stations. The station was huge and we managed to get our passes and seats sorted out. It was getting dark by this point and we had wanted to see some of neon Tokyo so we decided to head down to Roppongi, one of the main touristy night areas rather than head back to the hostel and venture out later.
We didn’t have a map of the area and we didn’t really know where we were going but we were just heading towards Tokyo Tower, Tokyo’s equivalent of the Eiffel Tower.

We found our way down to Roppongi, and on the way we stumbled upon a hilltop temple which although at first sight we didn’t think the walk up the hill was worth it, we noticed a little sign saying lift! Ha ha just what you need after tramping the streets for hours, a proper normal lift which goes up the side of a hill!! The temple was quite lovely - a real atmospheric place

with a small pond and burning incense which looked fantastic in the fading light!! At this point we were a little lost, but we found a metro station and they all have very useful street maps of the local area inside, so with the aid of Rob’s map reading we were back on track in no time and arrive in Roppongi, which certainly was a neon wonderland. It was at this point that we found one of Tokyo’s greatest secrets - you can buy delicious little hot cheese sauce filled buns in a convenience store called Am./Pm. Just the thing to warm you up on a cold winter’s night - and for the bargain price of 70p!!! We then headed off to Roppongi Hills Mori Tower which has a sky deck with supposedly great views over the city but it also had a great price tag so we decided to give it a miss. So we just wandered around the shopping centre part of the building, mainly just to get a warm as it was absolutely freezing outside by this point! We also needed to use the loo and hurray the loo’s had heated seats, and