My Japan Holiday

Just a brief note about my Japan holiday for now and I will write the full experience when I get home.

Today is our 4Th day in Japan and we are in Kyoto at the moment.

Tokyo was crazy... So... busy... but fun..! I have never seen so... many people at one time on a normal day. There were so... many young people shopping every where on Sunday, unbelievable..! That was just in Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya. Not as many shoppers in Kyoto today but there were still streets, arcades and rows of shops every where and people were still shopping away, even in the rain. The good thing is we mostly walked under shelters including across the intersections.

Everything is so... well engineered and organised here in Japan and the people seem to work so... hard every where we go. They are so... fast, effective and accurate with what they do. They don't hesitate to give you the best service they possibly can and they are always so... appreciative of your purchase. If they don't know the answer to your question, they would go out of their way to get the answer for you. They are just incredible, I really admire their dedication towards their jobs and providing good service. They are also very polite and respectful.

The public transport system is incredibly effective, just amazing...! You don't find or see any failure, delay or mistake any where. To say that there are millions of traffic each day in the major train stations, all the ticketing machines and every other parts of the humongous system work correctly and accurately. Almost everything is automated and works so... fast. It's unbelievable..!

The ladies here are so... thin and fashionable. They still look thin even with layers of clothing with frills, scarves, big boots and big Louis Vuitton bags. They look absolutely fashionable. They are so... little and beautiful, like dolls.

I am loving my holiday and my daughter has bought a few things for herself. My husband has also been looking through these shops with us. Although most of them are only good for girls, I am sure he is enjoying the experience as well, as anything important to his daughters is important to him, especially when we were looking through musical instrument shops in Shibuya, Tokyo. We saw some beautiful custom made basses in Shibuya yesterday and we wish we could buy our daughter one. We'll find one before we leave Japan though.

Anyway, I am using limited free Internet access at the hotel, so I'd better go, in case other people want to use the it.

By for now and I will write in more details when I get back to Australia.