Today was just a chill out day. I slept in and just took things pretty easy in the morning. Before lunch I went to take some pictures of some cherry blossoms near Okaasan and Otoosan's house. They were absolutely beautiful. Photos just don't do them justice !!! After lunch I pottered around a bit then went to meet a close friend from school, Yumi with suitcase in tow ! I tried to find a locker to put my suitcase in but were all taken. We ended up having coffee...

Today I met Jackie and one of Jackie's Irish friends called Jean in Yokohama. We met in front of the clock at Sogo, a big Japanese department store. At every hour on the hour the clock opens. It's similar to the one they had near Daimaru in Melbourne. First of all we headed to the Yokohama Red Warehouses. There were lots of nice flowers in front of the warehouses. Just gorgeous !!! We had a walk around the port area and then headed to the Harbour View Park whi...

This morning at 10am I met Jackie at a coffee shop near the Mita line ticket gates near Yurakucho station as we're going to see some sights of Tokyo together today. The coffee shop I met her in just stank of smoke. Felt like I was almost walking into a big cloud of smoke. I'd forgotten how bad some coffee bars can be in Japan. First of all I showed Jackie the Bic Camera shop. She was amazed how big it was and what you could actually buy. Next we went to the Ma...

Today I slept in till about 10am, which was great. Really needed after the long day yesterday. For breakfast I had pizza that was left from last night. Also had some fruit. I don't normally have pizza for breakfast so was something different. My host Mum, Okaasan and I decided to go to Akihabara to look at electronic dictionaries. It was one thing I really wanted to buy in Japan. First we went to an electronic shop near their house to see what the range was li...

Today I left on my holiday to Japan. It was a great feeling to be on holiday. On the plane I met a really nice Irish girl from Dublin called Jaki. We got on really well and talked a lot on the way over. They stuffed up my seating and the Korean girl wouldn't move. So, Jaki kindly offered me her seat as it was an aisle seat and could stretch my leg out. After collecting our bags we headed for the train station to get out our Japanese Rail Passes. It seemed to t...