Dateline: November 14, 2008 Shinkansen Today was transfer day. We would be leaving Ueno (actually, Tokyo Station) on the Shinkansen bound for Nagoya, the next hotel stop during the trip. The ticket for today’s train ride was acquired back during Day 5′s adventures. The train was set to leave Tokyo at 10:03am and arrive in [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Japan Trip – Day 7: Shinkansen & Nagoya
Posted in Japan, Travel on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Japan Trip – Day 6: Ueno Park, Shinjuku, Roppongi
Posted in Japan, Travel on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dateline: November 13, 2008 Lower Ueno Park The sun came out today for pretty much the first time thus far, which was a pleasant change. Since we hadn’t done so yet, and it’s literally right across the street from the hotel, we decided to check out the lower section of Ueno Park. The first thing [...]
Japan Trip – Day 5: Kamakura (Updated x2)
Posted in Japan, Travel on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dateline: November 12, 2008 Now I eat humble pie… Leaving the hotel in the morning we couldn’t help but notice all the police officers working the intersections directing traffic. What made it odd was they were doing so even though all the signals were still working; in other words, they were directing traffic and pedestrians [...]
Japan Trip – Day 4: Akihabara & Ginza
Posted in Japan, Travel on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dateline: November 11, 2008 1 The day started off with breakfast at an Andersen bakery over in Ueno Station. All sorts of interesting things to choose from so I went with a cheese bun thing (think of a large bun with the middle hollowed out and filled with big chunks of cheese), a full-size pig-in-a-blanket [...]
