Land of the Rising Sun

My first glimpse of Japan was like a scene from a movie, the sun was setting behind the mountains, the coastline was shrouded in mist, and little lights were flickering on boats and in houses. So beautiful.

From the airport I took a bus to my hotel for the night. Waiting for the bus I realised just how FREEZING it was. Luckily I had my cape. I hid in it and looked like Grug. Here is a photo to prove it.

---- Grug photo----

My hotel in `Rinku Town` (a random seaside town about 10mins from Kansai Airport) was so beautiful. Everyone was really nicely dressed and looked rich. I looked like Grug, or possibly Grug on drugs, because I had been awake since 4am... but anyway.

--- View from my window towards Kansai Airport ---

22 Feb: After a thoroughly random breakfast I investigated Rinku-Town. Of course everything was closed because it was about 8am, but the giant ferris wheel was pretty cool.

-- Ferris Wheel--

--- Shinkansen ---

My next adventure involved changing trains 5 or 6 times to get to Tokyo. On this trip i discovered some things: There are a lot of cabbages in Osaka, smoking carriages on trains are NOT a good idea, Mount Fuji really is very beautiful and impressive, and I like Japanese food (even when I don`t know what it is).

--- Mt Fuji ---

The hostel I am staying in is in Asakusa, which is a rather historic part of Tokyo. To get there I have to `walk over the blue bridge`. When i read the directions online I was worried I wouldnt be able to see the blue bridge... I needn`t have worried. >.>

-- Blue Bridge---

I went for a bit of a walk to visit some of my favourite places in Asakusa. 

Oh and I also went to an Arts and Crafts Museum that I found. This was my favourite picture*

And so ended my first full day in Japan.