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September 14th 2007
Published: September 14th 2007
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Yippee all you can eat Sushi
After leaving HK, our 4.5 hour flight landed us at Narita airport, we took a 1 hour train to Tokyo after we were greeted by a greeter lol and he promptly escorted us in the right direction of course. We needed to go to board the train right away. We noticed things were different at once, rice fields everywhere, cars that were parked, all had folded side view mirrors so they had room to park in their driveways. Some cars were parked on a hydrolic lift so you could put one on top of the other! Houses are so close together you cannot walk between them and there are no front and backyards for the most part. 

We deposited our stuff at the hotel and went out to eat in an automated Sushi resaurant where all the food was on a conveyor belt which went around and around. When it came time to pay the bill they scanned the plates which had an embedded computer chip inside and they then used the scanner to scan the info onto a plastic card which they handed to us to take to the cash. The card was scanned again and we promptly paid our
Tuna MMMM GoodTuna MMMM GoodTuna MMMM Good

This was taken at the fish market on Friday morning 545AM. Fish auction only lasts 1.5 hrs. so we had to get up at 430AM
bill all in Japenese. We don't know if the bill was accurate lol..

Next day we had a private tour guide show us around. We took a tour of the city, learned how to get around , attended a finger puppet show etc... Yes the middle finger was used when the puppets were in motion!!!!!!!!! We managed to get around On OUR OWN ...... the next day. Thank goodness for pictograms. We had a hard time figuring out the subway, but finally did. We went to a auction for Tuna in the largest fish market in the world, attended a Sumo wrestling match, ate sushi, etc...Saturday is a travel day again.


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Sumo wrestling at its finestSumo wrestling at its finest
Sumo wrestling at its finest

We attended this tournement also. The matches last 10-45 secs. First one out of boounds or down loses
The ColonelThe Colonel
The Colonel

Well me and the Colonel decided to hang out together today. He was my savior for good ol fashion down home cookin. Finger lickin Goood!


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