Tokyo - Day Two
It's soooo freakin' humid here. I'm dying. Next time I will come in March or April when it's cooler.
This morning I was up at 5. Made myself lots of green tea and took a stroll down to a local Ueno district temple:
Ueno Temple
Back to Sawanoya for breakfast. I chatted with some Aussies who were on their way to Italy via Japan->London->Paris. I gave them the scoop on Il Brillo Parlante and a few other tips.
After breakfast I had my first subway ride to Ginza. The subway was easy, very efficient and on time. My train from Narita last night arrived exactly on time and left within 60 seconds cuz the clock still said 1:18. I bought a day pass (Y710/$7) which seems fairly reasonable. Went down to Ginza which is the shopping district and exited right near the Apple store. The new iMac's are in and look super cool:
Apple Store - Ginza
Later, back to Ueno to check out a crazy open air market and buy my Shinkansen (Bullet Train) tickets to Kyoto. I'll be there all day tomorrow.
More later this evening...right now I'm thinkin about gettin me some Soba noodles for lunch.
mmmm....Soba noodles. Went to my host's neighborhood noodle shop recommendation. It was empty when I got there. I started with Japanese Pickles, an assortment, and some kind of fish cake which was cold and chewy. Not too bad with a little wasabi on it. The shop filled up quickly and I ended up meeting an American guy working here for a few weeks and his Japanese `friend` (female). We are going to go out for drinks later this week. Woo-hoo, made some friends already!! For my main course I had buckwheat noodles with Duck broth (\1,425/$14). The broth had duck pieces as well as little meatballs and some nice big chunks of scallions. The noodles are served cold and you throw them in your broth before slurping into your mouth. Very tasty. Towards the end they bring out the hot water your noodles were cooked in and you pour it into your broth and drink down the newly made `soup`. Lunch was about $20 total.
After lunch I walked through Ueno Park. Today was a holiday which I did not realize until the American guy told me. That explains why traffic seemed pretty reasonable in Ginza today:
More Ueno Neighborhood
Got some ice cream on my way back and watched some Sumo wrestling on TV. Trying to stay awake till 8 or so so I can get onto a normal sleep schedule (went to bed at like 6 last night I think). Tomorrow I'm off to Kyoto.
Back to my air conditioned room...
This morning I was up at 5. Made myself lots of green tea and took a stroll down to a local Ueno district temple:
Ueno Temple
Back to Sawanoya for breakfast. I chatted with some Aussies who were on their way to Italy via Japan->London->Paris. I gave them the scoop on Il Brillo Parlante and a few other tips.
After breakfast I had my first subway ride to Ginza. The subway was easy, very efficient and on time. My train from Narita last night arrived exactly on time and left within 60 seconds cuz the clock still said 1:18. I bought a day pass (Y710/$7) which seems fairly reasonable. Went down to Ginza which is the shopping district and exited right near the Apple store. The new iMac's are in and look super cool:
Apple Store - Ginza
Later, back to Ueno to check out a crazy open air market and buy my Shinkansen (Bullet Train) tickets to Kyoto. I'll be there all day tomorrow.
More later this evening...right now I'm thinkin about gettin me some Soba noodles for lunch.
mmmm....Soba noodles. Went to my host's neighborhood noodle shop recommendation. It was empty when I got there. I started with Japanese Pickles, an assortment, and some kind of fish cake which was cold and chewy. Not too bad with a little wasabi on it. The shop filled up quickly and I ended up meeting an American guy working here for a few weeks and his Japanese `friend` (female). We are going to go out for drinks later this week. Woo-hoo, made some friends already!! For my main course I had buckwheat noodles with Duck broth (\1,425/$14). The broth had duck pieces as well as little meatballs and some nice big chunks of scallions. The noodles are served cold and you throw them in your broth before slurping into your mouth. Very tasty. Towards the end they bring out the hot water your noodles were cooked in and you pour it into your broth and drink down the newly made `soup`. Lunch was about $20 total.
After lunch I walked through Ueno Park. Today was a holiday which I did not realize until the American guy told me. That explains why traffic seemed pretty reasonable in Ginza today:
More Ueno Neighborhood
Got some ice cream on my way back and watched some Sumo wrestling on TV. Trying to stay awake till 8 or so so I can get onto a normal sleep schedule (went to bed at like 6 last night I think). Tomorrow I'm off to Kyoto.
Back to my air conditioned room...
posted by TonyThreeTimes at 10.10.04
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