I am back from Japan

I'm back from my vacation in Japan.  Visited several cities ~ Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Ibuski, Kagoshima, etc.

It was a tiring trip.  Morning call was 6.30 am everymorning but I woke up half hour earlier (ie. 5am spore time = 6am japan time).  Breakfast at 7am, bus leaves at 8am. Gosh .. was quite a busy ride.

We stayed in some nice hotels while the other wasn't that fantastic.  We even had a toilet (in Osaka hotel) that is like a space capsule.. because we had to climb up to get into the bathroom.  The toilet base is at our knee level.  It's quite a feat to get into the bathtub to take a shower.  Unbelievable..!

We told ourselves to lower our expectations after day 1.  Becos' at day 1 we stayed in a very nice hotel facing Tokyo Bay - the Hotel Nikko.  It has a wonderful view of Tokyo Bay at night.  The shopping centres and Nikko Hotel are linked by the "rooftop" .. so we don't even have to go to the road level to go from one building to another.
 

We took some rides in Disney Sea and Universal Studio.  As the sun sets at 5pm, many places and shops are closed early.  We didn't do much shopping, due to the early closing time.
 

Taken over 500 photographs, some are not that fantastic.  My Canon Ixus was giving me some problems while "shutting down".  The lens jammed when I turned the camera off.  Luckily it still worked or else.... !  It's due to the dust/sand/grid that has lodge between the lens barrel.