in Sunshine City, a huge mall. There are 4 floors of shopping and restaurants - kind of like a more compact Mall of America. Our favorite part? The world’s largest capsule toys arcade, with over 3,000 machines to buy shitty little toys that come in balls. They also had crane games where Ole finally won something…. A horse for Brewski!! He’s going to be so happy haha

      We ended the night with a quick dinner by our hotel, but it was nothing special.

      Steps finished with - 21,429
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    • День 96–99

      Hakone & Tokio

      5 марта, Япония ⋅ 🌧 7 °C

      Nach Kyōto trennten wir uns von den Anderen und für uns ging es für eine Nacht nach Hakone, um den Fuji- Hakone- Izu- Nationalpark zu besuchen. Da es beide Tage ziemlich regnete, erhielten wir leider nur einen kleinen Eindruck des Parks. Durch den vielen Regen und Nebel gelang es uns nicht, den Mount Fuji zu sehen. 🙁 Auch während unserer Bootsfahrt über den Lake Ashi sahen wir kaum was. So ist es eben, man kann nicht immer Glück mit dem Wetter haben. Somit starteten wir ein Alternativprogramm und für uns ging es in eine Onse, ein traditionelles Bad mit heißen Quellen. Und das war absolut genial. Von verschieden heißen Becken bis hin zu verschiedenen Saunen. Anschließend ging es für uns zu unserem letzten Ziel: Tokio, die größte Stadt der Welt. Dort übernachteten wir zwei Nächte in Shinjuku, einem belebten Stadtteil Tokios. Dank eines HopOn- HopOff Busses konnten wir zumindest einige Teile Tokios erkunden. So verrückt zu sehen, wie viele Menschen auf einmal die Straße überqueren. Überall sind Menschenmassen, die Stadt ist riesig und sehr belebt. Wir besuchten das Animeviertel, welches wir etwas schräg fanden, denn überall konnte man in Massen Animeprodukte kaufen. Ansonsten verfügt Tokio über alles, was man sich nur vorstellen kann. Von etlichen Restaurants, Cafés, Shops…
      Wir sind sehr froh, Japan bereist zu haben. Es ist ein sehr facettenreiches Land mit einer faszinierenden Kultur. Allerdings muss man auch dazu sagen, dass es uns auf Dauer etwas zu „streng“ sein würde. Hier ein paar Beispiele, an die man sich halten sollte: Es wird in der Öffentlichkeit nur leise gesprochen, die Handys sind auf lautlos zu stellen und im öffentlichen Nahverkehr ist telefonieren verboten. Zudem sollte man während dem Gehen nicht trinken oder essen. Die Schuhe müssen meistens in Räumen ausgezogen werden. Vor einsteigen in Zügen oder Busse oder bevor betreten eines Restaurants wird sich in eine Reihe gegliedert. Tattoos bilden ein Problem, da es einige Einheimische an die Jakuza erinnert. Das heißt, am besten abdecken oder „tattoofreundliche“ Fitnessstudios oder Onsen besuchen. Die Einheimischen schätzen einen wertschätzenden und respektvollen Umgang miteinander und das war auf jeden Fall schön und interessant zu beobachten.😊
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    • День 9

      Aomori Dancers

      30 апреля, Япония ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Tonight a dance troupe from Aomori, Japan performed to a full house on the ship. Later they happened to walk by us and graciously posed for a photo. The performance was wonderful, the group danced, played flutes and drums, and sang.Читать далее

    • День 18

      Die vielen Seiten Tokios

      11 мая 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Nachts kamen wir mit dem Flieger von Singapur in Tokio an. Hier lief alles nach Plan und wir kamen gut zurecht. Wir freuten uns beide richtig fest auf das Hotel, welches wir gebucht hatten, denn es versprach Sauberkeit und Ruhe. Beides Dinge, die wir schon seit längerem vermisst hatten. Da es schon spät war und wir beide etwas faul waren nach der Reise, nahmen wir uns ein Taxi zum Hotel. Es fühlte sich an, als wären wir Celebrities. Es war sehr geräumig, bequem und blitzblank. Zudem fuhr der Fahrer sehr angenehm aber zügig durch die Strassen Tokios.
      Im Hotel angekommen, war es so schön wie erwartet. Es hatte ein Badezimmer mit abgetrenntem Bad- und WC-Bereich. Endlich mussten wir das Badezimmer nicht mehr fluten beim Duschen, was sonst in Indien und Nepal gang und gäbe war.

      Wir schliefen fantastisch und wachten am nächsten Morgen motiviert auf. Unser Ziel war es, zuerst im National Garden zu spazieren und dann dort im Starbucks zu frühstücken. Wir konnten zuerst den Eingang nicht finden, aber mit etwas Geduld und Nachfrage bei einem jungen Mann, fanden wir ihr, zahlten einen kleinen Eintrittspreis und liefen durch den Garten. Sharleen hatte ein bisschen Heimatsgefühle, da die Vegetation der zu Hause doch recht stark glich. In der Mitte des Parks, fanden wir den schönsten Starbucks, den wir bisher in unserem Leben antrafen. Er war sehr modern, mit viel Glas und Holz und bot eine Aussicht auf den nahegelegenen See und umliegenden Hochhäuser. Wow! Was für eine Pracht. Wir freuten uns auf guten Kaffee und (endlich) vegane Optionen.

