Post 550 Japan 2023
The Start of our Japan Trip - 7th of May 2023.
Waiting to board in Brisbane it is 10:50 pm. Our flight is due to depart at 11:50 pm. I suspect the last flight out of Brisbane tonight.
Japan Day 1
Just some rough notes to jog the memory.
Flights uneventful.
Cattle class not conducive to sleep
ships Singapore
A 380 everywhere
entry to Japan visit Japan website less that successful did need a QR code from somewhere.
first night tea around the corner from hotel good ramen curry
Woke to realise could see Fuji out the window
stuck with western food at Buffet breakfast.
bus trip to see giant bronze buddha
get closer to Fuji
drove along the forshore of surf beach
Buddha is impressive avenue of cherry blossom trees not in flower near by. Don't get cherries. Flowered even earlier than normal this year.
Lunch larger services area. Vendor style machine to order lunch interesting. My meal ended up too hot to eat. steamed pork dumpling instead. iccream
Starbucks in front of Fuji view
need to look at trip itinerary to see where but caught small bullet train ride to our hotel
again following the guides instructions found nice resutean for tea. Didn't take visa or Mastercard so paid cash. Now need ATM found fee charging ATM at 7/11 now have single 10000 yen note $100 not what I wanted 🙁
today breakfast 7 bus 8
Singapore stop over.
While not a great airplane buff I did recognise this double decker airbus 380. Not so special any more I saw at least 5 in Singapore with Singapore Air Lines livery and then more in other air line colours when we got to Narita.
Singapore Harbour.
Had a window seat taking off out of Singapore. Got a great view of the ships in the harbour.
Tokyo
Before we left Australia we completed the entry to Japan requirements on line. It didn't quite go as planed as once in Japan they were looking for a QR code which we didn't have not sure what we missed on line. Wasn't too much drama we just had to fill in a card before going through customs.
We managed to find the trip a deal guide and catch the bus to our hotel. I even managed to get some Yen out of an ATM at the airport. So far so good.
The view out of our hotel window.
Tokyo
We even managed to find a small Japanese Restaurant near the hotel and enjoyed our first genuine Ramen.