On Friday we took the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. We didn't have much time to make the transfer from the JR train in Shin-Osaka so we couldn't stand in long line at the ticket window or we would miss our train.
While the ticket vending machines all have "English" mode it's not always clear what it's tell you to do - especially on the reserved seating trains where you have to have the fare for the train plus a ticket for reserved seat and the machine allows you to buy one, the other or both.
But it was all worth-while when we switched to the Subway in Tokyo to encounter this amazing ad. I stared at it for a long time trying to figure out if it involved Bacon or bacon. I think it must have been the former, but I'm just not sure.
We made our way to Grand Hyatt in Roppongi where we would stay for the next three days.
While the ticket vending machines all have "English" mode it's not always clear what it's tell you to do - especially on the reserved seating trains where you have to have the fare for the train plus a ticket for reserved seat and the machine allows you to buy one, the other or both.
But it was all worth-while when we switched to the Subway in Tokyo to encounter this amazing ad. I stared at it for a long time trying to figure out if it involved Bacon or bacon. I think it must have been the former, but I'm just not sure.
We made our way to Grand Hyatt in Roppongi where we would stay for the next three days.
Because I'm platinum with Hyatt (recently dropped from Diamond but intent on getting back to the top), we had a nice upgraded room and some goodies waiting for us:
Our plans for the weekend involved some of the activities planned for Flyertalk Japan DO, in particular we would be meeting folks at an izakaya for dinner tonight, Friday night, then going on a dinner cruise on Saturday night and walking through Imperial Palace on Sunday taking in the beautiful Cherry Blossoms.
The izakaya chosen was in Ginza. This is a crazy busy and crowded area of Tokyo at any time, but on Friday night, after work the place is absolutely jam-packed.
It wasn't hard to find the restaurant, thanks to great directions, and we enjoyed a meal of ... lots of stuff with some sixty+ flyertalkers from all over the world.
It wasn't hard to find the restaurant, thanks to great directions, and we enjoyed a meal of ... lots of stuff with some sixty+ flyertalkers from all over the world.
After dinner we walked around Ginza, taking in sometimes strange sights there:
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