Marckam off to Japan

Saturday, 20 August, 2005
Day 1 - Brisbane to Tokyo

After all the packing and websites and paper, we are off.
In a 747 at last. JAL seats designed for little people but personal TVs make up for it in some way. First taste of Japanese courtesy – perfect hostess’s.
Bus to Tokyo station and then taxi to hotel. Taxi driver called hotel after another couple off the street help him to understand the English address of the hotel that Mark brought – amazing. At hotel soon after.
Hotel room was a blast. Small , cosy maybe. Bidet was intriguing. We booked through i-Travel, a Japanese hotel booking site. Very happy with the results. Perfect location, get the address in Japanese and get a cab from Tokyo drop off (the small amount paid is surpassed by the convenience).
Dinner at Chimney Restaurant below hotel where we were placed in a private room. Waiters found us interesting and couldn’t speak English but we got along pointing at pictures on the menu. Delicious food.

The view from Ochanomizu Inn hotel room.