Today was meant to be a very full day, but ‘best laid plans of mice and me ….’ and all that, meant that it was quite a quiet day. The plan had been to get the train from Shinjuku to Odawara and that part went well. In fact that part went like clockwork – the train left exactly when it was meant to and it arrived exactly when it was meant to...
There are lots of adjectives starting with ‘T’ which might be applied to Tokyo – thrilling, thriving, titillating, trenchant – but one which you definitely wouldn’t apply to most of the city is tranquil. The city teems with life and noise in the sense of people, traffic and activity. Our starting point today though was perhaps the one...
Landing in Tokyo Narita airport was an eye opener, or perhaps more accurately described as one of those landings best experienced with eyes closed. The pilot’s eyes might as well have been closed as they couldn’t see anything at all. Thanks to the (very) low cloud and mist, we were only aware of the runway when we touched down. An interesting way to...