Day 3
We were so ready for another beautiful day in Tokyo!
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Our hostel with a sliding door.
Photo Cred: Cat |
We didn't get in the Imperial Gardens yesterday, but we tried again today with much success this time. As you can see from the pictures below, it was
a decent park with lots of history:
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| moat around the palace park |
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| Japan has these huge black crows. |
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| Storage and defense building |
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| birds |
I noticed that healthy living is a really big thing in
Tokyo. There are always joggers around the afternoon running along the sidewalks or around parks. I admire that. It's something that I don't think I would be able to commit it. While the Japanese were running around
the park, we took on our own form of exercise and walked all the way to the wait for it............................................................................... Pokemon Center!! Since we didn't have a Pokemon that could fly, running shoes, or
a bike, we walked it. Tokyo is a walkable city. It's not like walking in the suburbs where there's nothing going on for miles, there were lots of neat (in my opinion) things that made the walking more enjoyable.
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| so cute! |
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weird beverage of the day: citris squash.
Verdict: meeeeh.... |
Pokemon center! My childhood! And a little bit of adolescence...and adulthood and whatever I am now...still love the games
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| ohmygosh giant Pikachu |
So we discovered the Pokemon Center was just a merchandise store. Like the Disney store, except for Pokemon.
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| Photo Cred:Cat |
I NEEEEEEDED to buy something, anything. I initially wanted a Squirtle or Charmander, but the selection of original Pokemon plushies was really limited. There was Chikorita and Pickachu and since I already had 2 Pikachus at home, I opted for Chikorita. So happy. There was a playground right across the Pokemon Centre and decided to take Chico out to play.
And then we made it toTokyo's famous
Tokyo Tower, yes it's a smaller version of the Eiffel tower. Inside, there are different attractions on every floor, like an observatory, teddy bear museum, fun house, and gift shops. Anything beyond the first floor had an entrance fee. We wandered around the gift shops on the first floor and left for food.
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| Kristie helping Chico be King Kong |
Ahh, food. Food in Japan is certainly not the cheapest, and the comparison hits hard after living in Beijing.
Lunch:
oishii (delicious)
Dinner:
When we went to pay, we found out that the reason why
food was cheaper than most places in Tokyo was because there was a 270 table
charge per person. Bummer....
Cool concept if you're gonna order a lot of food with a lot
of people, but not at all worth it if there's not much people and there's not a
lot of food ordered.
Besides the lost in translation moment during dinner, everything was swell. Especially now that we've got a new travel buddy! Chico :)
