Tuesday, November 28, 2006
22 November, 2006
Today was a ‘walking’ day because yesterday we lived underground getting from A to B and not knowing what was going on above ground. We started at the Imperial Palace but unfortunately one is not allowed inside, so we walked around the beautiful gardens- first bit of greenery in the city. We walked and walked passed the International Forum – a boat-like structure, then passed more shops and restaurants and loads of isikayas by the railways and finally reached Rappongi. This is an area full of night clubs and bars and just passed here is Rappongi Hills. This is a real trendy, modern area with a brand new complex with all the stores and cinemas. I had a bit of an accident in the toilet, pushed the spray instead of the flush and got soaking wet. It wasn’t funny at the time! All their toilets have automated buttons for just about everything except for food. We walked back to the hotel and got ready for our dinner with Naboru. He took us to a typical Japanese pub/restaurant and we had a great evening with great food. A bit of everything – lots of snacks and a bit of sushi. We were so lucky to have met him and his family in Switzerland in August. He made time for us in between his hectic work schedule and that was very special. We shared an apple for dessert which cost us R10 but it was fairly large. Tokyo is very clean but there are hardly any bins to be found anywhere. The cars are so quiet and nobody honks the horn, so one doesn’t feel the chaos on the roads. We were ready to move on and tomorrow we are off to Kyoto.
Today was a ‘walking’ day because yesterday we lived underground getting from A to B and not knowing what was going on above ground. We started at the Imperial Palace but unfortunately one is not allowed inside, so we walked around the beautiful gardens- first bit of greenery in the city. We walked and walked passed the International Forum – a boat-like structure, then passed more shops and restaurants and loads of isikayas by the railways and finally reached Rappongi. This is an area full of night clubs and bars and just passed here is Rappongi Hills. This is a real trendy, modern area with a brand new complex with all the stores and cinemas. I had a bit of an accident in the toilet, pushed the spray instead of the flush and got soaking wet. It wasn’t funny at the time! All their toilets have automated buttons for just about everything except for food. We walked back to the hotel and got ready for our dinner with Naboru. He took us to a typical Japanese pub/restaurant and we had a great evening with great food. A bit of everything – lots of snacks and a bit of sushi. We were so lucky to have met him and his family in Switzerland in August. He made time for us in between his hectic work schedule and that was very special. We shared an apple for dessert which cost us R10 but it was fairly large. Tokyo is very clean but there are hardly any bins to be found anywhere. The cars are so quiet and nobody honks the horn, so one doesn’t feel the chaos on the roads. We were ready to move on and tomorrow we are off to Kyoto.
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 11:51 PM 