      Danach genossen wir noch die verschiedenen Seiten des Gartens (Rosengarten und japanischer Garten) und machten uns unter beginnendem Regen zu unserem nächsten Ziel auf, dem Meiji-Schrein. Als wir gerade schon aus dem Park gelaufen waren, fanden wir ein nahegelegenes Infogebäude und liefen interessiert hinein. Hier wurden die verschiedenen Nationalparks Japans mit kreativen virtual reality Animationen vorgestellt. Wir waren beeindruckt und wollten am liebsten jeden Park besuchen. Sharleen plagte danach das schlechte Gewissen nicht mehr Zeit für Japan einberechnet zu haben. Sie konnte sich plötzlich nicht mehr erinnern, warum sie ursprünglich eigentlich nicht nach Japan wollte.

      Wir machten uns weiter auf den Weg zum Meiji-Schrein. Er war in einem Park mit viel Wald gelegen. Unter strömendem Regen erreichten wir ihn und fanden ihn sehr schön, waren aber auch langsam genervt vom starken Regen. Die Schuhe waren durchnässt, die Regenjacken liessen langsam durch - ehrlich gesagt, hatten wir uns das ein bisschen anders vorgestellt.

      Unser Wunsch nach schönem Wetter wurde erhört als wir auf dem Weg zur berühmtesten Strassenkreuzung Japans waren. Der Regen liess endlich nach. Wir erreichten mit der U-Bahn das Shibuya-Quartier und waren überwältigt von der Grösse des Bahnhofs. So viele Ausgänge! Welchen sollten wir nun nehmen?
      Wir nahmen einfach einen und hatten Glück. Die Strassenkreuzung "Scramble Square" war nur etwa hundert Meter entfernt und echt faszinierend. Es gibt dort einen Fussgängerstreifen der queer über die ganze Kreuzung verläuft. Alle Ampeln der Kreuzung werden gleichzeitig grün für Fussgänger*innen und dann beginnt das Gewusel. Wir amüsierten uns prächtig.
      Nun meldeten sich unsere Bäuche. Sharleen hatte sich bereits im Vorfeld ein Restaurant ausgesucht, in welches sie Matthias zu seinem Geburtstag einladen wollte. Es war im 14. Stock eines Hochhauses und servierte Sushi sowohl in traditioneller auch auch veganer Variante. Zum Glück fand es Matthias, denn es war recht versteckt, und sie hatten sogar ohne Reservation einen Platz für uns. Es war das beste Essen, auch rückblickend, welches wir in ganz Japan gegessen hatten. Wir waren glücklich.

      Nach dem Essen betrachteten wir noch verschiedene Bars, Läden und Restaurants von aussen und entschieden uns dann aber im Hotel noch im Onsen baden zu gehen. Wir mussten uns dafür trennen, denn das japanische Bad wird leider geschlechtergetrennt genossen. Es war sehr heiss, angenehm, aber für uns nach kurzer Zeit nicht mehr so interessant. Traditionelles europäisches Wellness sprach uns mehr an.

      Am nächstens Tag wollten wir am Fischmarkt frühstücken, da es da ganz viele Essensstände gibt und nicht nur frischen Fisch, wie man vielleicht zuerst denkt. Matthias war in seinem Element und es war schön, ihn so glücklich zu sehen. Auch Sharleen fand viele Früchte und einen leckeren Iced-Matcha-Latte.
      Als nächstes gingen wir in das Akihabara Viertel. Hier spiegelt sich die moderne und verrückte Seite Tokios wieder. Die Strassen waren bunt und gesäumt von Elektronikläden und Mangashops. In nebenliegenden Arcade-Hallen konnten wir Japaner beobachten, wie sie an Controllern und Tasten versuchten den Highscore für alle möglichen Arten von Games zu knacken. Soetwas hatten wir in noch keiner anderen Grosstadt gesehen.
      Wir wollten noch den berühmten Senso-Ji Schrein besuchen, da das Wetter an diesem Tag wundervoll war. Es war ein sehr touristischer Ort, aber auch ganz schön, trotz der vielen Menschen.
      Wir nahmen uns noch vor den Tokio-Tower zu besuchen und wie in Japan üblich, mussten wir auch nicht lange anstehen. Der Aufzug beförderte uns in Rekordzeit auf die 350m gelegene Aussichtsplattform. Hier, in schwindelerrender Höhe, stellten wir fest, dass Tokio riesig ist und keine Ende der Stadt erkennbar ist.

      Als wir dann den Turm verlassen hatten, freuten wir uns schon auf Kaoru, den Studienkollegen von Matthias, mit dem wir zum Abendessen abgmacht hatten. Wir trafen uns im Viertel Nishishinjuku und machten uns spontan auf die Suche nach einem Sushirestaurant. Nach mehreren Anläufen fanden wir eines mit zwei veganen Rollen für Sharleen und traditionelle Sushi welches in Matthias‘ Worten "atemberaubend" und "geisteskrank gut" war. Wir hatten auch interessante Gespräche darüber, wie Kaoru in Japan lebt und wie es ist, eine Beziehung in Japan zu führen. Z. B. ist es im Vergleich zur Schweiz üblich dass man früh heiratet, bevor man zusammen lebt.

      Wir haben noch lange nicht alle Seiten von Tokio gesehen und könnten noch viel länger da bleiben. Trotzdem freuten wir uns bereits am nächsten Tag mit dem Shinkansen (Expresszug) nach Osaka zu fahren und noch mehr Japan zu erleben.
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