Wakamatsu Honten

On Monday, after getting of the bullet train I made my way over to Narita, which was another long train ride I didn't need. Especially since it was spot the Gaijin with all his luggage on the train :D Anyway I eventually made it to Narita and had no idea where I was, so I eventually called my hotel and they were so nice as to send over a car to pick me up. They were so nice. I stayed at the Wakamatsu Honten in a more traditional style room with a dinner and breakfast included. 

This was only part of dinner. I don't have a shot of the rest, but with the rice to come and another dish for dessert I was really impressed, and full. And then I slept on a futon, which I hadn't done before.

In the morning breakfast was a repeat affair, but down in the main dining hall. Then I had to leave, but I had heaps of time to waste, so after leaving my bags at the hotel, and knowing I had to be back by 3pm or I wouldn't have any baggage cause the hotel was closing for the rest of the day cause they had no guests, I set off to see a bit of Narita.

And then it started raining :( These are some shots of the Naritasan Temple which was right beside my hotel. From here I caught a city loop bus to the Aeon Narita Shopping Center.

I bought some candy and a bottle of Alcohol at the shopping center, but unfortunately I accidently broke the bottle when I went to place it on the ground outside the shopping center and it kinda fell a bit and broke :( Luckily it wasn't too expensive and I had a fun time trying to dispose of it.

I then caught the bus back to the hotel, but the city loop wasn't really a city loop so I made it to the end of the line, then had to start again from that spot (the driver was kind enough to help me out). I made it back to the hotel on time, caught a taxi to the airport and whiled away several hours there, and some cash, before getting on the plane.

The flight back was good. Got some sleep, had some drinks and food, and tried to not get too annoyed at the two idiot old people in the row in front of me. Luckily cause I was in business class I had the seat beside me empty (everyone was either paired up with someone they know or trying to sit alone) so I chillaxed a bit.

Got back to Cairns, walked a marathon between the International and Domestic airports, waited there several more hours for my flight, which was luckily not delayed but several others were, and then got back to Townsville.

What a trip. So worth it and a very enlightening experience.