Our last day.<\/p>\n
We had a late start to the day.\u00a0 There was no real rush, so we got up, and went across to Segafredo for our last breakfast.\u00a0 Once back at the room, Kaoru decided she wanted to re-pack the bags, so I put them up on the bed and she shuffled things across the three suitcases.\u00a0 I had a shower, and finished off a couple of things that needed doing, and thought about how we would spend our last day here.<\/p>\n
We checked out of the hotel a bit before 11 (which was check out time), leaving our bags at the hotel, and we caught a train to Todoroki Valley.\u00a0 This is an area close to Mio’s and Kozue’s house.\u00a0 It was a short walk from the train station, along which we went to the super market for a drink.\u00a0 The valley was a little foresty area in the suburban jungle.\u00a0 A stream ran through the middle of it.\u00a0 It was a peaceful area, and very picturesque.\u00a0 We even saw some artists down there painting.<\/p>\n
We got to a temple (no surprise there), which we had to walk up several steps to see.\u00a0 We had a bit of a walk around, and then started the walk back.\u00a0 We didn’t want to stroll around the suburban area as we would get too far away from the station.\u00a0 So we started walking back.\u00a0 There were mosquitoes down here and Kaoru was getting bitten.\u00a0 We saw a sign pointing to a tomb, so we ascended a truck-load of steps and followed my GPS to get there.\u00a0 This was not what I had expected.\u00a0 It was an above ground mound, maybe 50 feet high.\u00a0 We climbed to the top and there was a description of the person buried there, and his weapons and armour also buried with him.<\/p>\n
We managed to find another way back to the train station, so we didn’t need to go back down to the forest.\u00a0 We caught a train a couple of stops, and then had to do the one thing we had not yet done this trip – sushi train.\u00a0 We noticed an advertisement for this place on the train ride to Todoroki Valley, and Kaoru managed to find it.\u00a0 It was only a 5-10 minute walk from the station.<\/p>\n
Content that I had now completed all I needed to in this trip, we caught the train back to Shinagawa.\u00a0 We still had some time to kill so stopped for a cold macha latte at the station.\u00a0 We got our bags at the hotel and caught the bus from the hotel to the airport.\u00a0 With 3 suitcases we didn’t bother with the train.<\/p>\n
We were at the airport about an hour before check in opened.\u00a0 So we posted off the wifi hotspot we had rented and passed the time.\u00a0 We noticed the line was forming – even the business class one!\u00a0 So we joined that about 15 minutes before check in opened.\u00a0 Eventually we were able to check in.\u00a0 Baggage was fine and all got Business Class labels on them.\u00a0 We went through customs and waited in the business lounge for our flight to be called.<\/p>\n
A fantastic holiday.\u00a0 A bit too much work, unfortunately.\u00a0 Especially Fitgenes.\u00a0 But we got to see a few new areas, and the Marikart was an awesome experience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our last day. We had a late start to the day.\u00a0 There was no real rush, so we got up, and went across to Segafredo for our last breakfast.\u00a0 Once back at the room, Kaoru decided she wanted to re-pack the bags, so I put them up on the bed and she shuffled things across … Continue reading