JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN 2015

Sunday 4 October 2015

Shinjuku, Tokyo

Good to be back in Japan again.

Japan is the land of the clear umbrellas, box shaped cars, clean train stations, musical toilets with all sorts of gizmos, few rubbish bins, yet no rubbish anywhere, polite, gracious, helpful, wonderful people, deafening, crazy pachinko and games parlors, no public seating anywhere, but loving all of it.

Back in quirky Japan

The Japanese love Halloween

Kabiukicho, Shinjuku by day, with Godzilla in the background :-)

Godzilla!

The Cocoon building Shinjuku area

River cruise boat...not ours though

Our water bus took us from Rainbow Bridge to Asakusa

Asakusa art gallery and Tokyo Sky Tower

A bit of nature in the middle of high rise Tokyo!

Sensoji temple gate, Asakusa. Built in 628AD

Asakusa lanterns

Sensoji Temple, the oldest temple in Tokyo

Green tea icecream sold outside the Temple

Giant freshly baked rice crackers

Akihabara, electric city and gaming area

Akihabara, electric city and gaming area

Akihabara, electric city and gaming area

Akihabara, electric city and gaming area

Shibuya crossing

Shibuya crossing

Shibuya crossing

Shibuya crossing

Bicycle sale alley

Our hotel in Kabukicho, Shinjuku

Saturday 3 October 2015

Coolangatta

Caught the Greyhound coach at 5.30am, barely daylight, beautiful sunrise, calm and serene as we pulled out of Coffs Harbour on time. A very pleasant way to travel to Coolangatta, great views from the elevated position in our comfortable leather seats, with free Wi-Fi and USB charging, a very quiet journey. There was a mass exodus of young people at Byron Bay, and then the bus filled up again to travel to Brisbane.

Sunny Coolangatta is a modern, clean, laid back town with beautiful clean, white sandy beaches. We enjoyed our short break here, relaxing and swimming at the beach, and walking around the beaches of Coolangatta.