So we arrived in japan in the afternoon and took the train from Narita into the city and it cost about 1100yen. I think we used the Narita express? But don't quote me on that. We also activated our JR pass from the airport and it's pretty neat it looks like a little pamphlet and keep it with you at all times because if you loose it or it gets stolen then you're shit outa luck my friend.
It also states that you need your passport with you when you're using the pass however I have never had to show it. Once we got to our capsule hotel I realized just how small everything is in Japan. Like I came out of the train station and was looking around and I felt like I was in a doll house world. I don't even know how to describe it except that everything is just super tiny. And the people aren't like super short or anything so I found it fascinating. We got to our hotel and immediately we had to remove our shoes and put on their slippers...we took out our slippers from a locker and put our shoes in the locker and gave the key to the reception. Then we headed upstairs where we found our capsule and inside were a pair of basic unisex pyjamas. There was a communal shower and boy was that ever interesting. So inside the shower room you have like these little plastic stools and you basically sit on these stools and bathe yourself. Also you are sitting next to someone on either side. There are giant bottles of shampoo and body wash provided for you and a shower head is in front of you. I just kept thinking to myself uhhhh is this stool clerean?! Haha
After we went to the closest restaurant that appeared affordable and half decent and walked inside. There we had to order from a machine where we selected our food option, the rice bowl size and paid. The machine prints your ticket and you give it to the server. Then you sit and wait. For about $10CAD I got a small whole mackerel fish with a large bowl of rice, miso soup, some tiny side dish of cabbage and I think that was about it. It felt like it was a fast food joint however the food tasted incredible and nothing like fast food.
We then went to check out a local temple which was closed but it was nice just to scroll through it, I paid 100 yen to take a fortune card out of a set of wooden drawers and I luckily got a good fortune. I will post s picture of the fortune down below.
If you receive a bad fortune you are meant to tie it to the place you got it from and set it free from you so that it doesn't come true.
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