This is Tokyo!!!!
This morning I finally got to take advantage of Japan's extra thick (normal size to them) bread and make some french toast with Sho for breakfast. After a sad goodbye to the Mehrings and Nagoya city, I headed for my last journey (sadly) on the shinkansen bullet train to Tokyo City - my last stop on this Australiasian Adventure!
The train station was busy but not as busy as I thought it was going to be for the golden week celebrations...perhaps the current situation and recent tragedies have lowered the numbers of people traveling this year??? Anyway, I still didn't see Mt. Fuji on the train ride and I was awake looking for it....the thing is, the country is very mountainous indeed so makes for a lovely scenic ride with mountains on the west and ocean on the east.
I found the apartment I am so fortunate to be staying at in Tokyo and decided to take advantage of my last day of the JR pass and great weather out too! I headed into the main Tokyo Station and thoroughly enjoyed my walk around the Imperial Palace gardens, Hibya Park and Ginza town area.
Big skyscrapers brushed the horizon everywhere with more construction going on too...but it was the first time I have also actually seen so many people running and exercising in the big city. On top of that, like Hibya park which is a great green park in the middle of the city, there are many others around it too..Fantastic!!!!! Ginza area is full of expensive brand stores and plenty of nice eateries. I got the train back to the apartment and am retiring for the night ready to meet a friend tomorrow to explore more of this big city!
In the meantime, I am awaiting for the first ground shaking experiences from up north...more soon!
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