Tokyo, Japan

 January 27, 2001  Posted in Uncategorized

Towards the end of January I had the chance to visit Japan with my brother Philip. It was a holiday simply to get away from all the worries in the past few months, as well as a chance to see each other after two years apart.

The passing of our mother made me want to weave a better web amongst us brothers, Philip, Kevin, and I, simply because the original bond, my mother, isn’t here anymore.

I am sure mom would want us to stick together, through good and bad times as well.

During this trip, Philip and I travelled through Kyoto, Osaka, Shusenji (in Izu), and Tokyo. These are the pictures that describe our fun times during this two-week trip.

Arrived Tokyo the night before Philip and his friend Jamie was bound to fly in from Taipei…
The onboard station map shows the high speed train Narita Express‘s current location in real time.
After spending an extremely relaxing evening at the Takeuchi’s (Thank you Maki and her family!), I took the local train out to Tokyo Station the next day…
Being one of the central stations in the Tokyo area, I naturally assumed it to be somewhat like the Grand Central station in New York City…
To my disappointment, the interior looks just like A DEPARTMENT STORE
Interesting picture inside Tokyo Station…
If you ever travel to Tokyo Station and need to find the cheap shuttle bus to Haneda Airport, this is the exit you need to take – the bus is located right across the street, costing 980yen (approximately US$8.50). The ride is about 40 minutes… sure beats the 6000yen or so if you take a taxi.
And the beautiful scenery outside the bus window towards Haneda Airport.

For those who don’t know, Tokyo area has two main airports – Narita, the international airport, and Haneda, the airport that serves domestic flights (and those coming from Taipei…)
Finally arrived the waiting area of Haneda airport… Philip’s flight even arrived early!