olydizknee
Are we there yet?
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- Sep 22, 2006
Great start to your report, Battymum! I can't wait to read more & see more pictures.
Great pics Now that you seen the Ghibli museum, you should watch the movies! Several of them do a nice job showing life in Japan (minus the mystical magic and spirits). Your hotel room is big. My husband once stayed in a Japanese hotel where he could stand up and touch opposite walls, the room was so small
I'm reading along, Battymum! Love the photos and reading about a part of the world I'm totally unfamiliar with looking forward to the rest
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I'll do my best.Great start to your report, Battymum! I can't wait to read more & see more pictures.
Do it!!Loving it. I'll keep reading along. I would love to d a trip like this one day.
Oh how I wish I had a wide angle lens!Great pics, Battymum. Keep them coming.
It really was very nice, that poor photo does not show it well at all. The bathroom was just beautiful.We stayed at the Sheraton in April (right before you I believe). We were on the 8th floor and had a weird Penguin motif going on. Your decor is much nicer.
Oh yeah, I'm awesomeawesome photos...
My kids were disappointed they couldn't play on the cat bus. I just realised I didn't post photos of sensoji.All caught up-missed your first post yesterday as tied up with parent duties! I got into Ghibli at the same time as we went to Japan and of course hadn't booked tix so not able to go to Ghibli-wish we had now. I did buy myself a Totoro though. My neighbour Totoro is a good intro to Ghibli as its not quite as weird as some of the others! (eg Spirited Away). The robot is from Castle in the Sky (Laputa I think its called)- not one I've seen. I would like to play on the cat bus that's in the studio but I think its for kids only. We never saw Sensoji due to all the hanami crowds. Great pics so far. Did the kids end up enjoying the trip?
Great TR !
Our trip in on June. We have 2 hotel reservation, and 1 of them is Sheraton. Haven't decided yet which hotel to cancel
My boy has multiple food allergy and we're afraid access to the variety of foods is limited if we stay at the Sheraton.
But your room looks nice
So I'm still thinking...
I'm reading along too.
Bringing back lots of memories for me and makes me want to go back for me
Can't wait to read your thoughts on DisneySea
Again, photos do not do it justice - when you were on the bed you could only see water, felt like a cruise ship.Reading along too.
Fabulous photos! Love the view of Tokyo Bay from your room (loved all the photos actually).
Looking forward to the next installment.
I didn't finish my last update,
After wandering Shibuya I knew we should start thinking about lunch - I certainly wished we had an ADR somewhere, there is no shortage of food of all varieties, but we couldn't agree on anything, i was determined to avoid western chains .
We quarreled a bit, because dinner didnt really happen the previous night, DH thought we were going to starve, he likes to stick to scheduled meals. In the end we found a pizza place - they all ate, was very disappointing but filled our bellies.
So we felt like we had seen enough of Shibuya and discussed where to next, we decided to get on the train and go to Shinjuku.
To be honest, this was a lot more of the same, lots of shops and narrow alleys. We had really had enough, no one was complaining but I could sense they didnt want to be there, so I made a big call and suggested we head back to the room and take a break before heading out t eat at Ikspieri later. There was a silent cheer from the crowd!!
We made the mistake of resting too long and headed to Ikspieri around 6:30pm - being Saturday it was extremely crowded, everywhere we tried couldn't seat us for at least an hour and a half. We tried to the food court and it was crazy - more quarrelling, because at this point, food is not that important to me, i will eat cup noodles, but no, we need to sit down and have a proper meal. Again, I wish we had an ADR! In the end I walked away and told DH he could work it out.
It was decided that we would make our meal times earlier, lunch at eleven and dinner at five -
We made the mistake of resting too long and headed to Ikspiari around 6:30pm - being Saturday it was extremely crowded, everywhere we tried couldn't seat us for at least an hour and a half.
So sorry about the family squabble. But I do know what it feels like. DH knows better than to mess with me and food/dinner time. He recognises the signs now and grabs something before I hit that point of no return. Sadly, DS shows every sign of being like me. So, having borne the brunt of DS' hunger games a few times now, I so sympathise with you (and DH now).
Dinner time at 5 pm works for me too.
So, if you could book, where would you pick as the first dinner spot in the Ikspiari?
Did you look at the restaurants on the upper levels? Even on a Saturday and hour and a half wait at every restaurant sounds like a misunderstanding.
Day 3 - Sarurday 13th April.
After our big day yesterday I was happy to let everyone sleep in for a bit. DH not so. He is a very early riser and once awake cannot lay around. So he was up with the sun and first thing he does is peek out the curtains, casting a shaft of light across the room waking us all up. Grrrrr.
Your DH needs to go on hols with my DH!! That is so the story of our lives and yeah, we have had our biggest family rows over finding somewhere to eat - better now than we used to be though. A couple of nights in Rome several years ago comes to mind - (you had to be there! and DD NEVER lets us forget it!)