Adventures in Japan, Part 6; Mount Fuji and Hakone National Park then back to Tokyo

Adventures in Japan, Part 3; Hiroshima and Miyajima

We arrived at Hiroshima station bang on time, the efficiency of the Japanese Bullet trains is amazing. It arrives exactly on the dot, stops at the station for exactly two minutes then moves on, regardless of whe there everyone is on or off! Being in the train as it travels up to 180mph is similar […]

Adventures in Japan, Part 2; Exploring Tokyo

After a fairly limited sleep (damn jet lag!) we were up and downstairs for breakfast pre 8:00- Great Rail had organised a full days sightseeing by coach, which departed at 09:00. Our hotel, the Keio Plaza, had a choice of 3 different restaurants that we could use for breakfast (included) and 11 restaurants for dinner. […]

Adventures in Japan, Part 1; Norfolk-Nottingham- London-Paris (briefly!)-Tokyo

🇯🇵 Konnichiwa (Hi!) from Tokyo!! We’ve made it to the furthest East we’ve ever travelled to, Tokyo, Japan and are about to embark on 1.5 weeks of cramming as much as we possibly can in! We left Norfolk mid afternoon on Tuesday, and travelled North to Nottinghamshire, for a lovely evening with Dad and Jenny, celebrating […]