We stayed at the Tokyo Hilton for ten nights, on the 27th floor (with full executive privileges because of our 'extended' stay). Lovely view of Shinjuku from our room window:

Our room was big (rare in Tokyo hotels apparently):

The view from the executive lounge (free breakfast and free evening cocktails!) was, on a clear day, STUNNING:



We used the subway and the trains everyday and only got lost/got on the wrong train/got caught in rush-hour a few times. Actually it was a nightmare sometimes. The tunnels connecting the various lines and stations went on for miles and MILES and were filled with millions of Japanese folk swiftly going about their business while trying not to bump into two fat gaijins walking at a snails pace and reading a subway map. I lived in London for over 20 years and sometimes thought the underground system there was horrible but now know it really wasn't (and yes, that picture below doesn't show a single person on the platform and I'm at a complete loss to explain how that happened).

At least the signs in the subway were interesting: