Today I want to take a quick break from education and go back six month to give you a short video tour of our trip to Japan. Now that YouTube has upgraded my account to allow for longer videos, I find myself uploading all those videos I wanted to put up but couldn't due to time and space limitations. I want the videos up in their full HD quality and settled for nothing less.
Short Recap
August 6 I travel to Japan to meet up with my wife who has been there for a week with her father. I’ve always wanted to go to Japan but had no real means or time to. If you want to see a day by day account of the trip, you can start with Day 1.
Day 1. The following day after I land we meet up with our friends who happen to be visiting Japan on a tour. It was their free day and they leave tomorrow for Ito and the hot springs. Since it was an opportune time for us to meet halfway across the world, we took it and spent the day touring Japan with them.
One of the most memorable stops we made was at the Cat Café. After paying a $10 admission, we were allowed 90 minutes to hang out with cats. We can order food and drink and spend the time with them. Go over the 90 minutes, pay extra. Detailed account here:
Here is the video of our experience.
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After that we took a walk around the streets of Shinjuku. Lori and Ross were amazed at how different theses streets were when they saw sex shops and adverts for adult entertainment.
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Later we met up with the rest of their tour group and had dinner one last time with English speakers. The restaurant called Waru Waru had a variety of goodies but the food was pretty lame. The only good thing about their restaurant was their ordering system. Just tap on the screen and later they bring out the food and eventually the bill.
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Day 2. With Lori and Ross on their way to ITO we head out with Michi's father to see the sites of Tokyo. First stop, a conveyor belt sushi restaurant. Detailed account of the day can be found here.
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Next we ride to the Tokyo Capital building and got an overview of Tokyo from their innovative tour system.
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Then we ride to the Maji Shrine and spend a good amount of time looking at some Japanese history.
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Lastly we ride to Harajuku to check out the youth culture.
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After visiting Harajuku we biked over to Shibuya and got a chance to experience the world famous Shibuya square.
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More fascinating was our experience in the market beneath the major transportation hub. The marketplace was teeming with people buying groceries for the day.
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We even got a chance to see someone making gyozas fresh and fast!
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What a day! I swear we biked over 50 miles that day!
whew!
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