We fly out on Christmas Day, and we are stopping in Tokyo, Japan for 2 days. We are doing this mainly because we can. We figured, when are we going to get to Japan again? Also, it will be fun to add another stamp in our passports.
While in Tokyo, we are going to mainly just cruise around the city using their amazing and efficient transportation system. One of the highlights we definitely don't want to miss is the Tsukiji Fish Market. This is where all the fish for Tokyo comes in every morning, and there is a huge auction by all the restaurants each day. Apparently there is a pretty amazing sushi place here as well...that makes Wendy very excited!
We have a Tokyo guide book that will help us find some neat things to see and do in our limited time there. However, we have to tell about the place we will stay while in Tokyo...
In our guidebook, they recommended staying in a Japanese-style room if you can. Looking on the Frommer's travel web site, they recommended the Ryokan Asakusa Shigetsu as the best modern Japanese-style hotel in Tokyo. We e-mailed the ryokan yesterday (at nighttime, which was Monday morning Tokyo-time), and they e-mailed right back to help us set it up, putting us in one of the Japanese-style rooms! Check out the web site for this amazing hotel: Ryokan Asakusa Shigetsu. I especially like the bizarre yet cute splash page for their web site. Mom, it has a cat on it!
View from the Japanese Bath on the top of our ryokan!
While in Tokyo, we are also going to look for the Godzilla statue, the famous Ginza district, Shibuya (another Times Square-like area) and anything else that catches our eyes.
We leave for Tokyo for Beijing on the 28th.
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Boy, I would gorge myself on all the sushi I can get. Are you staying in a Japanese room or Western room? The bed in the Western room looks awfully small. How big are the beds (mats?) in a Japanese room? Riding those super trains will be an experience in itself. How fast do they go? Over 100 mph?
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