Long Weekend Vacation - Day 01: Tokyo, Japan
After a long hiatus, we decided to visit Tokyo over the recent long weekend holiday! We purchased our air tickets in advance, and the flight was scheduled for a Friday morning. I had a pleasant 7-hour flight to Tokyo with ANA (All Nippon Airways) , and I reached Tokyo near to 2pm, local time (do note that Japan is an hour ahead than us). Clearing the customs at the airport was a breeze. The hotel we chose this time was in the heart of Ginza, and not at Shinjuku where we usually stay. We bought bus/limousine tickets which took us to designated hotel near ours, and we walked less than 2 mins to reach our hotel. Recently, I preferred to take the limousine bus service, as this service was just as efficient as the NEX Tokyo train, but with one additional bonus point - we did not need to roll our luggage around the train station to transfer to the local train station and lug them around, especially with the amount of stairs everywhere. After about an hour's drive + a very short walk, we...