Mega Web Koto

After way too many beers last night we had a really late start today.

Two glazed donuts at the station for brekkie (how very nutritious) and off on the JR Sobu line to the Edo-Tokyo Museum.

Even if the building wasn't so wild looking the museum was worth every one of the yen we paid. Oh, that's right, we paid zip because it was …

On our last full day in Tokyo we took the train to Odaiba, which reminded me of a cross between Darling Island and Circular Quay in Sydney. The train took us over the Rainbow Bridge to a quieter area with modern apartments, hotels & entertainment centres.

As we got there mid-afternoon, we didn't have time to explore everything (I' …

... fortunate I did buy it though because when I got to San Francisco my old camera stopped working. Everyone says that Japan, and specifically Tokyo is ridiculously expensive but after visiting I'm at a bit of a loss as to why that rumour ...

... to our room to get ready for a day. We left our room and headed to Tokyo Bay area where we (or I?) wanted to visit Toyota Mega Web, a showroom where you can admire plenty of Toyota cars, you can even book a ride on one, but the schedule was too tight ...

... of thing ranging from the national maritime museum to a 1/2 size statue of liberty. We arrived at the oddly named 'mega-web' shopping mall, looked through the toyota main showroom which housed things like a race car simulator theater, electric cars and ...

... some of what will eventually be an amazing manicured architectural and technological showcase but at the moment is a lot of undeveloped land. Found Mega Web and it wasn't as mega as we'd hoped.  In reality it's a fancy Toyota/Lexus showroom and as ...

... la presque île d'Odaiba où se trouvent l'immense batiment de Fuji TV, le Toyota Center avec ses derniers modèles et le Mega Web, une sorte de salle de jeu géante. On y fait d'ailleurs notre baptême 'pulicula', passe temps favori des jeunes ...

Back toward Tokyo Bay, we hit up the Toyota Mega Web -- not sure what the web has to do with this place, but it's a Toyota showroom slash interactive experience with simulated driving games for the ...

... journey (sad face). Our aim was quadruple fold: Visit Odaiba Island, Go to Harajuku's fashion area, Visit Tokyo Dome, and finish at Akihabara - Japan's electric city. Happy to report that we succeeded on all counts. Going to Odaiba Island, we should ...

... we made our way to Odaiba Island and wandered through the various things found there, such as the Tokyo Big Sight (!), Fuji TV Building, Palette Town and Mega Web (Toyota-ville).  Made our way home via the Ginza where we checked out the Sony ...

... lines, exit 35. http://www.amlux.jp/english/floorguide/index.html 6. Car theme park for petrolheads - Toyota City Showroom at Mega Web In the futuristic Odaiba district over the Rainbow Bridge and near the giant Ferris Wheel is the Toyota City Showroom ...