It’s my last full day in Japan today, I got up at 7.00 got ready and packed my stuff. I had a bit of breakfast before heading off to Kyoto station to catch the Hikari Shinkansen back to Tokyo. As it was coming to Kyoto, the train journey back was on time, smooth and fast. It doesn’t feel like your on a train for nearly 3 hours.

When I got back to Tokyo, I walked to the same hotel I stayed at before in Ginza. I dropped off my case and went back out and walked to Hama Rikyu Gardens just around the corner from the hotel.

Hama Rikyu Gardens

This large gardens has a 300 year old Pine tree at the entrance. There are paths leading off in multiple directions. Unfortunately I was too early for the autumn colours in the trees, I think normally the trees would be starting to go golden by now. Japan has had a long summer like the UK has had and autumn has come later than usual. The gardens were still beautiful though.

After spending a little bit of time here, I went back to the hotel to check in.

Shibuya

I headed to Shibuya by train with my Leica M6 loaded with a roll of Cinestill 800T and a tripod to try and capture the lights of the streets at night. I’ll have to wait until my scans come back from the lab to see how they turned out. After finishing the roll I got the train back to Ginza to get some dinner. I went to the a Ginza Lion and after dinner tried Sake for the first time. I don’t have much to say about Sake really, it didn’t taste of much at all. I will try it again one day when I get home. I went back to the hotel and went to bed.

Going Home

The next day I woke up at 7.00, got ready and packed my case. I checked out, walked to Tokyo station and got the Narita Express to the airport. 15 hours or so later I was back home, having had an amazing time. I loved Japan so much, I don’t think I even scratched the surface there really. I hope someday to go back again and see more of Japan. I missed my wife and kids though, nearly 10 days away from them is a long time and not something I would want to do all the time. According to my fitbit, during my 8 days in Japan I walked 117 miles, 250000 steps. My feet need a good long rest after that.

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