JAPAN (part 1)

Japan was lovely, but the jetlag of doom (and other, ahem, distractions) stopped me writing about the strange land until now, and it’s going to be a big splurge here, so here goes *deep breath*

( Part the first - My little adventure with a Samurai castle, Frogs, Polka dots, a big hike up a Japanese mountain, the Ninja hostel, Akihabara at night, a Japanese toy shop and ... er ... more to come later! )

To follow later - more adventures in Japan including Bullet trains, Temple lodgings with real Buddhist monks, Spooky graveyards, Bamboo groves, Geishas, the Cat Bus and Totoro, Shark-fin soup Ice-cream, the Tokyo Tower and not enough sleep!