Back to Tokyo

We had a leisurely start with breakfast after a reasonable night's sleep (considering we were essentially sleeping on the floor!).

Our train was scheduled at just before 10 so we left the hotel and walked the short distance downhill to the station. The train ride back to Nagano was just under an hour and when we got there we made our way to the bullet train platform to catch the train back to Tokyo. As usual, we arrived on time and as it was 12.30 we looked for somewhere to have food after leaving our luggage at a storage place.

We looked for and found a sushi bar in the station complex and enjoyed ordering and trying out various dishes.

From here we went back to Ueno park to see the cherry blossom which hasn't really started when we were in Tokyo before. In the just over two weeks that we had been away, the trees had fully blossomed and were already starting to turn green. Despite this, the park was still busy with people walking under the trees to see.

From here we took the metro a couple of stops to see a massive electrical shop, Japanese style! It was like Currys on steroids with 8 floors crammed packed with just about every electronic gadget that you could think of... And dozens of signs having front the ceiling. We didn't try to see every floor though.

It was, by now, mid afternoon and so we made our way back to Tokyo station, retrieved our luggage and then headed to our hotel for the night next door to the airport.

We spent the rest of the day playing cards and sorting dinner photos before a final Japanese meal at a place situated in the terminal building.... More gyoza's and a disappointing Okonomiyaki. 🇯🇵Read more