Jamie-B

Japan was awesome! It's like seeing England, but about 20 years in the future; in Tokyo, there's skyscrapers all the way to the horizon in all directions, and trains that come every two minutes with no delay - with the carriages arriving to the centimetre of where they are marked on the platforms. Vending machines on every street corner, even in Kyoto; there were nine vending machines in a row in Akihabara. The weather was t-shirt weather at all times of day and night, for two weeks. Everyone does their best to understand you and take time with you (unlike in Europe where a lot of people will just try to shake you off as soon as they can manage), and everyone was so helpful and nice. Restaurant meals cost half or a third of what they cost in England, so we really went to town, and hotels are similarly cheap as well. I got stacks of manga ( i.imgur.com/BFCbVeG.jpg ) - Thermae Romae was particularly good.