Tokyo

After almost missing our flight (12:20 noon vs. what I thought was midnight), we made it to Tokyo. Ate some cold noodles on the plane and we were there!

We loved Tokyo - so clean. The people were gorgeous, so fashionable, and respectful. They bow a lot and we found ourselves getting around easily and communicating with body language.

Despite the confusing metro map in Japanese, we figured things out all right - stayed in trendy Shibuya area complete with karaoke bars and Club Sega (arcade), and we ordered ramen from a vending machine (yes, we are cheap).

Early the next morning, we went to the fish market and saw all kinds of interesting creatures - big squid, red fish, tuna. It was chaos, they cart things around on these crazy storage scooters at mach speeds. We then had sushi for breakfast - the best tuna roll ever!

We strolled over to the Imperial Palace - couldn't go in but got a view from afar. Then we walking to the metro we walked through Hibya park and to our delight, we heard music. Turns out it was octoberfest! What more could we ask for than great german beers, a pretzel, and a crazy german band playing german music but singing in japanese. Our favorite part of the day!

We then checked out Shinjuku, and saw the latest cell phone technology - looks like video conferencing on cell phones will get to the US in about 5 years time.

All in all, a great stay and would definitely go back to Japan for more time. Such wonderful people and really beautiful!