Simon woke up at 7am in the morning to enjoy the bath. So early! This is the morning view from the onsen. It's such a divine.
We were then greeted with breakfast. Breakfast was an equal banquet.
We had the rice for breakfast for the very first time. A bit strange though.
After the breakfast, we had a bath for the very last time before checking out reluctantly.
It was by far the most expensive stay at 72,00 yen. Was it worth it? Oh god yes as this essentially included a Michelin level dinner/breakfast.
It was by far the most expensive stay at 72,00 yen. Was it worth it? Oh god yes as this essentially included a Michelin level dinner/breakfast.
I love every minute of it. By the time we left i felt so refreshed and rejuvenated.
When departed I was again amazed at the Japanese services. Our shoes were ready when we came to the entrance ( how did they manage to know which shoes belong to whom?).
Then the lady who served us breakfast walked us to the main street to see us off. She bowed until we disappeared!
We got on the bus from cross the road to Odawara, where we took the Shinkansen (World famous bullet train) back to Tokyo station.
The bus journey took about 45 minutes. It was quite a long time considering there was no traffic at all. But on every stop, the driver didn't set off until all the passengers were seated. And we also found that the drive had to keep on announcing something on the speaker ( in Japanese). During the 45 minutes, the time he was on the speaker must have been at least 40 minutes. I would have been thirsty to death if I were him.
By the time we arrived at Odawara station, there was 10 minutes left before our train arrived (Trains in Japan all arrive and leave on time). Fortunately we already had the tickets. We could have took the Romance Car to Shinjuku but Simon was desperate to try the Shinkansen and therefore we paid extra for the experience.
The train ran so smoothly that we didn't feel we were on a bullet train, but the views from the window told me that it was very fast. All the seat were in pairs and big in size with a lot of leg room which made it feel very spacious, but what was surprising was they all pointed in the same direction as the train was heading.
30 minutes later we were at Tokyo, 1 hour faster than the EXPRESS Romance Car. Yes, 1 hours early. When we got off the train, we noticed 2 women cleaning the carriages (not that there was any mess or litter left by the travellers) and they kicked a foot pedal on the side of all the seats and that would spin the seat around (so that it would face the same direction as the train is going).
We then transferred to Asakusa. By this time, we were quite hungry. And we had lunch at the following tempura restaurant.
葵丸進--東京都台東区浅草1-4-4
Sitting and eating on Tatami for the first time.
My tempura udon set menu.
Simon's Prawn tempura set (天丼). Both sets were about 1000 yen as far as I remember.
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