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Japan (Tokyo - Hakone - Kawagoe) July 23-28, 2016

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Japan was the first country I ever visited on a business trip in 1995.  Although we transited in Japan several times in the last 20 years but we didn't have a chance to make a trip until now.  I was really excited to come back again with my family. July 23 We arrived Tokyo/Narita Airport around 2:30 pm.  After managing to leave some luggage at the airport, we bought bus tickets from the airport to the taxi terminal near the hotel and took a taxi there.  There was no way to take a train or bus directly to the hotel we booked.  It was really interesting to see how Japanese worked for the bus system.  They were really organized and punctual especially when everyone loaded the luggage into the bus and the buses were on time perfectly. We checked in at our hotel, Sotetsu Fresa Inn Tokyo-Toyocho .  Second floor was where our room was located.  The room was pretty small for 4 people but it was typical in Japan.  Sean and Luke slept on bunk beds. We started using their train system b