Setting The Wheels In Motion

You know what, it took me like over an hour to book a reasonable place to stay in Tokyo.

Man, what a mission!

I've had to dorm it again. Most of the cheaper hotels are all in Asakusa, but seeing as the area that I'm gonna be flathunting in is Nishi-Shinjuku, it would be too far to commute.

So I'm staying in Ikebukuro instead. I'm not really a fan of north Tokyo. Or North anywhere for that matter! But it's only like 8 mins to Shinjuku and costs only 2,500yen a night. Which is only 300 yen more than what I was paying for a bed in a dorm in Kyoto.

I don't have issues with dorms. I really am only gonna be sleeping there after all. I can share showers and toilets. Obviously, I'd rather not but when it's a case of paying 2,500 yen a night or 7,000, then I really don't care.

I've decided to go on the Thursday night so that I can have 2 completely full days there. I already know that I'm gonna be absolutely knackered by the end of it because it's gonna be a whole load of walking around. Mainly to scope out areas and see what they have in terms of gyms and stuff, but I will be looking at a few places as well. The problem is with the places that I'm going to look at, is that they may not be available when I want them. But I can't leave everything to the last minute and then only go up there once in July. That's pushing it too close. I can use this time to check out different areas that I wasn't considering before as well.

So much to do in such a short amount of time.

But what can you do, eh?

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