Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Tokyo Sightseeing: Tokyo Tower and Shibuya

Tokyo tower looks just like the Eifel tower, but red and white. And it is slightly taller. And what do you do at tall towers? You go up to see what you can see.
We got to the top at dusk. Just as the sun was setting it was pretty. It also gave perspective on how large a city
Tokyo really is.
The strange picture is a glass floor looking down to the ground from the observation deck.
After the tower we headed back to the hotel, showered and went out to dinner. We found a cute little Italian place. They spoke Italian and not Japanese. It was great food!
Then our group parted ways. Everyone went home. And Bill and I went to Shibuya.
We caught the subway out. Got out at Shibuya. Bill had read that it is like times square. When we arrive, he is disappointed. We cross the street and look down the side streets and he decides oh it must be Shinjinku no t Shibuya.
So we get back on the subway and head out to Shinjinku. Again we get off, walk the entire way around the building. No bright lights. We decided, it must have been Shibuya. So we go back. It is now past midnight. We bought an unlimited rail/train pass for the day. We are not sure if we will get back on our ticket. We are waiting. Look at the pictures of people waiting for the train. 1- this is how many people are out at midnight. And 2- they wait in straight lines where the doors stop. I have never seen this happen before.
So we make the train back to Shibuya and we exit the train station and... They turned all the lights off. Waawaa!
We never took pictures. Oh well next time.

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