Comments on: Home Sleet Home http://hostiletraveler.com/2007/04/16/home-sleet-home/ Viewing the world through bleary eyes Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kate http://hostiletraveler.com/2007/04/16/home-sleet-home/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Kate Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:37:40 +0000 http://hostiletraveler.com/2007/04/16/home-sleet-home/#comment-50 Normalize? Meh - that's overrated. Spectacular photos, glad you're back! Where you goin' next week? Normalize? Meh - that’s overrated. Spectacular photos, glad you’re back! Where you goin’ next week?

]]> By: John http://hostiletraveler.com/2007/04/16/home-sleet-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49 John Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:24:10 +0000 http://hostiletraveler.com/2007/04/16/home-sleet-home/#comment-49 Er, Keisei Line Limited Express Tokyo Station to Ueno station, $10. In the opposite direction, we found it impossible *not* to take this route, since we emerged bleary-eyed from the airport, saw a train ticket desk, muttered something about Akihabara (which is where our hotel was), got sold those $10 tickets and pointed in the direction of a platform. <BR> <Strong>Dave sez...</Strong> <BR> Okay, admittedly, I forgot about the standard subway stuff, but last time I was in Tokyo I tried that and it felt like it took forever due to the number of stops. In general, I found that the Tokyo Metro stuff was easy to handle, but without a copy of a JR map in English, I seem to get lost every time. Could be that I'm challenged tho. Er, Keisei Line Limited Express Tokyo Station to Ueno station, $10.

In the opposite direction, we found it impossible *not* to take this route, since we emerged bleary-eyed from the airport, saw a train ticket desk, muttered something about Akihabara (which is where our hotel was), got sold those $10 tickets and pointed in the direction of a platform.

Dave sez…

Okay, admittedly, I forgot about the standard subway stuff, but last time I was in Tokyo I tried that and it felt like it took forever due to the number of stops. In general, I found that the Tokyo Metro stuff was easy to handle, but without a copy of a JR map in English, I seem to get lost every time. Could be that I’m challenged tho.

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