So I woke up in Tokyo
Not to my alarm, but to an earthquake, only a tiny one though so no need to worry
It was quite exciting really, my bed shaking around and whatnot
Neither Tom-san nor Sam-san felt it, tut.
We all awoke and showered and started our first day in the big city
Having a huge brain full of logic, I thought a practice trip to the hospital would be a good idea.
Simple as, 10 minutes on 千代田線 from 千駄木 to 新御茶ノ水 then a 10 minute walk to 順天堂大学.
Afterwards, we walked the 15 minutes to the Tokyo Dome to see what's what.
Wow, you can see the thing from ages away and it looks mighty impressive
Moreso when you get closer and see that it's surrounded by a theme park:
There you have what I believe to be the world's first (and largest) hubless, spokeless ferris wheeel
And the rollercoaster goes through it, then it goes through that hole in the building
Sadly the park is closed due to Darwinism (a fat person fell out of the coaster).
We were rather peckish at this point so we had lunch; I had the most, best shrimp I'd ever eaten in my life, as did Tom-san.
Sam-san was gay and ate vegetarian, it had leaves and fungus in it.
For a post-lunch excursion we decided on Akihabara (because Sam-san is a massive otaku)
We passed the Tyne Bridge on the way there:
We were greeted by a beefy looking arcade:
So we had a cheeky explore of Akihabara, the main roads are pedestrianised at weekends again now, so it was pretty amazing to walk down, surrounded by a bajillion short, hairy otaku with their shirts tucked in.
If you don't know why the roads were opened for a while (and I don't think many people do) have a read here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara_massacre
After browsing electronics and AKB48 merchandise for a while, we went to a terrible arty place (3331 Arts Chiyoda), it was like the Baltic, only worse.
I had been promised a soldering cafe, and instead was presented with a tiny room with a school trip in it, and rooms full of mediocre photographs.
Though we might have gone to the wrong floor.
Having had our fill of Akihabara for the time being, we got back on the subway and headed to Tokyo station to have a peek at the Imperial Palace.
On the short walk from the station to the palace, we came across an absolute nutcase singing incredibly loudly and incredibly badly with nobody stood listening to him.
We hastily moved on.
As it was Sunday teatime, I figured anything open would be shutting, my companions didn't.
As we got there, they were closing the gates.
Tom-san & I spent the time finding a water fountain and seeing how high we could make the jets of water go
They went pretty damn high
Then we had a water fight, ending in me running after Tom-san and spitting a mouthful at him
We are well mature.
With a 9am start looming, we headed back to Sendagi, got some cheeky udon, hung out for a bit then headed to sleep.
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