Sunday, October 12, 2008

travelling to tokyo proper

OK, gameshow down, let's get to Tokyo now and find our hostel there. Oh, by the way, we're staying at the Khaosan Tokyo Ninja hostel - that's right, ninjas. We just need to find it (ninjas are stealthy you know, so they may have hidden this place). Anita looks confident though

oh, and we share a new experience, actually being able to see above everyone's head in a train car! wow, who knew the end of a train car could be so visible to us shorties. we could even hold on to those above the head straps with our mouths if we wanted to. well, probably not, but this is our version of how things went down!

After making it to our first transfer station we need some breakfast and a good cup of coffee. Beckers (sometimes called Becks) we find our new coffee love in Japan, strong, consistent and not Starbucks - which we could really find here if we wanted to.

we also found some croissants, OJ and eggs, a familiar breakfast.

So, we make it to the main Tokyo station not our final stop, but 1 transfer and 2 stations to go for the hostel. Wow, now this is amazing, it's like being inside of an anthill; split levels, people mover walkways, tons and tons of people all moving every which way

we actually had a 15 minute walk within the station to get from the line we arrived on to the transfer line we needed - that's probably close to a mile we walked inside of the station - that should give you a sense of how large this was.

here's our last transfer train leaving us behind at our final destination for the day, now we just have to find those ninjas and the cubby holes they sleep in!

1 comment:

Jackie said...

I ask you: Could she be any more adorable?

Actually, Marc smiling at his breakfast is a close second.

Sending hugs to both of u!