Today's thing has to be the waving. In Japan, tourists are welcomed and sent off with waving. Lots of waving. I'm not talking about a curt flip of the hand, I mean full-out arm-flapping waving. Also, the people doing the waving are not just shopkeepers or bell hops, but also random people in the street waving at your tourist bus. We had a line of hotel people wave at our tour bus until we were completely out of sight. Even the baggage handlers working on the airport runway stopped what they were doing to wave at our plane as it departed. To me, that is true generosity: to wave knowing that you will not be able to see the return wave (or planting trees in whose shade you do not expect to sit as the saying goes.)
So. Tokyo.
The second day was jam-packed. We hopped out of bed bright and early and snapped a picture of the Tokyo Tower from our hotel room as the sun was rising.
Then we jumped onto a boat that cruised along the river towards Asakusa. We got to see the many bridges that connect the different parts of Tokyo.
Of course, Asakusa was jam-packed with people -- everywhere in Tokyo is jam-packed with people. We made our way through the crowds, to the Sensoji Temple.
From there we walked to lunch before hopping on our bus again to make our way to the Hama Rikyu Gardens. Which were absolutely lovely and I would have loved going...except for the fact that I had already been the day before when Jamie insisted that we walk a few extra miles in the rain to get there after we got back from Ueno Park. So I was a little bitter. But it was still beautiful...
We then head to Ginza (which is sort of like the Rodeo Drive of Tokyo). It's Rodeo Drive on steroids.
Incidentally, if you would like to just see a bunch of our Japan pictures at once check out my Flickr account. Oh! And comment on the pictures -- I like knowing that there may be someone out there who actually is looking at my blog/pictures!
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Apparently, I'm still not on the right sleep schedule. Boo-urns.
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