| | The trip to Japan was awesome! Daryl and I had so much fun. We did a lot even though we were only there for a couple days. We went with one of Daryl's friends, Tomo.
We arrived to the Narita Airport in Japan on Friday evening. We took the subway to Ueno where we met Tomo's father and fiance for dinner. I had the best sashimi in my entire life there. The father ordered a lot of food for us and we spent a couple hours hanging out. I must admit that I was a bit homesick at that point. Haha. After dinner, the three of us went to Shinkujuku and walked around. I absolutely love walking around Shinjuku because there is so much to see. It was the early hours of Saturday morning and the subways were not running, so we did some karaoke for a couple hours.
When the subways were operating, we went back to Ueno so that Daryl and I could go to our hotel room and get ready. We spent the entire Saturday with Tomo going to different places. From my recollection we went to the following places:
- Shibuya: We went here to go shopping! Aside from Harajuku, this is one of the key fashion districts in Japan. I went to this mall called 109, which has about 9 floors of clothing stores just for women.
- Shinjuku: We came back here to do some shopping and look around.
- Akihabara: Everything was still closed when we visited on Saturday morning, but there was a lot to see.
- Meguro: This is where the concert for Versailles was held. We spent Saturday evening here for the concert. Versailles performed well and I really love their songs. It's interesting to go to a Japanese rock concert in Japan versus here in the United States. The crowds in both areas react to the music differently.
While in Japan, we took the subway everywhere. We stopped in a lot of other places that I cannot quite name at the moment. By Saturday night after the concert, the last time that Daryl and I had slept was Wednesday night back in the United States. Needless to say, we were exhausted! Tomo had to go to Kyoto to visit his grandparents, so the two of us found our way back from Meguro to Ueno where our hotel was and crashed out.
On Sunday, we spent the entire day with Tomo's father and fiance where they showed us around Tokyo. Before going to Tokyo, we went to Asakusa to eat lunch, do some shopping, and visit one of the most famous temples in Japan (the name eludes me!). We ate ramen and it was the best ever! I was able to find some goodies to bring back to my parents and for Jewel. From Asakusa, we took a boat cruise to Daiba. In Daiba, we walked around and visited Joyopolis, which is a huge entertainment center. From Daiba, we took the subway to Shiodome. There, we visited a mall and had some drinks in a sky bar overlooking Tokyo. After Shiodome, we went to Tsukishima where we had dinner. Sunday was my most favorite day out of the entire trip.
By Sunday evening, I was exhausted once again! I went back to the hotel to rest while Daryl and Tomo's father went to a hot springs. Monday was our last day, so we spent what little time we had in Shinjuku doing some last minute shopping. We took an express train to the Narita Airport and headed back to the United States.
I really love Japan. It's so clean and efficient! For instance, you have to stand on the left side of the escalator to allow people who want to walk right up to do so on the right side. There is no trash or graffiti at all. I was amazed that the subways were so clean. Over here, the subways are dirty and the trains have scratched windows and graffiti. Not in Japan! And everything is so green and infused with life! I absolutely love all the cities we visited, especially Shinjuku. There is so much to do. I really would like to go back and take the time to explore each city a bit more in depth. We were not able to do that because we were only there for a short amount of time.
I will not be posting pictures here because there are so many, but you may go to my myspace or facebook sites and look at them. |
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I will go over to your myspace and see pix. Glad you're back!
