Arrival at Haneda Airport
After leaving the UK Saturday morning, we landed at Haneda at 7:30am the following Sunday. Once through immigration and customs, we dropped off our luggage at the airport hotel we’d be staying that night.
The day we arrived happened to be the day of a huge Art and craft show in Tokyo, so we decided to see how much of it we could walk around before getting too tired.
Anamori Shrine
We had a bit of time before the show opened, so we took a small detour on the way to visit Anamori Shrine, not far from the airport, a relatively unknown spot with striking torii gate tunnels and fox filled caves.
Design Festa 62
After exploring the shrine, we took the train to Tokyo Big Sight, a huge conference hall in Odaiba where Design Festa was taking place.
Design Festa is a massive Arts and Craft show with over 6500 stalls, there were people are selling all sorts of original handmade or illustrated items.
The photos above is just 1 of the 6 halls that the show was spread across, so needless to say we didn’t manage to see everything! However what we did see was really good and I got a haul of cute illustrations and handmade items.
Once the show had defeated us, we made our way back to the airport and had Shabu Shabu for dinner – all you can eat beef and veggies that you cook in a big hot pot on your table. This was then shortly followed by an early night
