Day 1, 7 November 2016, Konichiwa Tokyo!
7 November 2016 dawned as our flight hovered over 'the land of the rising Sun'. All of us were overwhelmed with joy as we finally landed at the Tokyo Narita Airport.
After completing all the airport formalities we collected our baggage and headed towards our destination- Tokyo Central Youth Hostel, Iidabashi. As it was our first time in a subway train, Sir Dange bought the tickets for us all. We had to change three lines to get to our hostel. It was quite taxing as there were no escalators on two of the stations. And yes! We had to carry our 20kg bags on not just one but several flights of stairs. But that did not dampen our excitement even a tiny bit.
Finally we arrived at Iidabashi and the good news was that our hostel was on the 18th floor of the building right above the subway station. We then went up and kept our bags in one of the rooms. This was because we could not use our respective rooms since it was just 11 am and the check in time was 3 pm. The Japanese are very particular about time, you see.
Sir Dange then took us for lunch to a restaurant named 'First Kitchen' which was right below our hostel. I ate beef pasta and it was yum! After lunch we still had quite some time in hand so some of us decided to just look around the place. We checked out the shopping center below our building, clicked some pictures, sun bathed for a while as it was quite chilly and eventually got back to the hostel.
By that time our rooms were ready and we moved in with all our luggage. The view from my room was marvelous. I then had a warm bath and hit the bed. At about 7 pm we all headed out for dinner. Sir Dange showed us some good eating places. He showed us an extremely tempting Ramen place we all wanted to dine at. But unfortunately not all of us could eat there as the Ramen was over. We then looked around for more restaurants but we somehow could not communicate with the people there. At one place they literally crossed their hands indicating a big NO! Finally, super tired and hungry we went to a Thai restaurant and parceled some noodles. We all sat together and ate at our hostel dining room.
7 November 2016 dawned as our flight hovered over 'the land of the rising Sun'. All of us were overwhelmed with joy as we finally landed at the Tokyo Narita Airport.
After completing all the airport formalities we collected our baggage and headed towards our destination- Tokyo Central Youth Hostel, Iidabashi. As it was our first time in a subway train, Sir Dange bought the tickets for us all. We had to change three lines to get to our hostel. It was quite taxing as there were no escalators on two of the stations. And yes! We had to carry our 20kg bags on not just one but several flights of stairs. But that did not dampen our excitement even a tiny bit.
Finally we arrived at Iidabashi and the good news was that our hostel was on the 18th floor of the building right above the subway station. We then went up and kept our bags in one of the rooms. This was because we could not use our respective rooms since it was just 11 am and the check in time was 3 pm. The Japanese are very particular about time, you see.
Sir Dange then took us for lunch to a restaurant named 'First Kitchen' which was right below our hostel. I ate beef pasta and it was yum! After lunch we still had quite some time in hand so some of us decided to just look around the place. We checked out the shopping center below our building, clicked some pictures, sun bathed for a while as it was quite chilly and eventually got back to the hostel.
By that time our rooms were ready and we moved in with all our luggage. The view from my room was marvelous. I then had a warm bath and hit the bed. At about 7 pm we all headed out for dinner. Sir Dange showed us some good eating places. He showed us an extremely tempting Ramen place we all wanted to dine at. But unfortunately not all of us could eat there as the Ramen was over. We then looked around for more restaurants but we somehow could not communicate with the people there. At one place they literally crossed their hands indicating a big NO! Finally, super tired and hungry we went to a Thai restaurant and parceled some noodles. We all sat together and ate at our hostel dining room.
We then returned to our rooms and laid in bed staring at the beautifully lit buildings outside our window.
And finally came the end of a beautiful as well as exhausting day!
- Aarushi Caro
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