Ouuuuccchhhh! Woke up at four thirty in the morning and my feet felt like I've got trench foot. I was big and brave and ripped that bloody blister right off good riddance. Got up at five thirty - jet lag still there then. We set off at a respectable nine thirty ish heading for a tourist town called Nikko. We had our unlimited JR Pass (Japanese Rail) so we could travel everywhere for nothing (well paid abut four hundred quid each for the two week pass, but that ...

Woke up at two thirty a.m. Still think jet lag maybe causing us issues. Lay awake until five thirty when Sarah announced she was getting up, with a grumble I agreed. Free coffee was available from six o'clock so went and got two strong coffee's. Had a good wash and was ready to leave the room at about eight o'clock. We headed for a shrine that was close to our hotel, we found it within a couple of minutes but as usual with these things it was closed. So we head...

Yes we slept from four o'clock in the afternoon until eight o'clock the following morning. Got up went to 'family mart' (Japanese Spar or Costcutter) to get a drink, got back had a shower then headed out for the day. Got the tube to Tokyo (yes we were in Tokyo but that was a tube stop) to see the palace where the king and queen live. Was nice but closed to the public as it was a bank holiday. Then headed to find a temple, got there and bloody hell it was busy l...

Got off the plane and had to have our photo's and finger prints taken, skipped through arrivals and out. Went to get a drink and as long as you liked tea you were fine so we had apple tea. Then needed to buy our train tickets, relatively easy, then went to get on the train. I asked what thank you was in Japanese, 'arrigato' all the way to the train Sarah was saying, 'whats thank you again?' 'arrigato' then repeating it again and again. Got on the train where a ...