http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan Our Japanese Experience Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:21:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today was our last day in Kyoto. Leaving out plush hotel room, we made our way to the front counter where we could leave out bags for the day. Breakfast was yet again at a French inspired bakery. After breakfast it was a subway train to the next stop east ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/06/day-12-sagoy/ Excited about being in a new place, Ricky and I rise early without much sleep and head out with our map in hand to see a pile of sights. Ricky is very hungry and puts his foot down that we need to eat breakfast first up. We leave the hotel, ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/06/day-11-hashi/ Today was to be our last day in Tokyo and Yokohama, a sad day for we we're leaving Jo. The three of us started our day started with a trip to the golden arches for breakfast. We all had a combination of a sausage, bacon and egg mc muffin, except there ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/06/day-10-sayounara/ When we last left Tokyo I made a big list of the things I wanted to do when we came back and I was pretty desperate to make sure we did. Despite this, and my arse whipping attempts on Ricky, we didn't get out of the house until 10:30am. We ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/05/day-9-agemas/ Our day started at 6:30am with a wake up phone call from our reception guy, Tara not knowing that they usually say something like "good morning, this is your wake up call" hung the phone up straight away, it rang again. The morning is brisk and we take in the ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/05/day-8-yuki/ I woke up this morning feeling a little apprehensive about last night, but Ricky and I both promised ourselves not to let it ruin our day. At about 8am Adel Weiss was played over loud speakers across the town and we still have no idea why, but people didn't seem ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/05/day-7-sanbiki-no-saru/ Still raining today, but at least it's not as heavy. Our day started with packing and getting ready for Nikko. So we made our way down to the train station where we had breakfast again, this time I was quick to eat as the place was getting too smokey. Tara ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/05/day-6-yama/ Today was a very slow start. It's also freezing. I tried to get moving early but Ricky was a bit sleepy and slow so we didn't end up leaving Jo's place until 10:45. We headed down to Jo's local train station and ate at the recommended French (but still Japanese) ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/05/day-5-kasa/ After getting home late last night after our little debarkel, and then researching how to get to our shinkansen, we didn't get much sleep.  Our 6am rise was unwelcomed, however  we wanted to get to Yokohama to meet out tour guide Jo (Tara's friend, not actually a tour guide) so ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/05/day-4-shinkansen/ We have been without internet, so the next few posts will be a little late... Today was an early start with Ricky and I waking up at 7am and out and about by about 8am after a bowl of Japanese Corn Flakes. Ricky had been reading up about Osaka in his ... http://www.rickysullivan.com.au/japan/2008/05/day-3-kara/