On board the bullet train (another thing ticked off the bucket list for a train geek!) watching the teams clean the trains is like a military operation. The red coats run on, clean everywhere, turn the seats around and all done within 5 minutes. Impressive! To save on pennies we are off to Aomori before getting the sleeper to Sapporo, although we had a food fail this morning and had a double sausage egg mcmuffin! In our defence we have been up since 5am as it w...

Got to say the Japanese have not disappointed in our first port of call!! After 6 hours sleep, a night flight and a night of not being able to sleep in cafe Nero at heathrow it was amazing to get into the capsule! What was even more amazing was the toilet and shower experience! Nice warm toilet seat, and a warm jet of water controlled electronically to wash my bum sparkly clean. No need for the wet wipes are to wash my backside in the sink! Followed up by as mu...

We have arrived!!!! After a long time travelling via planes, bus and trains we arrived at our hotel....which is....amazing! I was a little unsure about the capsule idea John was trying to sell to me, but it is awesome! Feels a little like stepping into an oven at first, but supper cosy. We slept most of the afternoon with jet lag but now we are on it! Sat now drinking a beer trying to learn some on the Japanese language...however with my Lancashire accent, nowt s...