despite the 50 mg diphenhydramine-- i
still woke up evey hour on the hour. finally at eight am we decided
it was time to get up. lori showered first in our tub shower with
water coming from the nearby sink then andrea hopped in the shower.
meanwhile—luis our couchsurfer we picked up at the airport—headed
downstais for breakfast. it was a buffet with lots of interesting
things. raw eggs included. we had some scrambled eggs, noodles,
potatoe salad like items, buns, criossants, breads, and all you can
drink juices. Julian—one of jens' friends i met while in germany
last year met us at the breakfast place and to tour us around tokyo.
poor luis had to haul his bags with him as he was flying out of
narita that night.
first we road the asakusa line from one
end to the other which took about forty minutes. we got off and then
went to a temple area. there were shops all over like an open air
market. none of us bought anything—but i may have to get
personalized expensive chopsticks. then we threw a 5 yen piece and
wished for luck, and luis drew his fortune. this was all at the
asakusajinja shrine. we then headed towards the technology area.
complete with 100 people playing their nintendo DS's versus one
another. 7 flights of technology/electronics were inside the store.
each vendor has their own little stand in each specialized
electronics area.
we then headed towards the ueno onshi
park. we walked to the toshogu shrine and grabbed a starbucks. grande
non-fat chai tea latte only 460 yen. (dont ask me the exchange rate—i
have NO idea). then we saw luis off to his train towards narita
airport and we—mom julian and andrea continued walking around the
park before heading to shibuya where we shopped the shitake street
filled with shops and stopped for okinawa food. then we met up with
some of julians friends from work for a birthday. we went into this
restaurant where we were given a back room where you had to take your
shoes off to enter, sat and had unlimited drinks and food. we chatted
with some japanese dudes—a couple of which did not know english.
except for a few words. then at nine fifteen had julian walk us back
to the station where we had to change trains successfully once before
getting to our hotel. where we both passed out for the night.
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