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Published: February 21st 2015
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Our long layover in Tokyo was not as easy of a stop as we thought it was going to be. After a long day of flying with 3 connections, we finally landed in Tokyo at 10:30 at night. We were told that the subway system in Tokyo was very easy and we would have no troubles figuring out where to go. Well the person that told us that must have thought we could read Japanese! Not only was the subway system HUGE, we were having a hard time due to the lack of English signs. After asking multiple people, we finally figured out where we needed to go and purchased our tickets. Off to Asakusa (pronounced Ah-sucks-suh not as-ah-kuss-ah like we thought), but not without another struggle along the way. We had a train change and with our foggy brains, we were not paying attention and exited the station. After buying another ticket, we were back in and on our way. Once arriving at the stop near our hotel, we took a fancy Tokyo taxi to what we thought was our hotel. After yet another struggle, we were able to ask a front desk clerk at a different hotel and he
directed us to our boutique hotel. Mind you, all of this is much worse than it sounds again due to the English/Japanese barrier. I guess since we were in major tourist spots in Thailand we didn’t have any issues, but it hasn’t been the easiest here in Tokyo. After sleeping in, we went out and about to see some high points of Tokyo suggested to us by a friend of Scott’s that lived here for a year. We ate ramen for lunch, which was delicious and nothing like the ramen out of the packages in The US. We then walked around the shopping area in Asakusa and visited the temple that was near our hotel. Back on the subway to hit up the biggest tourist attraction; Tokyo Skytree. It was a jaw dropping sight to be so high up looking over the entire city. Makes NYC from the top of the Empire State Building look like nothing! We then found a good sushi spot for dinner and enjoyed FaceTiming with Scott’s parents before turning in for the night. We were up early to take the subway to the last tourist stop of the trip; the Tsukiji fish market. This is
the world’s biggest fish market and it was unbelievable to see the amount of fish they are selling! Scott loved being able to see all of the different types of fish and the size of everything! There are two sections, the outer market and the inner market. The outer market is for the local citizens buying groceries for the week and the inner is for wholesalers and butchers preparing the seafood for the outer markets. We made a mistake and entered the inner market before they allow tourists, so after about 15 minutes we got booted by a security guard. We got the best pictures then, however because there were no other tourists around to get in our way and when the butchers were still getting their work done! We finished our stop at the market with a delicious sushi breakfast including a Japanese style omelet which was DELICIOUS! After a little more shopping, we packed up our bags for the last time and took a train for one hour to the airport. We are hanging out in the lounge before we board our plane for the 10.5 hour direct flight back to Denver. I hear we are getting a
lot of snow back home so we are hoping we won’t have any troubles getting up to the mountains to get little Lola Bean! She has been having a grand time in the mountains with her Aunt Delya. She even got to go for a night in Denver and stay at her house! Delya is loving having her as well!
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