Planes, Trains and Shuttle Buses

It's our third night here in Japan and so far everything has gone well. The people are friendly, and the trains run on time... just like promised.

On arrival at Narita airport we managed to find our way easily to the shuttle bus which took us straight to Narita Garden Hotel for our first night. The real fun began the next day after making our way to Narita Train Station, bound for Shinjuku, our main accommodation for our first week. Japan's rail system is confusing to say the least. So many different lines, different companies and different destinations makes the system quite difficult to understand. However, as we stood there looking like a couple of lost, foolish tourists staring at the giant rail map in front of us, a very helpful, and polite man approached us and helped us on our way to the correct platform. Despite the language difference he managed to get us into the right direction, even helping us buy the correct ticket required for to get us there. He later approached us on the platform with a note in which he had listed the times for our trains and the different train lines/stations we would have to change at. Needless to say, we were extremely appreciative.

Today we visited Akihabara, otherwise know as 'Electric Town'. Electronics, anime and video game stores line the streets of this bright, vibrant, dedicated shopping district.

 

On our way to Akihabara

Yes there are vending machines EVERYWHERE, but we are yet to see any with...questionable products.

That's it for now, we are planning a trip to Tokyo tower tomorrow and will undoubtedly have some great photos from that.