31 March 2005

桜の夢

Japan, 31 Mar-10 Apr 2005



This is the very first time I blogged about my travels in mf-ism :) A couple of my earlier travel logs were on my Frontpage web archive but I don't remember if they were ever published on my now-defunct Geocities webpage!

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Day 1 - 初めて、東京!

I have to start with the flight, which itself was interesting. The big screens with the usual flight info were showing live feed from a camera outside the aircraft. We saw the runway from a totally different angle: the lights were white as the plane cruised along and turned to a whole new set of pink as the plane got ready for take-off. We both saw and felt ourselves soaring into the night skies!

By the time I reached Ryokan Kangetsu, it was already late morning. After a short rest, I set off for Shinjuku from where I would embark on a trip to see an old friend: Kitty-chan!
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