Tokyo rapid fire

Ahoy,

Our final day we spent with H & C. H took us of his rapid fire tour of Tokyo in a day. We started out walking to Akihabara, a BIG electronics district. There are $1,000+ rice cookers. It was amazing. We got a fast lunch at this hole in the wall I never would have noticed. We skipped over to Shinjuku to check out the metro government building for the stellar view at the top.

From here we retraced our steps from our first day here - walking through the Meiji Shrine, Taketshiki shopping street, Shibuya and ending up at the Tsukiji fish market featured in Jiro Dreams of Sushi. It was pretty late in the day so there wasn't much happening. We decided to forego sushi for the night and opted for ramen at Ippudo, our host's favorite.

Our last stop of the night was over to the man-made island of Odaiba, just beyond the Rainbow Bridge. There was a giant gundam on display at the mall there. The boys were enamored like schoolchildren, standing there watching with their mouths hanging open. Fanboys. If I ever saw it. After we wandered around the mall a good amount of time, we felt we had worked up enough of an appetite for dinner #2 back near H's house. Our bellies are nothing if not ambitious. Hungry friends are really the best kind.

scarfily stuck,
jt