We arrived this morning not long before 10am local time, or about 2am BST having not really slept. I watched films most of the night although the in-flight entertainment system did have a habit of freezing every 10 minutes, resulting in much rewinding to get back to where I'd left off.
The breakfast this morning was served a couple of hours after a pizza based thing, which would have been a late night snack for anyone still on UK time. I've included a photo of it, just so I can show the hash Beige that I was given.
On arrival we were met by a man who walked us through changing our Japan rail voucher gave us a fistful of more information and put us on a bus into the city.
On arrival at out hotel we were looking forward to a nice shower before heading out for the rest of the day, only to find that we couldn't check in until 3pm, so we left our main bags with them and went off to explore the city.
Our first stop was the gardens behind our hotel, followed by the national gardens at Shinjuku Gyoen on the other side of town. The cherry blossom isn't fully in bloom at the moment but it is getting that way for many varieties. Photos can be found here.
From there we headed down to Roppongi to the "Tokyo City View" where we watched the sun set over the mountains to the West from the 52nd floor of the skyscraper. From there we headed over to a restaurant that Audley had recommended for us to try, sadly they were full but we have booked a table for tomorrow.
From there it was back to the hotel via actually finding some food that Emily would eat. Most places have signs outside only in Japanese, even though they might have English menus they tend not to advertise the fact.
On arrival at the hotel I managed to nod off before my photos had finished copying off my camera! It had been quite a long day.
I'll get Rolf photos from tomorrow ;-)
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