First day in Japan
2023年10月30日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 22 °CWe landed at Tokyo's Haneda airport at about 5.30am. We successfully navigated the monorail and trains to our hotel where we left our luggage so that we could start exploring. We had organised aもっと詳しく
We landed at Tokyo's Haneda airport at about 5.30am. We successfully navigated the monorail and trains to our hotel where we left our luggage so that we could start exploring. We had organised aもっと詳しく
We returned to the JR East office to book our tickets for the Shinkansen (bullet train) tomorrow and then caught the subway to the Metropolitan Government Building where there is an free observatory.もっと詳しく
We joined the morning rush hour, with our luggage, and squeezed on to the trains from Ryogoku station to Tokyo station to catch the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Toyama. We had reserved seats so weもっと詳しく
This morning we walked to the markets which are held along the riverside. Then we returned to the hotel to get the bicycles which we had organised to borrow. (For some reason we were told 'secret' -もっと詳しく
We set the alarms early to check out then walked, with our luggage, through the cold, foggy morning to catch our 7.20am bus to Shirakawa. We travelled through many tunnels and arrived at the Worldもっと詳しく
We walked to Kenrokuen Garden where we strolled around the paths enjoying the ponds, fountains, lanterns and statues. This meticulously kept landscape garden dates back to 1546. Next we went over toもっと詳しく
We caught the Shinkansen Thunderbird 18, 1995 model, from Kanazawa to Shin Osaka. We had a quick change to the Shinkansen Hikari 509 Super Express to Okayama. This train reached speeds up to 310もっと詳しく
Our first stop today was to visit the lovely Korakuen garden which is located close to our hotel. This quintessential Japanese garden was created roughly 300 years ago by the area’s daimyo (domainもっと詳しく
In Okayama we caught the street car to the station where we caught the Shinkansen Hikari to Hiroshima. On the way we spotted the Hello Kitty Shinkansen. We arrived at Hiroshima and caught the streetもっと詳しく
This morning we walked to the station and caught a train to Hiroden Miyajimaguchi Station where we transferred to the ferry to Miyajima. We walked along the shoreline to the O-torii Gate which isもっと詳しく
Lovely we off to Japan in a month. Your trip is very helpful thank you [Robyn]
旅行者 Enjoy your trip!