Day 12

A bit of confusion this morning, as I had arranged a little trip for us, but had managed to make us think it was today, when actually, it's happening tomorrow. I'm good like that.

The only harm was an earlier morning than necessary though, as we mostly switched our plans around for the days.
We were thwarted for a second time by the Tokyo sky tree. On our first attempt at the start of the trip there was a two hour queue, this time there was no queue, but there was also no view. We got to the ticket desk and the woman showed us a blank grey screen. Then she to us that was the view from the top. Needless to say we didn't waste the time to get to the top.

Instead, we headed to Yanaka, a district to the north of Tokyo as we had read that it still had an air of the old town about it. We were following a walking tour from in the lonely planet, only it turns out the map and instructions were both incredibly vague. We may have got a bit lost... But eventually found roughly where we wanted to be and saw some more temples and another grave yard. It's been a bit grizzly all day, so we headed back to our final (swanky) hotel for some well earned relaxation. It has spa, pool and possibly the best placed gym in the world - not that we are using it!

Our room is on the 45th floor, so I'm sure you can imagine just how amazing the view is. Who needs the sky tree when you have a hotel like this? We've seen the sun set over the city and watched the neon glow become just a sea of flashing red lights.

We did venture the confines of our hotel room for dinner with Ant's friend Rich, who has been living in Japan for 12 years. He took us to a nice little restaurant and it's fair to say having someone who spoke the language was more than a little bit helpful!

We also bought a side table. Because that what people do right? Go on holiday, come back with furniture. Our figures are firmly crossed that they will let it on the plane. We've got plenty of yen left, so a bribe is not out-of the question!