Yesterday was full-on tourist day. Shuttled around the Mt. Fuji / Hakone area by motor coach, being let out every hour or so, just long enough to snap some pictures, or go for a cable car or boat ride, or get some lunch, or go to the bathroom. Still, it was a good way to [...]
Turning Japanese, just a little bit
Dinner last night was at "En", an izakaya style restaurant on the 42nd floor of the tower next to our hotel. This morning, we started our day like most Tokyo residents, on the subway. Near the Omate-Sando station we discovered the Nezu Museum, and its lovely garden. And we ended the afternoon at Kabukiza, for one act [...]
And then there were four
It was a long day, 22 hours in transit actually, and we got just a little sleep on the plane. Andrew arrived at the hotel in Tokyo shortly after Heidi and I had turned in for the night. But, of course, we were thrilled when he woke us up and had a brief chance to [...]
Inauguration
Turned out that ours was the first Air Canada flight via Boeing 787 from YVR to NRT. We got a cheesy pin to celebrate. New plane, same indifferent service.
Life in Tokyo
We're in the air, on our way to Japan for two weeks to meet up with Andrew. Pretty sure I still have this somewhere in the basement....
