Japan - May 2017

[Madame Buttonfly]

We're staying at the rather grandly named Dormy Inn Premium Shibuya Jingumae Hot Spring - as recommended by Sarina.

It was pretty cheap, and I managed last week to get a room there for @Lindsey who will join us in Shibuya on Monday morning (Giles and I will be in Kojima over the weekend meeting baby Kiito and coming up to Shibuya by train on Sunday evening).

What time do you arrive on Sunday 14th @dylantbmayes?

SO EXCITED!!! 

[dylantbmayes]

Baby Kiito! How exciting!!

@Madame Buttonfly, I arrived early morning Sunday… 5:15am early

Looking forward to seeing the both of you... and @Lindsey, I guess

[Lindsey]

@dylantbmayes oh yes hardy hah 

[Giles]

Trying a new route.  We have to be in Kojima to see @Sarina , Aki and the new addition to the family, so flying into Osaka makes sense, trouble is it means a plane change in Hong Kong…..Plane departs Heathrow in about an hour.....

[UnTucked]

Enjoy the trip! And, bring back some chu-hi's, lol! We had to push Madoka's trip back to September 

[Megatron1505]

Love the view as you fly into Kansai Airport

[Giles]

About as much of Hong Kong as we're going to see…..

[dylantbmayes]

See you both Sunday night!

[Giles]

On the train from Osaka airport to Shin Osaka…..

[Seul]

Shit - there's someone else on the bleedin train…

[Giles]

Found Kenta san in the Osaka shop…

[Giles]

I tried on the IHJ-60 and L looks like the way to go….

[Giles]

Then we had supper at the UK (University of Kentucky) café next door….

[Broark]

I've heard about that UK cafe before, and as a UK fan one day I will eat there.

[Giles]

Today we went to Osaka Castle.  Look at these kids, you'd have a snowball's chance in hell of getting British kids to be this obedient….

I've been telling people for years that they are naf dangerous…

To tell you the truth, I felt slightly nauseous when I saw a young Japanese girl follow this advice last night at about midnight…I really wish she had vomitted on the rails not the platform...


[louisbosco]

@Giles @Madame Buttonfly

if you have time, you MUST go to the osaka aquarium (kaiyukan). it's massive and amazing. probably takes a couple hours to see it fully!

[Winchy]

@Giles will wish he had his rods with him.

[louisbosco]

if he wants to wrestle the whale shark they have, go for it.. 

[Giles]

Leaving Osaka in an hour for Kojima.  Aquarium next time…..

[Madame Buttonfly]

@louisbosco - would have loved to see the aquarium, but we just had one afternoon free in Osaka so we did the castle and a riverboat tour.  Much more to see, so we must go back.  Now on shinkansen headed for Okayama to meet family Nakanishi.  @dylantbmayes will let you know what time we expect to arrive in Shibuya tomorrow once we have timings.

It's great to be back in Japan