Whew, what a day. Travel days are partly fun, but partly exhausting, especially today in the middle of a heat wave and oppressive humidity. Gaaaaaak.
We said farewell to Gilberts, Longs, Danielle & Matthius, and Tobi, and caught the 9:30 AM bus from Ishinomaki to Sendai station, where 90 minutes later, we got tickets for an 11:46 bullet train to Tokyo.
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| The "Shinkansen" in Tohoku (borrowed photo) |
Always a pleasure to ride the "Shinkansen" at 270 km/h (165 mph). Arrived in Tokyo just before 2 PM, stored our big luggage, and then went 30 min on a couple trains to where Gordon will be staying for a few extra days. AFter he got checked in, we 3 guys headed up to Shinjuku and then up the Tokyo Government Office towers to see the city. 45 floors up and all you see for 360 degrees is city. I've been there many times before, but it still amazes me.
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| Looking east across downtown Tokyo (borrowed photo) |
After Shinjuku, we headed to Shibuya and the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, along with the world's busiest Starbucks. Fun!
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| Note the Starbucks on right (borrowed photo) |
By this time, we were completely exhausted from walking around in the heat, and were also getting worried about connecting with Sylvia who was flying from Sapporo to Tokyo and was supposed to meet up for supper. Long story short, we finally met up near the famous Hachiko dog statue, and headed back to Tokyo station. We said Good-bye to Gordon at Shinagawa as he transferred back to his hotel, and we remaining 3 got our big luggage at Tokyo, found a train to Narita City, and finally arrived at our hotel about 10 PM. This little hotel has become our favorite place to stay as we arrive or depart Japan because of being so convenient, inexpensive, clean and comfortable, plus it has free breakfast! Yumm!
A long cool shower, some refreshing air conditioning, and we all slept well.
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