We had an early start to the day so that we could catch the famous bullet train from Tokyo Station (depart 7:20am) to Nagano (arrival 8:37am). In order to save time this morning, we booked our Shinkansen tickets at the JR East ticket office yesterday when we were at Shibuya…
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Do the Shibuya Scramble
Ah, that first night of sleep in a bed again after an overnight international flight does wonders! We woke up at 9am, and we went for a run around the perimeter of the Imperial Palace, a popular 5k loop for local runners (always run with the Palace on your left)….
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Kon’nichiwa, Tokyo!
I’ll admit it. When we secured our entries last year to the Tokyo Marathon, neither of us were particularly excited about visiting Japan beyond checking off another World Marathon Major finish. While others who have been to the country before raved about it, Japan just hasn’t been high on our…