Last weekend we had to take a trip into Tokyo to file some forms for Andi's Australian visa, and we took the chance to see some of the stuff around town.
We took a night bus, which left Toyama at 11 pm and arrived in Tokyo at 5 am. So we got a bit of rest on the bus and then decided to hit the town!
First stop was the Tsujiki Fish market. Guess what! it was closed. It was fine for us because we were already up, but if we had woken up at 5 to get the market and THEN find out it was closed, well we would've been mad. I wasn't all that disappointed to be honest, after almost a year, i still really don't like sushi, and the idea of sushi for breakfast.... bleagh!
Next Evan humored me, and we went to see Ginza. It's like the Park Avenue of Tokyo. It was one of the first places to "westernize" during the Meiji Period (mid-late 1800s, Eureka stockade kinda time). Now it's mostly designer shops, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Pucci (that was a new one on me) and Tiffanys. Tiffanys was beautiful, but as for the others, well it may say "Gucci" and cost an arm and a leg, but it still looks like you made a bomber jacket out of tin foil! Japanese fashion tends to run towards the more gaudy.
In the afternoon we went to see the National Science Museum, which according to the guide book, was a waste of time, but according to Andi and Evan was an afternoon well spent. There was alot of natural history stuff and they had a little PDA with a commentary that you could rent, so i walked around listening to that. Most to the exhibits were about animals and the environment and stuff that Evan already knew so i just listened. The top floor had a bunch of hands on science experiments and stuff, it was fun to watch Evan and the little Japanese kids play!
The next day we did paperwork, and that turned out all right. We are just waiting now for the next step.
We hit Akihabara, the electronics market for the afternoon. I was a good girl, and didn't complain, so i got KFC for lunch and a present! I (well we really) got a translator that does 24 languages. Need any help with handy phrases in Tagalog or Hungarian, I'm your girl!
We took the Shinkansen home, and got back safe and sound, but tired. It was really great to escape work for a while and have some time to remember why we are here and why we love Japan!
More of the 1/2 naked festival to come, stay tuned!
Andi
We took a night bus, which left Toyama at 11 pm and arrived in Tokyo at 5 am. So we got a bit of rest on the bus and then decided to hit the town!
First stop was the Tsujiki Fish market. Guess what! it was closed. It was fine for us because we were already up, but if we had woken up at 5 to get the market and THEN find out it was closed, well we would've been mad. I wasn't all that disappointed to be honest, after almost a year, i still really don't like sushi, and the idea of sushi for breakfast.... bleagh!
Next Evan humored me, and we went to see Ginza. It's like the Park Avenue of Tokyo. It was one of the first places to "westernize" during the Meiji Period (mid-late 1800s, Eureka stockade kinda time). Now it's mostly designer shops, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Pucci (that was a new one on me) and Tiffanys. Tiffanys was beautiful, but as for the others, well it may say "Gucci" and cost an arm and a leg, but it still looks like you made a bomber jacket out of tin foil! Japanese fashion tends to run towards the more gaudy.
In the afternoon we went to see the National Science Museum, which according to the guide book, was a waste of time, but according to Andi and Evan was an afternoon well spent. There was alot of natural history stuff and they had a little PDA with a commentary that you could rent, so i walked around listening to that. Most to the exhibits were about animals and the environment and stuff that Evan already knew so i just listened. The top floor had a bunch of hands on science experiments and stuff, it was fun to watch Evan and the little Japanese kids play!
The next day we did paperwork, and that turned out all right. We are just waiting now for the next step.
We hit Akihabara, the electronics market for the afternoon. I was a good girl, and didn't complain, so i got KFC for lunch and a present! I (well we really) got a translator that does 24 languages. Need any help with handy phrases in Tagalog or Hungarian, I'm your girl!
We took the Shinkansen home, and got back safe and sound, but tired. It was really great to escape work for a while and have some time to remember why we are here and why we love Japan!
More of the 1/2 naked festival to come, stay tuned!
Andi
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