My stay at Royal Park Hotel , Tokyo

I am now in Tokyo and have arrived here in the early morning. The Hotel was fully booked and will need to wait until 12 noon for the available rooms. I arrived with two other colleagues and one Japanese expatriate arrived at the same time with us and he offered to take us around while waiitng for our rooms.

We travelled by the Japanese railways which have been make famous for its system and its timeliness. The travelling was smooth if you know how to read the Japanese instructions. Thanks to our lucky star, it was make possible by the Japanese expat travelling with us. He makes a few small errors but in the end we make to reach Aksakusa and Akibahara. This town was famous by the latest available electronic equipments. But, instead of looking for the electronic equipments, he took us to the temples which is celebrating the "Sakura season".

The sakura flowers was very beautiful lining the roads and the temples and also the river sides. I was told by the Japanese expat it was the best season to to visit Japan. The temperature was about 6 deg C and it was very comfortable but a bit cold in the evening. The temperature reminds me of Switzerland where there were strong sunlights while the the temperature is cool. It is the best of the combinations and it was a joy just to walk in this weather or drink coffee or tea by the road side cafe.

At the night, my host took us to a Italian restaurant not far away from the Hotel and we had a wonderful time eating Piza, salads and drink beer and bicardi coke. The walk to the restaurant and back was really refreshing and wonderful. The night in Tokyo is deserted especially in the business areas around the Hotel.

Now back to the Hotel and as usual, the business hotels in Tokyo is small but comfortable. The value of the land is very expensive and so, the utilization of space is very important. The City is neat and well organized but it is a concrete jungle with patches of green fields scattered around the City.

Maybe, I have not seen more of the City but my feeling is that life would be very stressful as people have to work late and travel long distance to be back home even with the fast and efficient railway systems.

May I wish the people living in Tokyo a happy journey through life. I will talk more of my journey as more events unfold for the next few days.

Namaste.