With the deadline for our time in Tokyo fast looming, we have encured many things in such a short space of time. Not only have we seen nearly every major landmark Tokyo has to offer; belive me there are quite a few, especially temples, but we have also ran into the same festival in 3-4 seperate districts!
Having visited over 8 temples and seeing a fair few weddings (see photos) we have also visited Harajuku (Camden esc area with amazing crepes), Roppongi (loads of shops and cool area), The Sapporo Beer Museum (where I got a bit drunk), Risked our lives at the fish market (that was mental! wore flipflops - really bad idea and also attaked by EELS EELS EELS!), Loads of nice parks, Sumo wrestling tournament (really cool - met some of the fighters) and lots more....
The weather has been really hot, probably reaching 26-28 degrees each day but also due to the jet lag, I have developed a mild form of narcolepsy from around 6-8pm each day. The hostel is really nice and clean, loads to do; internet, Wii, TV etc but apart from the net we haven't had time to participate. Ordering food has been easier than first thought, especially as the rule in most places is to either point at a picture on the menu of what you want and hope they understand or use one of these funny little vending machines to accquire a ticket and then take the ticket upto the counter. A bit like an argos food restaurant really! lol.
Other random things we have notcied range from beer in vending machines in the street, petrol station pumps that hang from the stations roof and then the driver pulls then down (weird) and people taking cats for walks on leads.
Have seen and done loads more cool stuff, crazy really as it seems like we have been away for ages but only been 4 days! anyway, starting to ramble on now but check out our Flickr stream to see all our photos whenever we get a chance to upload them! They should make a bit more sense than me.
Anyway got to go and pack, getting up early in the morning for our flight and still have lots to do. Hope everyone is ok and look out for our next post, will try and get Jo to write that one!
Hey, saw your Photos. OMG, So envied you guys. What a city. I felt lost by looking at your pictures. So much things to see. Any more of these, I'll be on the next plane (Ha,ha...) Can't wait for the next post.
ReplyDeleteWow i can't believe you've been away for less than a week and already have 15 pages of photos on Flicka! lol You're going to have an obscene amount by the time you're done?! I won't have enough time to look at them all!
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