On Saturday I did very very little.  I watched football all day in the hotel room and I ordered Japanese take-away to the hotel room too.  It brought back good memories of last summer having Udon noodles again. I did book myself a swanky meal for the evening in Brooklyn though and had

It’s Friday and I planned on having a Manhattan day today.  I still did, but changed the plan in that I headed to the famous Junior’s for breakfast.  I had pancakes, bacon and eggs but it was too early to have cheesecake (which is what they’re famous for) so I will n

I was pretty lazy today to be honest, and finished off the last couple episodes of Making a Murderer and I’ve been watching way to much of the Hockey channel in the hotel room. I was staying in Brooklyn today because of the HUGE game tonight, the NY Islanders Vs NY Rangers.  It

I was feeling a lot better after a good sleep ready for my day trip to Miyajima today. The sun was out in the morning so all is good. The JR Pass covered the ferry to Miyajima so I just needed to hop on a short train and then the ferry. It was only a ten minute journey but immediately

My last full day in Miyakojima went exactly as I planned, I went to the beach which was really close to me and ate at the restaurant close to the hotel.  I was never going to trek after my antics yesterday! I cannot remember if I told you before, but I went to the drinks vending machi

My plan was to head for Maehama beach today, and again despite it being 6.6 miles from my hotel, I decided to walk! I knew the forecast had some rain in it today but given it is always warm I was not that bothered. Still, the windbreaker came with me and off I set. About an hour into

I was up and out at 5a.m and got the airport very early.  Was pretty shattered after my two hours sleep in the grot hole the previous night. I was pretty excited about my 7 days in one place and was praying for nice weather.  I knew there was a Typhoon brewing and there was a threat t

My alarm went off at 4am and I was surprisingly awake so I bounced out of bed and got my last few things together before I set off. I was sensible this time because I had my big rucksack, so I got the subway which was about 3m from my hotel, first time I had used it. I managed to find

It is Sunday so I allowed myself a lie in and only got out of the room at 11a.m.  I wanted to not be knackered at 8pm like every other day because The Arsenal were on at 9:30pm here. First thing I did was make a pit stop in Starbucks and then headed to Osaka castle. I did not spend as

I had only been in Osaka a few hours and I was getting good vibes about it. A lot of people say they prefer it to Tokyo, time will tell for me but first I impressions were good. My first day here however was to be spent elsewhere, a day trip to Nara. A lot of people would have seen Na