THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD

2019 – Japan – Home

I set the alarms on both Karen’s and my phone to make sure we were up at 4.15am as we

2019 – Japan – Day 14

What a difference 24 hours make. Today we woke up to blue skies and lovely warm sunshine. After another passable

2019 – Japan – Day 13

Todays forecast was for rain all day and we couldn’t decide if that would be a good thing or not

2019 – Japan – Day 12

Here we go again, another day where we needed to pack up and check out of our room early ready

2019 – Japan – Day 11

The weather was glorious as we all stepped out onto the street after a good night’s sleep in our new

2019 – Japan – Day 10

It was another early start today as our plan was to visit Mount Fuji & Lake Kawaguchiko. We also had

2019 – Japan – Day 9

Every holiday has it’s one day where not everything goes to plan. As I write this, I hope that today

2019 – Japan – Day 8

This morning after collecting Neil, we headed for what we called ‘The Fluffy Pancake shop’ for breakfast. I think the

2019 – Japan – Day 7

Today was Neil’s first full day in Japan and we knocked on his door just after 9am to get the

2019 – Japan – Day 6

Last year I celebrated my birthday 5 hours later than normal as I was in Florida. This year I celebrated

2019 – Japan – Day 5

Another sleepless night for me, this time of my own doing. I was really thirsty by the time we had

2019 – Japan – Day 4

Today we planned to be up early to get to Fuhimi Inari Taisha to beat the crowds, so typically with

2019 – Japan – Day 3

Not a good night. Despite being in bed around 10.30pm we were both still wide awake at 2pm and then

2019 – Japan – Day 2

Our first full day in Japan started late. I didn’t wake up until 8.30am and then woke up Karen at

2019 – Japan – Day 1

The time difference between the UK & Japan is 8 hours. Therefore despite our body clocks telling us it was

2019 – Japan – Flight Day

The first task today was to pick up Sunny, our friendly Car Parking chap from his house. We have used