Tokyo: Ghibli, Asakusa, Tokyo Skytree
Day One BREAKFAST The Tokyo hotel was the Toyoko Inn, a neat hotel despite the tiny rooms. Situated ten minutes' ride from the nearest station, a shuttle is provided that runs every fifteen minutes to and from Shinagawa station, a nice touch in addition to free Wi-Fi and an excellent breakfast. A self-service buffet, breakfast included pastries, or a more traditional Japanese breakfast consisting of rice and a selection of small dishes and soup, and drinks machines that dispensed hot and cold espresso beverages and milk tea within seconds, calibrated to fill the paper cups provided perfectly, a taste of what I would later see as only the beginning of Japanese technology. Breakfast Day 1: Rice with seasoned seaweed and umeboshi (pickled plum - an acquired taste, of which none of us have), sesame sauce, seaweed salad, grilled salmon, konnyaku, steamed broccoli, and sausages GHIBLI MUSEUM The museum is about ten minutes' walk from Kichijoji station, a scenic ...