Blogging Japan: Days 11, 12 and 13, or back to Tokyo

I've actually been home for a few days now, but have avoided writing about our final days partly out of exhaustion, and partly because I already miss Japan a lot.

We left Kyoto and got back on the shinkansen headed for Tokyo. Unfortunately, the only car with available seats when we made out reservations was a smoking one, but other than that it was an ok trip. Even managed to snap a shot of Mt. Fugi out the window:

Oh! I also shot a nifty video of our train pulling into the station. Have a mentioned I love my new camera? Cause I do.



Can you hear Scott saying "badass" in the background? Indeed.

So back we headed to Tokyo, the Aizuya Inn, and our same tatami mat room. It felt like home base for us; really nice to be back in a neighborhood and hotel we knew, with familiar faces, especially after traipsing through Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto.



The next few days, we took it pretty easy, all being very worn out from the constant traveling and walking. We went back to Akihabara, and hit Harajuku even. That was utter insanity. We had gone in hopes of seeing and taking pics of those famous Harajuku girls, but it was so, so, so packed just walking down the street was difficult.

Most nights we hung out in our rooms, playing poker or other random card games with the "Pooh and Piget" deck Troy found in a Kyoto 100 yen shop. Turns out Aiden is really awesome at poker; he actually beat everyone several times.







There may have been some beer drinking involved as well. Including the smallest, cutest beer in the world:





And thus ends our two weeks spent in the land of the rising sun. We came home on about a nine hour flight, which was pleasant enough. More movies and games to keep us occupied, more tasty airplane food and good service from Singapore Air.

The weird thing about coming home was the time differences. We left on Tuesday, the 25th at 6:30 pm from Japan, and arrived in LA on Tuesday, the 25th at 10:30 am. Back to the future baby! Unfortunately as a result, our sleep schedules are all messed up. Yesterday, Aiden and I slept until late afternoon and were up until 4 am. I set the alarm to wake us up today, and I have him in bed right now, trying to fall asleep. We need to get back on track since school starts again soon.

Thanks for reading, if anyone made it all the way through my ramblings. And if you did, comment and let me know! I'd like to think someone out there read these XD. I'll also be making some additions to previous Japan entries, so if you haven't read them yet, they'll have even more boring content to waste your precious time with! Woo!

Sayonara, Japan. It was an absolute blast.