Tokyo: Day 5 > HKG

Today was our last day in Tokyo, a half day, but we thought, ‘Hey, we can probably fit in another shrine’!

Nezu temple was situated a couple metro stops away, so we packed up our shrine gear and headed North. Although the rain was coming down heavy the attraction fortunately had a good selection of canopies to shelter under. I like to think of shrines as the umbrellas of the religious temple world.

Due to the excessive rain we decided not to hang around for too long, so we ventured back to the capsule hotel to grab our bags and head out to the airport. We really enjoyed the capsule experience, the hostel was exceptionally clean, had great facilities, and the pod was the perfect place to rest after the busy days walking around the metropolis. Below are a few photographs of the capsules which were approx. 1000 x 1000 x 2000mm in size.

After wishing the kind folks at Oak Hostel Cabin farewell we jumped on the metro, followed by a short 1 hour bus journey to Narita Airport on route to Hong Kong! Although we stuck to the city on our trip, the bus journey gave us a good opportunity to see a little bit of rural Japan (Narita is situated about 70km East of the city).

The flight, operated by Hong Kong Express, was around four and a half hours in duration. We found ourselves quite peckish on the flight, so we opted for the veg. noodle pot… which was deceivingly big! A feast!

Immigration was more straightforward, and within no time we were on a bus to central (mainland) Hong Kong. We arrived at our proposed hotel which occupied two non adjacent, partial floors in a run down residential block. We arrived at reception, a orange juice type stall hidden behind a tarp on the fifth floor, and following a quick scope… it all seemed a little too dodgy… we decided not to stay in these micro apartments.

Fortunately the Shamrock hotel a few blocks away offered us a good price for the night and finally at 2:30am we settled down for the evening.

More from Hong Kong tomorrow!

James