A nice late start this am, plus Nellie was even up on time. Over then to Akhibara, electric city for a womble round.

Mrs Fogg even bought herself a toy and then decided it would be soo cool to go to a maid cafe

You get in a lift to the 4th floor and are met by a teen dressed in a French frilly maids outfit. Out steps Mrs Fogg first as she is accosted by a 12yr old eager to serve, quick as a flash Nellie slammed her hand on the ground floor button leaving Mrs Fogg to explain to the maid that there are/ were 3 of us and she would go and get us. Nelly and I were wetting ourselves in the lift on the way down.

To try and make up for it we agreed to try another seedy maid cafe, where you have 3 attentive teens, keen to charge you an arm and a leg for a drink, whilst walking around in their frilly outfits. The only thing missing was the box of tissues on the table!

Needless to say we went to a less seedy place for a drink. This one even has a toilet the the seat lifts automatically as you enter the room.

Time then for sharp orange and apple drinks that curl your face, makes your face hurt

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So today we visited the original emperors duck hunting grounds which is now in the middle of the Tokyo metropolis. A haven of greenery and tranquility (who also offer you free use of industrial strength Deet to protect from the mosquitoes). This was lovely and peaceful.

Next we took a water boat ride to Asakusa and walked boiling streets to the Tokyo Sky Tower. This is a pretty cool spot and something we have never done as it was built in 2012.

Then on to Sensoji temple. A Buddhist temple full of people mingling around with an impressive row of old shops on the way in. This is one of the oldest temples in Tokyo.

All told a good day, but tiring with the heat (currently about 30 degrees) and walking in 86% humidity.

My two companions reckon I’m wearing their feet out!!

Next stop a cold shower for my feet!

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Another early(ish) start for some of us, wake up call to Nellie at 07.15, which she promptly went back to sleep after. So tomorrow will be 2 early am calls.

Off for breakfast at the Tokyo Fish Market, with raw tuna, raw salmon and crab on rice, yum

Time to brave the blistering heat through the Tokyo metropolis to the Royal gardens



And then off for the Japanese Tea at the gardens
The sweet ain’t, so off to the water bus now to the Tokyo Tower at 634m with viewing platforms at 450m and 350m, with spectacular views

Next stop Asakusa and the Sensoji temple

And then back in cRush Hour on the Tokyo trains

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Unless you are a teenager!

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The hunt for food commenced at 7pm, starting with a hunt for the “cat cafe” where you get to pet loads of cats whilst having a drink. Following Foggette our able tour guide we arrived at the pregoogled location (just past Denny’s Diner). The cafe appears now to be a pet hospital and no sign of said moggies, mind you the diners at Denny’s seemed to have purrfectly full plates. Not to be deterred or out googled, Mrs Fogg soldiered on to find our evening grub. The meal selections can be a little daunting, so our Japanese friends actually have plastic samples of the food for foreigners to show what it looks like. Having seen one we liked the look of last night we went to have another look, but then decided the roadkill wasn’t that nice looking and settled on a popular one underground. Unfortunately it is still common place to smoke in Japanese restaurants, so we left due to the heavy smell of smoke. The hunt continues until we found a little place where everyone likes the look of the food.

The next challenge is ordering, since this one, like many has a ticketing system, you look at the pictures, choose the meal you like, pay for it in the vending machine and give the cook the chitty. The chef takes this as the order and cooks your grub, a very efficient way of working, if the pictures aren’t tiny and you can read Japanese, they were and we can’t. After a few moments of Japanese dictionary and pigeon English chef, we chose the evening noodles and pork dishes. A monster amount of noodles with pork was the order of the evening. Nellie and I polished ours away whilst Mrs Fogg was busy soaking herself in noodle juice.

Nice food and with that Nellie could walk no more and needed to rest her poor feet, ready for tomorrow’s route march to the Fish Market sushi breakfast), Japanese Tea Ceremony, Asakusa, The Tokyo Tower and finishing at Shinjuku for food.

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Well hello to the UK from another 34 degree Tokyo, with a full day walking from 8.30am through to 18.00.

Early call for Nellie at 07.15, with an out of 8.30 for breakfast at StarDollars coffee house before we trundled off via the navigation skills of Nellie and Mrs Fogg to the Meiji Jinju Shrine, where it was baking hot and chance for some photo opportunities including a couple walking their minkey

After a light snack and more Pocko Sweat water we trundled to find Korea Town without finding the rough bit (seems we weren’t that lucky)

Nellie then went into every KPap shop possible and found some bits of boy band stuff (in some places they seem to play 10 tracks at the same time by groups called G-Donkey, BoyPap, screetchyLot), Nellie seemed happy we were bemused

Time for a refreshing drink in a Kpap haunt whilst watching the latest boy band (shoot me now)


And a slow walk back up through Shinjuku (neon city, which is where Blade Runner is based on) and the tubes back to Ginza

Time for a shower then back out to find fooooooooood

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What a lovely bright and sunny day today for walking around Tokyo.

The world famous 5 way pedestrian crossing, Everything Sony,ladies with their “man fans” to stay cool, pastries at the forum and spicy noodles for tea (where we all ended up wearing the sauce on our clothes.

An early finish at 6.30pm so we can all recover from the flight, then up for another mega walk tomorrow.

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Well here we are in sunny, scorching, bloody sweltering Tokyo at a slightly impressive 34 degrees.

Really good journey on the uber accurate to the second Japanese railways and checked in to the Hotel Mercure, Ginza.

Hazel has her own room and we have left her to try drying out after the 20 minute walk from the station with full backpack in the heat.

So showers and aircon all round before braving the midday sun.

It’s 12.30pm here which means 2.30 am in the UK, so that’s a straight 19hr stint and to avoid jet lag we have to keep going to 10pm Tokyo time.

Nice view from the windows

And our pokey bedroom

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Fantastic flight, big comfy seats and a safe landing at Narita Airport.

First “I forgot something” casualty, Nellie forgot to bring her hairbrush.

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