Well there are clearly a LOT more sights than just the few I saw today, but it was still a huge day out.
First I went to the Tokyo Sky Tree, but didn't wait in the hour long queue to go up it. Kind of wish I had now, it is just SO impressive. At 634m high, its the tallest self supported tower in the world. And when you stand right at its base and look up, you can believe it.
On it's 5th floor is an aquarium, so I went in and checked that out too. It was pretty average, but there was one tank full of these cool little fish. I forget what they were called, but they just stood upright out of the sand and swayed. I liked them.
I did have an interesting experience in trading a toy out of a vending machine with a Japanese guy, using nothing but hand gestures and nodding. I got a lobster toy, and wanted a turtle. I was about to try again when he offered a trade. Apparently he really wanted a lobster.
Then after some shopping in the apparently dodgy area of Kinshicho, I took the subway to the opposite side of the city to Omote-Sando Street in Harajuku, which is famous for it's tree lined exclusive avenue of designer stores such as Gucci, Louis Vitton, Dolce and Gabbana, Tag Heuer etc. and admittedly, as soon as I exited the subway to the street, it was clear this WAS exclusive. The cars parked were all German or Italian and cost a lot more than I would pay for a car! And the whole place had an atmosphere of money. Amazing glass buildings, modern, clean and perfectly maintained.
And as you can see from the bottom right picture, this is where EVERYONE was, and this was taken at about 5:30 pm on a Sunday. And clearly I was walking in the WRONG direction!
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