It was our final day in Tokyo (EVER!) and we still had some unfinished business. Everyone woke up late because we were still recovering from our long night before. We were even late on our check out from the hotel, but Seth worked his magic so we didn't have to pay a late fee! Yay! We used Chisun hotels because they are a cheap "Western-Style" Japanese hotel chain that are all over the country.
A quick train ride put us into Asakusa. This is where we had an excellent dinner a couple nights before, but we decided a day trip was in order.
After some shopping, we scuttled over to the Tokyo bay Cruse line and waited to give our guests a more aquatic perspective of Tokyo. We have done a similar adventure with our guest back when the Walkers and Louis came to visit. Here are some photos of group before we got on the boat.
On the way to Odaiba there was a lot of bird feeding going on from the passengers on the boat. Leon was quick to jump in on the fun by trying to get the birds to eat food from his beanie. As for Amanda, Jill, and I, we decided to turn the other direction to enjoy the beautiful city scenery and try to block out all of the birds diving at the people behind us. (Amanda and I are not bird people!)
As we approached the Island we had to switch boats which was fine by us because we were all getting a little chilled by sitting outside. So we grabbed some coffee and sat below decks for the next boat ride across the seaway.
When we got to Odaiba we were all really excited. The "ichiban" (#1) priority was to check out their 1/4 replica Statue of Liberty.
When I would look east, over the ocean, I would always picture someone sitting on the beach in California looking back at me. The reality of the situation was that it was 4pm Japan time which meant that was like 2 am in California. Odds are that not many people would be looking out to us quite yet.
This day was a day of leisurely play. We took our time everywhere we went and simply enjoyed eachother's company. The big mall on Odaiba had some fun decorations, a HUGE Hello Kitty store, and a car museum so we made sure to hit them all up. Leon, being a big gearhead, wanted to spend a lot of time checking out cars...actually everyone did except Jill and I. We decided that a pet shop with puppies sounded more appealing.
It was a great last day in Tokyo, but I know that everyone was getting really tired. I can speak for all of us in saying that we were ready to have a relaxing day on Thursday. Unfortunately, Seth and I didn't plan on this being our LAST visit to Tokyo before coming back to the U.S. However, the earthquake had a way of prioritizing our last days in Japan.
Thursday:
Today was a fairly chill day, we just showed everyone around Tsukuba. We did some shopping at Wonder Rex which was my most favorite shop in Tsukuba. We also took it easy Thursday night by just watched a movie at our house and Seth got ready for his big presentation the next day.
~Kate
A quick train ride put us into Asakusa. This is where we had an excellent dinner a couple nights before, but we decided a day trip was in order.
In the middle of Asakusa's shopping area.
After some shopping, we scuttled over to the Tokyo bay Cruse line and waited to give our guests a more aquatic perspective of Tokyo. We have done a similar adventure with our guest back when the Walkers and Louis came to visit. Here are some photos of group before we got on the boat.
Here are our travelers in front of the Tokyo Skytree (left) and the Flamme d'Or (right).
We do try to change it up when we have different visitors and what we did differently was we took the boat to the reclaimed (a.k.a. man-made) island of Odaiba.
When we got to Odaiba we were all really excited. The "ichiban" (#1) priority was to check out their 1/4 replica Statue of Liberty.
She is not quite as grand as she is in New York but for us she was still a beautiful!
Next stop was Fuji TV building. In Tokyo, there are so many interesting buildings, but Fuji TV is probably one of the top 5 most famous. So of course we all wanted to go inside this floating sphere!
It was definitely all about Japanese television inside, which non of us know too much about. It was still great to get out of the wind and enjoy the Tokyo scenery. You may recall that we didn't see much from the Metropolitan building due to the snow.
Amanda sitting with some trains on top of Fuji TV, missing her baby boy who LOVES trains.
Here we are looking at Tokyo and with all three girls we are looking at home.
This day was a day of leisurely play. We took our time everywhere we went and simply enjoyed eachother's company. The big mall on Odaiba had some fun decorations, a HUGE Hello Kitty store, and a car museum so we made sure to hit them all up. Leon, being a big gearhead, wanted to spend a lot of time checking out cars...actually everyone did except Jill and I. We decided that a pet shop with puppies sounded more appealing.
Seth and Leon Joking around about there lovely time at the mall.
OMG it is Hello Kitty! Pink. is. everywhere!
Leon and Seth playing in some old cars (left) and some awesome driving simulators (right).
It was a great last day in Tokyo, but I know that everyone was getting really tired. I can speak for all of us in saying that we were ready to have a relaxing day on Thursday. Unfortunately, Seth and I didn't plan on this being our LAST visit to Tokyo before coming back to the U.S. However, the earthquake had a way of prioritizing our last days in Japan.
Thursday:
Today was a fairly chill day, we just showed everyone around Tsukuba. We did some shopping at Wonder Rex which was my most favorite shop in Tsukuba. We also took it easy Thursday night by just watched a movie at our house and Seth got ready for his big presentation the next day.
~Kate
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