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The Japan Travel Diary – Part 5 – Seven Haiku

… And the Original Reason For the Trip, Concluded

By Greg

I hope you have enjoyed reading the Japan Travel Diary, and the photos I added from our trip.

Once we returned to Perth Trenna set about writing an email to our friend Wayne, who had shown us around one afternoon, and with whom we had a very enjoyable evening meal in Yokohama.

Trenna loved seeing Wayne, who she had a soft spot for, and set about writing some Haiku … Read the rest ... “The Japan Travel Diary – Part 5 – Seven Haiku”

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The Japan Travel Diary – Part 4

The first part in this series is HERE.

RETURN TO TOKYO

DAY 12, Tuesday 7/4/15

We arrive back in TOKYO @ 9:05pm. Walked down stairs to Marunouchi Line (M17), boarded train (M14) Kokkai-gijidomae Station, walked 435m to Capitol Hotel room # 2715 next to our previous room but interior layout in reverse! Confusing!

DAY 13, Wednesday 8/4/15

When Greg went to pay for our breakfast (as this time it was not part of the package) there was a bit … Read the rest ... “The Japan Travel Diary – Part 4”

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The Japan Travel Diary – Part 3

To read Part 1 of this series, click HERE.

TOKYO – KYOTO 4/4 – 7/4

DAY 9,  Saturday 4/4/15

Checked out Capitol Hotel before noon! 7 nights accommodation plus 2 hamburgers – total ¥367,223  (AUD$4,215.11)

We were able to leave our larger red bag here – FREE!

We walked, carried & pulled 435m+ from hotel exit to Kokkai-gijidomae Station (M14) to Marunoucchi M line, 3 stops to Tokyo Station (M17). Take lift 1 floor, go through ticket gate, up … Read the rest ... “The Japan Travel Diary – Part 3”

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The Japan Travel Diary – Part 2

To see Part 1 of this series, click HERE.

Day 4, Monday 30/3/15

Chilli Con Carne not so good for brekky.  Wayne had sent the train stops to get to Tokyo Tower. 11:17am set out and bought metro tickets. ¥170 each.

(Roppongi-itchome) train station. 

1:05 pm meal at the serve yourself and weigh it place. (Organic House deli and cafe)  ¥935

1:38 pm Starbucks tea and coffee whilst looking for Tokyo Tower ¥810

We came across a little park where … Read the rest ... “The Japan Travel Diary – Part 2”

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The Japan Travel Diary – Part 1

Tokyo and Kyoto in March and April 2015 – Cherry Blossom Time

Intro by Greg, Diary Mainly by Trenna, But Bits by Greg

If you want to go straight to the diary, click here.

Introduction

The Japan Travel Diary (which was done entirely on an iPad)  itself doesn’t have an Introduction.  I just wanted to set a bit of context and to let you know what to expect.

By the start of 2015 we knew that Trenna’s brother’s oldest … Read the rest ... “The Japan Travel Diary – Part 1”