Japan Visit 2010

Well we're still adjusting to the time difference - awake from 3am this time, at least it's getting later! As a result we woke again at 10am and rushed down to breakfast.

Once that was done we headed to Shiodome Station - a 2 min walk from the hotel. Again we managed to use the ticket machines - this time we managed to work out how to get an all day ticket for the Yurikamone line. This is the equivalent of London's DLR.

We came off at Odaiba Kaihin-koen and headed to Decks Toyko Bay. This is a Hong Kong themed mall but the main attraction for Neil was the Sega amusement centre called Joypolis. We paid £25(!!!) to enter and went on most of the rides - by the end of it we were feeling pretty sick. We managed to win the bobsleigh race - sadly there were no prizes! There seemed to be lots of kids there so we're not sure if we are in the middle of the holidays - either that or they are skiving!!! We are also beginning to wonder where all the "western" tourists are - everywhere we go there only seems to be a handful!

After the amsuements we headed to Tokyo's Statue of Liberty. I did think it didn't look too much smaller than the one in New York. Clearly I was wrong as Neil laughed lots when I said this!! We then headed in to the Aqua Centre for a wander and to try and find somewhere to eat, where we ended up eating in Subway. Yes I know, but before you say anything it was 14:30 and we were really hungry and the other options didn't look too apetising!

Next we hopped back on the train and headed to the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. This is a great museaum and we could have spent all day in here. Sadly we missed the demo from Asimo the robot by 30 mins :-(

We then hopped back on the train for one stop - we could have walked it but our legs were tired and we were making use of our all day ticket! - to Aomi station for the Toyota Mega Web and Toyota Universal Design Showcase. These were both free and worth a visit. I even got to pretend to be pregnant and try getting it and out of various cars - very random!!!

By this point we were exhausted so it was back to the hotel for a trip to the 7/11 for some crisps and chocolate - first of the holiday - and a quick nap.

It was Neil's turn to pick the restaurant for dinner tonight and it's safe to say he's not getting to pick again!! The restaurant got great reviews but we didn't think much of it. Thankfully it was just round the corner of the hotel as we had to take our shoes off and I had bare feet. Although the waiter was OK about it I decided to run back to the hotel and get a pair of socks.

We ordered chicken yakitori, among other things, and we got every bit of chicken apart from breast:
Leg;
Grizzle;
Skin;
Tail(!!!).

At least the beer was nice!

Tomorrow we are probably heading to Ginza.

Sayonara.