I love Japan. Well, in fact I love a lot of places to be honest, but I have always had a soft spot for Japan and enjoyed my previous visits here. Darling absolutely loves the place (mainly due to the extensive shopping opportunities and her liking of sushi), and is always suggesting that we 'pop' over here for a holiday weekend instead of heading off to Thailand. So, for a change, this Easter we decided to head on off to Tokyo for a few days to 'relax'. Despite only being a 3-4 hour flight away from Hong Kong (depending on how windy it is), it ends up being quite a trek in the end, when you add on the 2 hour transfer from Narita to downtown Tokyo. So after about 8 hours travelling we finally checked in to the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo.
As it was getting late we headed on up to the bar for a quick beer before venturing on out to Ginza (where unfortunately the shops were closing ;)) in search of a BBQ restauraunt. After seaching several side streets we eventually managed to get a table at what, turned out to be a rather popular place. After a few minutes of conversing they worked out that Darling is not japanese and managed to find someone that knew some English. Baffled by the menu, and rather hungry by this stage, we let our server choose our dinner.
After several beers and a touch too much food we headed on back to the hotel for a nightcap before retiring for the day, which finds me writing this post from the comfort of our room and courtesy of the free wifi. Tomorrow sees us head on out early to Tsujiki fish market to catch the trading in action and a spot of very fresh sushi - breakfast of champions!
So, time to sign off and get some well earned rest. I'll leave you with one piece of advice - do not try navigating the Tokyo metro system after several beers, otherwise you may find out that what should be a 10 minute journey takes you well over an hour!
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