I had been watching the weather for about a week before our three day stint in Tokyo and Monday was going to be a wet one. I was thinking rain, but mother nature was thinking...SNOW! Impeccable timing considering the fact that Tokyo gets snow about 4 days per year. ;(
Leon and Seth dropped us girls off at the train station, took the car back to the rental shop, and walked the half mile back to the train station. During that time we got the tickets ready for Tokyo, not knowing that the train was going to take waaaaaaaay longer than we expected.
Seth had told the Haines we would meet them at the Starbucks outside the station. Well he was off about an hour... he just kept looking at his clock and wishing and praying that they were also late. After all, lets be honest, they have been known to have punctuality issues in the past. Watching our tardiness go from 15 minutes to 60 minutes was killing us. This would be the downside to not having cell phones in Japan. We ran up to the Haines' with sympathetic hearts, but to our surprise, they laughed it off. Instantly Matt whipped this one out:
DANG IT! We were saving that up for a rainy day...oh wait...I guess this counts. And that was that. We then left Starbucks to take on Tokyo together. First on our list was the Tokyo Metropolitan Building. It has a great view of Tokyo like the Tokyo Tower, but at zero the cost. Unfortunately with it being snowy, it also had zero the visibility. No worries though, everyone still liked being up super high up.
We all laughed and agreed that at least it was free and we had meet an American traveler named Jack. I had started asking Jack some question and quickly realized that Jack had been on the same flight TO and FROM Japan as our friends. Small world! We had some delicious ramen as a group and then got back on our coats and went to Cat Magic...yes, I said it. Cat Magic!
Cat Magic- a cafe with about 20 cats walking around while you can enjoy coffee/tea. I can't do this place justice with words. Luckily, Seth made this little doo-dad that sums it up quite well.
Everyone was enjoying themselves, except me who just kept rubbing my eyes and sneezing. Right when I walked in I said "wow that burns the eyes!" I guess if you have cat allergies this place is not for you but for everyone else, this is a must for Tokyo!
We said our goodbyes to the Haines and agreed to meet them at Asakusa at 6pm. We were not late this time! Next stop was Shibuya to show our friends the insane frenzy that Tokyo can be.
A train hop away was Asakusa, where we walked around before grabbing some dinner at Chelsae and my favorite restaurant around. This restaurant reminded Chels and I of an American chain, Applebees. Naturally, we coined this place "JApplebees." After the restaurant we went to the Asakusa's Temple (Sensoji) and then we headed to our hotel for some much needed R&R before our next big day.
~Kate
Leon and Seth dropped us girls off at the train station, took the car back to the rental shop, and walked the half mile back to the train station. During that time we got the tickets ready for Tokyo, not knowing that the train was going to take waaaaaaaay longer than we expected.
Seth had told the Haines we would meet them at the Starbucks outside the station. Well he was off about an hour... he just kept looking at his clock and wishing and praying that they were also late. After all, lets be honest, they have been known to have punctuality issues in the past. Watching our tardiness go from 15 minutes to 60 minutes was killing us. This would be the downside to not having cell phones in Japan. We ran up to the Haines' with sympathetic hearts, but to our surprise, they laughed it off. Instantly Matt whipped this one out:
"Whelp, this makes up for all of the times we have been late."
We all laughed and agreed that at least it was free and we had meet an American traveler named Jack. I had started asking Jack some question and quickly realized that Jack had been on the same flight TO and FROM Japan as our friends. Small world! We had some delicious ramen as a group and then got back on our coats and went to Cat Magic...yes, I said it. Cat Magic!
Everyone was enjoying themselves, except me who just kept rubbing my eyes and sneezing. Right when I walked in I said "wow that burns the eyes!" I guess if you have cat allergies this place is not for you but for everyone else, this is a must for Tokyo!
We said our goodbyes to the Haines and agreed to meet them at Asakusa at 6pm. We were not late this time! Next stop was Shibuya to show our friends the insane frenzy that Tokyo can be.
A train hop away was Asakusa, where we walked around before grabbing some dinner at Chelsae and my favorite restaurant around. This restaurant reminded Chels and I of an American chain, Applebees. Naturally, we coined this place "JApplebees." After the restaurant we went to the Asakusa's Temple (Sensoji) and then we headed to our hotel for some much needed R&R before our next big day.
Rain didn't ruin this day!
~Kate
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