Seimeinomori Resort Nagara-machi

... did a little window shopping, and stopped for lunch in the mall, at a Chinese restaurant, where I had an amazing bowl of soup(see picture attached of plastic rendition). Most restaurants display plastic models of the food served, in their windows. This was very helpful for us to order as we just took the waitress out to the "sample" and pointed! After lunch we wandered toward the Ginza area (on the way back towards the hotel), went in a few shops ...

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... waved the smoke all over you, tying fortunes to steel poles and the seems-to-apply-to-most-religions cleansing of yourself with water. This incarnation involves washing your hands and even rinsing out your mouth to purify yourself before you enter the temple. Kate and I got our fortunes out of a drawer, mine was average and Kate's was rubbish so we tied them to the poles and left ...

Arrived to Tokyo at about 5 am from the Nagasaki trip. I am feeling exhausted right now cause I went out all day. My roommate(Brandon) apperantly got shot while I was gone. I wonder why. Well anyways at noon a new roommate checked in it is some Japanese mafia member, think his name is Kenjo' Suzuki'. He looks very serious and doesn't talk at ...

... first stop was Ginza, which is one of the most upmarket places in Tokyo and apparently home to the most expensive real estate in the world. It's an impressive place! As it's a Sunday, the main street was closed to traffic and there were alot of people around! I had a wander around, trying to find where to start! Felt hungry so the obvious choice for a starting point was a restaurant. After a little looking around I found a modest place ...

Time to head for the train station for the ride back to Tokyo. This time I make sure we position ourselves first in line to enter the rear of our car on the Shinkansen. I'm determined to not straddle luggage for the next three hours. The plan works like a charm and our bags were the first ones in that limited space between the last seats and the bulkhead. For a fee you can ship your luggage from city to city but we weren't ...

With nothing to do during the school break, we decided that this is the time that we should visit Tokyo Tower. Before going there, I did some research on what to expect over there as well as its background. Tokyo Tower is 333 meters tall and has been recognised as the world's tallest self supporting steel tower. As any other tower in the world, it is the base of TV and radio station's antenna. Hhmm... We'll see about that later. We leave our apartment early around 10.00am ...

... away that a hamburger was around 3 dollars, fries and such were near 2 bucks, and a meal at one of their restaurants (really quite nice) was around 10 bucks. Un-stinkin'-believable. Back home, that ****'ll cost you an arm and a leg, and a few fingers off your remaining hand. I'm kinda surprised that that's why Tokyo Disneyland has had low profits.. they're too nice with their prices!! Three key points of amusement park economics: 1) Gouge 2) Gouge 3) be nice ...

Well, it's my last day in Tokyo and I'm coming home Sunday morning. Thanks to all the people who wrote　to me while I was on the road. Even though I may not get back to you I appreciate it. No, I don't miss Timmy's. I miss pho for breakfast. Most of my last days in Japan were spent kicking around Tokyo. I went to the Roppongi area the previous ...