Tokyo - Day Seven

Slept in and then went over to the Tokyo National Museum, the Asian art museum complex. Got some cool postcards and saw some interesting stuff. Japan dates back to before Ancient Greece - amazing.

Next I tried for the second time to find a restaurant/bar in Omote-sando, and, once again, I failed. I walked down the same street at least three times all the while consulting two maps and I kept getting tripped up. Amazing how after that I managed to, without trying at all, find my way to an obscure back street that I was at on Friday. So much for maps...

Went back to the room and chilled for a while and watched Sumo wrestling. I actually started to get into it. It's pretty interesting when the match gets crazy and lasts more than 30 seconds. The ceremony surrounding the actual wrestling is interesting too. Next trip I will go to see it live.

Went out to an izakaya near the hotel for dinner. Since I was only one they seated me with two guys who, I have to assume, were gay as they kept asking me if I had a girlfriend and liked baseball (there were other signs as well). I let them order and we had some interesting hand signal gesture conversations that basically went nowhere. Grilled chicken on a skewer, grilled chicken skins on a skewer, a broth based bowl of veggies, meat, fish and tofu and more grilled chicked. Drank shochu tea and beer. Akira and his friend ended up paying. woo-hoo!

Torigen Izakaya

I am now off to the airport. Sayanora Tokyo!! I will post the epilogue from phx...