On Monday morning we set off early again to visit the Tokyo DisneySea park. Fortunately the crowds were significantly reduced from last week’s which made a massive difference to our day. We started with a quick photo at the Disney…
Day 7 – Asakusa and Akihabara
Another leisurely start to our day today. This morning we walked over the Sumida River again on a gorgeous cool but sunny Sunday morning in Tokyo. We headed straight to the Asakusa Shrine and the surrounding shops and markets. Here…
Day 6 – Tokyo Imperial Palace
After another leisurely morning spent in our apartment, we headed out after lunch to the Tokyo Imperial Palace, about 25 minutes on the train. Before that we quickly walked over to the Yasukuni Shrine, which is a shrine dedicated to…
Day 5 – Shopping in Tokyo
After a healthy sleep in this morning, after lunch we headed off shopping for the rest of the day. We started at all of the shops under the Tokyo Skytree which included a Disney store and Daiso. We bought so…
Day 3 & 4 – Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea
On Wednesday morning we got up early, had breakfast and left our apartment at 6:30am. We had to catch 3 separate trains to get to Tokyo Disneyland. When we arrived, we immediately realised the park was going to be packed…
Day 2 – Asakusa and Ueno Park
This morning we headed out early walking to the Sumida Park to check out some of the last flowering cherry blossom trees. We then headed across the Sumida River and walked to Asakusa, which is full of temples and markets.…
New Adventure – Tokyo 2018
So we are off to Japan again for a 10 day holiday in Tokyo doing lots of shopping and visiting Tokyo Disneyland. Fortunately we were able to enjoy the Qantas First Class lounge in Melbourne before our departure for Narita. …
Day 10 – Homeward Bound
Our final day in the USA was a more relaxed affair, with a sleep in, some breakfast, some final shopping at Target and Walmart before checking out of our hotel. We headed up to Main Place Mall in Santa Ana…
Day 9 – Disneyland
We all enjoyed a sensational last day at Disneyland. We started the day in California Adventure Park at 9am and rode the relatively new Guardians of the Galaxy ride, which took over the building from the old Hollywood Tower Hotel…
Day 8 – More Shopping
Today was another really enjoyable, relaxing slowed down day. We all enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and headed off around 9am to the Main Place Mall in Santa Ana to wander through Barnes and Noble, the largest bookseller in the United…