Had a extended sleep this morning until about 10.30 it was nice. Slept reasonably well in the new gaff, though the novelty of having rice bags for pillows is starting to wear off. Not only is it like sleeping on rice, but it's so small, it's the size of a facecloth, not really what I'd call suitable for sleeping. ----- Dandered down to Lake Kawaguchiko, it's pretty overcast, with some rather ominous looking clouds about the place, on the plus side there is som...

So up this morning and got my gear packed as it is time to move out. Nice late check out time of 12 so I got a good few hours sleep, help me recover from the past couple of days. Feet are still pretty sore today, though nothing compare with yesterday's excruciation! Wearing my trainers as they are pretty cushioned, I also have both feet bandaged up to give extra protection. I've got about 3 hours travel ahead of me today, with plenty of changes, and as I'm out o...

You know there are some people her who I don't think leave the hostel. Every morning I see them, and they are here when I return. What a waste. Glued to their laptops! One particular gentleman has been playing some sort of retro game on his iBook, it's sounds like the train stations, don't know why he doesn't have earphones in! Crazy man, also fairly annoying! ----- Been on pretty much exclusively metros today, they have no English. At least the trains have Eng...

So yeah, more weird people in the hostel. There is this weird English guy, tall awkward fella, just singles out the women to chat to. Bit creepy. ----- They actually play bird noises over the speakers at train stops. That's insane! Why would you even do that? Mental, that's what it is! In addition the platforms are literally filled with computer game music, we jingles going off here and there, before announcements, arrival at stations, departure from stations a...

Woke up feeling pretty tired. Had the alarm set for 9, but that came and went. Having lounged around for most of the day yesterday I was determined to get out today, even if only for a short while as I still hadn't done any laundry. So I picked a couple of things off the map and off I went. ----- I went to Ueno which has quite a few museums. Now there were just too many to choose from so I picked 1, Japanese National Museum, I thought it was the best bet! Shor...