After a long flight we arrived in Tokyo airport. The first thing what was kind of strange were the toilets. They have like three different ones and some are just holes in the ground. But the toilets in Japan are awsome. They all have heated seats which is really good when it is so cold outside
We took a bus form the airport to a station in Tokyo where our friend Eriko, who we met in Argentina, picked us up. That was very lucky because else we would have gotten lost in all the train and subway lines. The train system is actually pretty easy to figure out, but at first we were quite overwhelmed. Since we are already talking about the public transportation, it is pretty awesome even better than in germany, as far as we could tell. You have only one card on which you put money and it works for all train lines and public busses in all of Japan. And they are always on time. After we arrived at Erikos place we relaxed half a day and in the evening we decided to go dinner at a restaurant. We went to the district Shibuya in Tokyo which is a huge shopping district. It also has a famous dog statue, a really famous crossroad and a pretty big love hotel street. The really nice part about going to eat in Japan is that they are really fast in preparing and delivering the food. At most 5 minutes after ordering you have the food, in South America you would be lucky to have the menu at that time. After an hour Erikos sister joined us and we had a few beers and sake and very delicious food. The next day we went to the government building where you have a nice view over Tokyo from the 45 floor, and we could see all the way to the white mountains. After that we went to Akihabara, the electrical town and mekka for all anime and manga fans. There Max bought some manga and we went to a maid cafe. That's a cafe where all waitresses wear maid outfits and you have to do magical charms to get the food. And in the evening we ate our first Japanese Ramen. Max got sick, so he had to stay home for a day, while Paula went to the imperial palace and gardens. But in the evening we made tokyaki together with Eriko and her sister. It is a really nice way of eating because you do all the cooking and eating together and talk and drink. The next day we got up at 4:30am that we could take the first train to the Tokyo fish market, the biggest fish market in the world. It really is freaking huge and they have all kinds of aquatic animals, but mostly fish, squid and clamps. They also sell stuffed animals, like you could actually buy a stuffed polar bear, eagels and other exotic animals. After we went through the market we went to one of the many sushi and fish restaurants directly outside of the market where you could get the fish from the days catch. It was very good, but not the very best we ever had. And after that we went to to zoo where we saw a lot of cute animals like the giant panda ( white black) and the small red panda and lots more. We also saw a lot of animals we had seen in south america in the jungle. In the afternoon we went to the shopping district Harajuko, which is for young people and fashion. We ate some creeps and looked at a lot of cute dresses and outfits. That was sadly our last day in Tokyo and we took the night bus to Kyoto. We really liked Tokyo, and are very thankfull that we had Eriko to show us around, otherwise we would have been a little bit lost.
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thomas/nbg
4/12/2016 02:22:24 am
the travel goes on - nice
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Julie
4/19/2016 06:59:39 pm
Fantastic trip - can't wait to read more
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