Japan - Land of the Rising Sun

Hey everyone... need less to say Japan has been AMAZING so far!
Our first day was jam packed with touring Tokyo. We arrived in Yokahama, a little later than planned. So after clearing Customs, Eli and I went on a SAS sponsored trip that toured modern Tokyo. This was a lot of fun! Although after being on that rocking boat for a week anything would have sufficed.

Then we met up with some SAS friends at the hotel that we had procured for the evening. This would be the Sakura Hotel in the Jimbocho District. A pretty nice room, certainly not too big....but very affordable.  Four people per room, using two bunk beds. Tokyo, Japan is VERY expensive (sorry mom), but so far it has been VERY VERY fun.... to say the least!


After getting ourselves setup at the hotel we then went sightseeing. First we checked out the Tokyo Tower, an Eiffel Tower look alike(more info at end of blog) and had dinner at a local Japanese restaurant the name of which I cannot pronounce. After dinner we went to a bar/club called Muse, where we met up with a lot of other SAS'ers and damn near closed the place( 3:30am). Now.... before we went out, we decided that we had check out the Famous Tokyo Fish Market. This would be the largest fish market in the world. They are only open from 5am-7:30am. So now we need to pull an all nighter cause we got some time to kill. Fortunately  Japan's second most popular "fast food" chain...Denny's, greets us for a little early morning snack. By snack I really mean a feast! This is nothing like an American Denny's... but it didn't have a Grand Slam. We finally made it to the fish market...and it was worth it. Check out the link:  http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/tukiji_e.htm   We got back to the hotel as the sun was coming up and slept till noon. I was up for a little over 24 straight hours!


Today we are  hitting the city again! We are about to go to dinner right now. I just wanted to give you all a little glimpse of Japan.
More to come later.......


More Information on sites mentioned:
Tokyo Tower - www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower
Fish Market -www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukiji_fish_market
Sakura Hotel - www.sakura-hotel.co.jp/ 
Denny's in Japan - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABTNFp9GY3w


 

Fresh Tuna steak from the fish market

At a noodle restaurant

Toyota's show room in front of Mother's new car