Captain Buck Rodgers (that really was his name) flew us safely to Auckland, we spent the night at the jet park hotel, then in the morning jumped on flight NZ99 to Narita. Nice smooth flight, had some reasonable meals, it was a good start to the trip.

The hotel Nikko Narita was 10 minutes shuttle ride from the airport and it was charming, the room was slightly old school japanese but I really like that style, and it was relatively spacious and comfortable but the best part was the breakfast next morning!

It was raining but the garden was still very pretty

After breakfast we took a bus into town for a change, the view was pretty much the same as the train ride but I think the train is nicer. We walked from Tokyo Central Station to our hotel in the Ginza, about 20 minutes away.

Facebook obviously knows I’m in Japan, I thought this ad for a tee shirt was pretty funny
Vending machines are everywhere and you can even get beer
This is an alley underneath the railway line with a bunch of bars and restaurants
I liked the look of this restaurant
We loved this keyboard in an innovative tech shop
Ah, Japanese toilets, they’re great
Brekky in Ginza
One of our missions was to get our JR (Japan Rail) pass. They send you a document in NZ and you exchange it here in Tokyo Central Station
These are great, I highly recommend them for celebrating getting your JR pass sorted
We found quite a cool ramen bar just round the road from our hotel
Ramen bar
You see some amazing cars in Tokyo
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