Diary

Friday, 11 April, 2025
Although it was an early-afternoon flight (which eventually became a late afternoon flight)…
Saturday, 12 April, 2025
Once airborne the flight was excellent, as was the service…
Sunday, 13 April, 2025
Having had an early night, and with my body still not knowing what time zone it was in, I was awake a little after 5am…
Monday, 14 April, 2025
I’d learnt the lesson from the previous day, so had a bit of a lie-in and made it down to breakfast just after 8am…
Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
Having learnt my lesson on Sunday I kept to my 8am breakfast slot and after a pleasant start to the day…
Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
Another late breakfast and back out of the hotel and onto the metro to go a couple of stops east and north to the Kyoto Gyoen National Garden…
Thursday, 17 April, 2025
As I only had a couple of hours left before I needed to head to the station to catch the train back to Tokyo I got up early and braved the 7am breakfast crowd…