Tour Diary- Day 14: Ashiya to the Lights of Tokyo
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Day 14- 13th December
With the last game of the 2015 Trinity Grammar School Japanese Rugby Tour completed, the boys arrived at Takezomo Hotel bright and early Sunday morning. The coaches did a head count, all the Boys said a final thanks and farewell to their billet families, we boarded the coach and headed for Shin-Kobe station. We departed Ashiya on the 9.42 Bullet Train and few short hours later we were in the middle of Tokyo. Once we had checked in to the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, the boys were herded into the subway and we headed off to the Akihabara district ( famous for it's hundreds of electronics stores ) for a few hours to have a look around, be amazed and perhaps pick up a couple of bargains or gifts for family.
That evening around 6pm, we were dropped off in the Ueno area and the Boys were treated to a meal. This was a special meal and our final dinner of the tour arranged by Sunny ( our all knowing and unflappable tour organizer/guide and host in Japan, not to mention Mr Ikeuchi's dad !!! ) at a Yakiniku ( Japanese bbq at your table ) restaurant. It was as much as you could eat and all of the boys did not hold back !!! Once we had stuffed ourselves silly, presented a few tour awards and said some thankyou's, everybody jumped back into the coach and we returned to our Hotel for the evening.
The coaches had us in bed by 10pm ready for tomorrow's day of shopping in the Shibuya district and a late afternoon flight to Sydney.
Travelling on the subway together, not the easiest of tasks !!
A small part of the electronics district