Tokyo - One Day Trip

Tokyo is always fun for a weekend.  We took the Shinkansen up and that takes about an hour.  We had a hotel close to the palace.  We took a half day bus tour which took us to a shrine, temple, on a boat tour and finally ending at this shopping mad house.  You could spend half a day walking around the Palace grounds on a nice day.  We also found a park near the hotel and kids from the University were lined up outside a stadium for a concert.  There is also a street with high end stores if you like to shop.  Later that night my sister-in-law and I found a cute little sushi place right down the street from our hotel.  We walked around and end up at the hotel bar on the top of our hotel.  It seemed like a neighborhood place.  Everyone seemed to know each other.  The chef was really nice and we had a great time.  

View of Tokyo from Sky Tower

Model of an old boat at the pier.

 This building had a huge chili on the top of it.

 I lost Jeff and Julia in minutes, it was so crowded.

 A Buddha at the end of the shopping

 Jeff and Julia resting after making it through this crowd.

 My sushi:  salmon, white fish, shrimp, eel.  I am not sure what the orange eggs on the sushi was but it was tasty.

 Washing some sushi down with sake

 If you are in Tokyo, this is a great sushi place.  Oh wait.... I can't even read the name.

 Subway menu...  Turkey, tuna and ham only.

 End the night with cocktails... Then we headed home.  Tokyo is fun!