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Hi from Japan
Hi everyone! Just a quick hello from Tokyo, Japan...
Maria and I are on our way to Norway to celebrate Christmas. But on the way we are having a week's break in Japan...
We are currently on day five of our eight-day stay here and we've had a ball so far!
Day one was spent roaming around Tokyo... We covered Harajuku - with Maria stocking up on a sorely needed winter coat and some shoes... She even managed to get a haircut. Dropped by the electronics district too - Akihabara - and had dinner at a very well hidden little restaurant in Shirokane-Takanawa (awesome food).
Day two saw us on the Shinkansen to Osaka to attend our friend Eri's wedding. Absolutely pooped by all the stress leading up to departure from Australia as well as a long and exciting yesterday, we slept most of the way there and spent the evening in the hotel.
The next day we explored the Osaka Business Park area and Osaka Castle. In the evening Eri got married in a really beautiful wedding ceremony. The ceremony and reception went down with style and accuracy as only the Japanese can do. Perfect! And both Eri's family and her husband's family were really great to us and received us with open arms in the middle of their kids getting married!
Day four we ended up on a totally unplanned marathon bus-sightseeing-trip around Kyoto with Eri, her husband Kai-san and his family. We got to spend the day with Eri - which was great as we haven't seen her for almost two years - and managed to see four temple complexes in just a few hours. Got dropped at the hotel in the afternoon and called it a night.
Day five - today - we took the Shinkansen back to Tokyo, had a walk around the music district in Ochanomizu, bought Maria a cheap but nice travel guitar and headed back to the hotel. I also had a walk around Akihabara, hunting for MP3 players - but didn't have much luck... Will try again tomorrow! :o)
All in all, we're having an absolutely great time here... It's so good being here in Japan!!! Love it!!!
That concludes my five minutes for now... Nighty nighty from Tokyo! :o)
Posted by Marius Berg Askildsen
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