Japan 2018:sushi & sake

We both enjoyed our trip to Japan.   It was an unexpected experience.   The best way to explain Japan was that it is thoroughly modern, yet very Japanese in that they have not lost their culture.   Rather they have incorporated the technology into their culture.  As a visitor it makes it fascinating as everything is so different yet in some things there is familiarity.   There are not a lot of signs with English script we would recognise but they are in most critical places like railway stations and the airport.   Many of the restaurants have English menus and if there isn’t there are always pictures.   English is not widely spoken but pointing is very useful way of communicating.   The other noticeable thing or should I say it is notable that we did not see one bit of graffiti in Tokyo or Kyoto. There are no beggars that we saw.   We were told that there is not a homeless problem although we were told that t...

On Friday there was news that a typhoon was threatening Japan.   Fortunately it was not predicted to hit Tokyo before we left.   However, by the time we were due to check out of the apartment it had begun to rain.   Our intention was to go to Akususa but when we got to Shinjuku the rain was very heavy making a decision to stay inside the most sensible one.   We booked our seats on the Nex, the express airport train which would take us to Narita.   Then it was making a decision on what to do for a couple of hours before went back and got our bags and headed for Narita. While we were standing contemplating our choices, three lovely helpful Japanese people came up and asked if we were lost.   We told them what we wanted to do, which was to and eat, and they suggested a place to go. Their advice was taken and we found a  popular restaurant, it had a queue of people waiting to be seated.  when served the Japanese version of Kentucky Fried Chicken. ...