Today we set out to see a lot of different sites all around Tokyo. I believe today will be the day with the most walking and getting about, we tallied 11 miles of walking according to GPS today. Palett Town, Odaiba: We started the day out by traveling to Palette town which is in Odaiba, that extends south of Tokyo into Tokyo Bay and is actually an artificial island and a big one at it. We went to the famous Daikanransha, a 377 ft (115 m) tall ferris wheel. Unfortunately it was closed for inspection while we were there due to the typhoon yesterday. Time permitting we will try to get back there later in the trip as it offers a beautiful view of Tokyo and the bay. Here are some pictures: At the base of the ferris wheel, there was a Honda car exposition so we walked around it and sat in a car with the steering wheel on the right side of the car, it was definitely different than what we are used to. We then walked further south and entered a mall there. The Odaiba area has many large malls. What was neat about this mall was […]
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Forward: Hello, this is our first entry for our second time to Japan. This entry is going to be really short since we’ve been running on very little sleep and have been traveling for about 17 hrs or so. Plane Ride from Detroit to Japan: The plane this time around was very similar to our first trip; it was very big with an aisle running up and down either side of the plane. The section we sat in had 3 seats along the walls and a row of 4 seats in the center. Using a tip from our first trip, we booked our seats on the aisle and the window, leaving the center seat open to allow for more room. Usually no one will book the seat, but this time around the plane was filled to the top. We just asked the guy who sat with us if he’d mind taking the aisle or the window seat, he chose the aisle. The only other difference with this plane was there was less room between each row and to make matters worse the row in front of us all reclined their seats all the way pushing the TV screens on the […]
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