• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Smith's School of English

To provide English speakers the opportunity to own their own business teaching English in Japan.

  • Franchise Entry
    • Buy a Developed Franchise
    • Start Your Own
  • The Franchise
    • Work Visa & Taxes
    • Franchise Training
    • Franchise Support
      • What Franchisees get
      • SSE Products
      • FAQ’s
  • Testimonials
  • About
    • Coaching Confidence
    • Contact
  • Blog
    • English School Articles
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Blog, English School Articles · March 16, 2010

スミス英会話高円寺 Flying High

You are here: Home / Blog / スミス英会話高円寺 Flying High
Imperial Palace Tokyo

During last week another birthday crept up on me and so my son planned, for Sunday (my next  day off ) a day that I will always, Alzheimer’s free, remember.

The day kicked off at about 10:40 when he came to the school and collected me. We quickly set off for Koenji station, which I happen to know quite well as it is where I am seen regularly by residents of and visitors to Koenji.  Our destination was Maihama, the station used to get to Tokyo Disneyland. We firstly took the Sobu  line to Nakano where we switched to the Chuo rapid line for Tokyo. On arrival at Tokyo station we had quite along walk to the Keiyo line but were soon heading for our destination.

Our travel time was much quicker than estimated as  our connections had been almost perfect so when we arrived at Maihama we decided to have lunch, after which we strolled through the local shopping centre. At 2pm we were picked up and whisked off to “Helicopter Cruising” where we were welcomed by some friendly heliport staff. The waiting room had a great view of Tokyo Disneyland and a self service drink bar. I tried some cold brown rice tea for the first time and liked it a lot. I was also given a bottle of champagne and a heart shaped flower bowl in which there was a red rose with an amethyst stone (my birth stone). Amazing!

Prior to 3pm we were cleared by security and with another 8 passengers boarded a helicopter for a 15 minute trip flying over Roppongi, Ginza, Ueno etc. I took numerous photographs although those of the Imperial Palace and Ueno Park, where I often go to exhibitions in the various museums that are located there. I will really treasure.

On arriving back at the heliport we had a photograph taken with one of the helicopters, then soon after buying a few souvenirs we headed back to Tokyo station. The day had not yet come to an end as a reservation (which needed to be booked a month in advance) had been made at a very popular restaurant in the Tokyo Midtown Building (Tokyo’s tallest)  so as we had some time to kill we went to Hamamatsu Cho and took a casual walk to  Zojoji Temple (my favourite) where we prayed, and then we walked under Tokyo Tower which we had looked down on an hour or so beforehand and now we were looking up at its 333 metre pinnacle. Continuing our walk we noticed the well protected Russian Embassy and the apartment building that I lived in some 20 odd years ago in Azabu Nagasaka Cho. Once we reached Roppongi we  looked for a coffee shop and found one close to where we were going to have dinner. Not long after arriving there we were shaken by another earthquake – there was one on Saturday night too and as I wrote this posting we had yet another.

We arrived at the restaurant on time and I was surprised to see  a sign that said that they were fully booked. What wonderful advertising. It was an Italian restaurant and the meal unbelievably delicious, in particular the oil and chilli sauce accompaniment.

The day was complete when I arrived home in time to watch American Idol, one of my favourite TV shows after which I almost immediately took a shower and was sound asleep in seconds.

Ken Smith’s School of English Koenji.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • X

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Filed Under: Blog, English School Articles Tagged With: Smith's School of English Koenji, スミス 英会話, スミス英会話無料レッスン, スミス高円寺, 英会話月謝制高円寺, 英会話高円寺, 高円寺英会話

Mark Smith

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Adrian says

    March 16, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    sounds like fun…I’ve always wanted to take a ride on a helicopter and flying over Tokyo must have been quite remarkable. I can only imagine NY and Las Vegas being more impressive.

    Adrian

    Reply
  2. Ken says

    March 16, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    Thanks for your comments Adrian. Yes it was sensational. Years ago I used some airline reward points to take a helicopter flight from Newark aiport into Manhattan and it was superb but this flight was so very special.
    Ken SSE Koenji

    Reply

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Primary Sidebar

Search

From the Blog

  • Blog
  • English School Articles
  • Smith's Sustainabilty
  • Sustainability Development Goals
  • Testimonials
スミス英会話メインページ

1 week ago

スミス英会話メインページ
今週のワンポイントレッスンはコチラです★Did you learn anything new today?今日、何か新しいことを学びましたか?smithweb.co.jp/2025/06/one-point-lesson-7a16/#スミス英会話 #月謝制英会話 #ワンポイントレッスン ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

スミス英会話メインページ

2 weeks ago

スミス英会話メインページ
今週のワンポイントレッスンはコチラです★Tell us about a conversation you had today.今日した会話について教えてください。smithweb.co.jp/2025/06/one-point-lesson-7a15/#スミス英会話 #月謝制英会話 #ワンポイントレッスン ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Blog Posts
  • Discussing Milestones
  • A Common Listening Problem English Learners Have
  • Protected: The Japan Iwaskows
  • Christmas holidays in Germany (part 2)
  • German Christmas (part 1)
  • Autumn in Japan vs Autumn in Canada
  • Unique Japan- Smith’s School of English, Sagamihara
  • Edward’s Language Journey
  • Osaka Higashi Line – Convenient Fuse
  • Small Talk in Katsura
Smith’s School of English Franchises
#101,8-21-5, Hanafuku-building, Fukushima-Ku,OsakaTel: 0120-222-248 (Japan)
Tel: 81-6-6455-8050 (Other)
Fax: 06-6455-8052
E-mail: info@sse-franchise.com

Copyright © 2025 · Smith's School of English, all rights reserved. · Privacy · Log in

%d