Departure day was largely uneventful. My flight was at 14:20, on Friday, the day of Chinese New Year. So, I thought perhaps the plane would be quiet. It wasn’t, but it wasn’t as busy as it was when I left, and the airport in Beijing was very quiet. Still, on checking out I did, basically,…
Tokyo
Winter Travels – Tokyo (Day 2)
Day two in Tokyo, and I was going west. I wanted to go to the Shinto shrine to fallen soldiers, which also had a war museum there. Again, there were mostly signs in Japanese in the museum, but it was interesting comparing it to the war museum in Beijing. In that museum, most of the…
Winter Travels – Tokyo (Day 1)
Day one in Tokyo, and I didn’t really know what I was going to do. That’s not strictly speaking true, as I’d read a blog the day before I left which suggested 50 things to see and do in Tokyo. I’d jotted down a few notes, but last time I only spent about a day…
Winter Travels (Beijing to Tokyo)
Before the end of the holidays, I had one more trip left. Over ten years ago, I’d visited Japan and spent two weeks travelling to various places on the main island of Honshu. This time it was going to be a much shorter trip (similar to my weekend hop over to Seoul last year). I’d…
