I arrived in Tokyo early this morning (Saturday) after a poor nights sleep in Suzhou (Thursday night) and no sleep yesterday (early start for Disneyland and flying overnight). Predictably I was knackered, fell asleep on the train from the airport to Tokyo Centre, and overshot the stop I needed. My hostel in Tokyo is a lesson in looking closely at website photos well and truly learned. My key criteria were location and price, so I knew quality would suffer. What I wasn’t expecting was a ‘capsule’ instead of a room - this capsule is the size of a single bed with a mattress filling the floor, is about a metre tall, and has a pull down blind in lieu of a door. The capsule wasn’t what surprised me most about this hostel though! Under no circumstances are shoes to be worn anywhere inside the building - this message was shouted at me before I got to the reception desk to check in. There are lockers by the reception to leave your shoes (I cannot be trusted to carry them to my capsule), but you must leave the locker key with reception.
Aside from the slightly over zealous no-shoe enforcement, the people of Tokyo have been genuinely lovely. The city is clean, orderly and organised, and definitely makes it into my top 10 favourite cities in the world. I visited Shiba park, and watched the sun set from the top deck of Tokyo Tower.
It’s definitely a fair substitute for staying with my mates in Shanghai. Next stop - South Korea!
Love Emily x
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