Planning to head to where?! Bought the Japan Rail Pass?
Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Himeji and Yokohama. And
yes, we've each gotten a 14-day JR Rail Pass.
Pictures taken yesterday:
Arriving at Narita after an arduous 12-hour flight from
Minneapolis on NorthWORST Airlines. There was light chop on almost
the entire flight, and as usual I did not manage to get any sleep
at all. But I was in Japan!!
Waiting for the doors of the N'EX express train to open at the
JR station in the basement of the airport.
Inside the N'EX train, which goes directly from Narita to Tokyo
and Shinjuku, bypassing all the local stops.
Our first Japanese meal! After we got "freshened up," we headed
over to a local udon restaurant and pigged out. I ordered a beef
udon bowl and my friend ordered sukiyaki udon.
The view from the observation deck of the north tower (or was it
the south?) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building.
The observation deck was open until 11 p.m. and we headed there
after dinner.
Part of the Shinjuku skyline from street level. It was pretty
warm and HUMID last night... almost like Singapore!
More pictures to follow. We're heading to Akihabara, Ueno and a
few other places today.
