Thursday, October 24, 2013

Kon'nichiwa Tokyo!

What a long day it has been! I took my luggage and started walking to the station around 01:30pm and Martin joined me a few stations later. I was positively surprised when an old korean man offered me a seat next to him and he started a conversation. We didn't talk much, but he was very polite! When we arrived at Seoul Station, we changed from the subway to the train. The trip from Seoul Station to Incheon Airport lasted for an hour and at the airport we immediately did the check-in and had a little snack.
On the flight we had our own little screen where we were able to watch movies and play games.  I got to say that the service is brilliant on asian flights with asian airlines. After three hours of movies and games we arrived to Narita Airport in Tokyo. Both me and Martin had the biggest smiles on our faces. The first thing that came to our mind, was that everybody was speaking english to us. In Korea, you get amazed and chocked if someone has good skills in english. It didn't take us long to find the subway, since people in Japan treated us well and helped us find the way. One thing that we immediately recognized was that the atmosphere in the subway was totally to different to Seoul. Here in Japan, you are allowed to talk in the subway and even laugh out loud. Local people came and talked to us and asked if we needed help with anything. I have only been in Tokyo for a few hours, but if you keep your eyes open, you will experience and realize many things.  
Asakusa was our stop where we had to get off. Our hotel is located only one minute from the station. Hotel Kawase, a capsule hotel located in Asakusa, which is a very popular area for tourists. I will write more about our hotel in another post.
I threw my stuff on my bed and met Martin downstairs. We took a long walk around the area and it is beautiful. While walking we found a game hall so we decided to play a few games before we had dinner.
Now I am relaxing in my own little capsule and I can't wait and see what Tokyo has to offer!




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