Day Thirty-Two: Tokyo Government Building, Shinjuku

Our hotel is a few doors down from Ban Dai (a games company) and they have these really cool figures outside. Today it was raining when we left and we laughed to see they all had raincoats on today! Cute!



Breakfast at a place called 'Denny's' ... wow I had normal tasting coffee and french toast with maple syrup. How un-Asian!! Ant had an Asian brekky that was just as yummy. It's funny ... even with western food you half expect it to have an Asian flavour but it usually tastes exactly like at home. The Japanese food we've eaten is not that different to Australian Japanese food either. While we eat Charlie charms another Japanese granny and this time is given a lovely fan as a present. Maaaaaan. She gets gifts daily!! We learn a new word "kawaii" means "pretty" we hear it in relation to Charlie all the time. Also, "sensu" which "fan".




Jumped on a couple of trains to Tochomae stop (practically in Shinjuku) and went up to the top of the Tokyo Municipal Government (TMG) building - awesome, awesome views.

The shot above is looking out the window during lunch. Ate lunch at Denny's again (they cater to kids so it's easy as) then walked around the park at the base and decided it was too hot and too late to go to the Shinjuku Gardens ...

There are tent cities with homeless people in every park we see. The homeless here are very visible. A lot of them seem to work and lead normal lives otherwise. They just have nowhere to live.

Uh-oh another park. There goes an hour :)

Looking back at the TMG 1 and 2 (they are joined in the middle).

Spectacular from the ground.

This is Asakusa where we hang out a lot. One of the main streets just outside the beginning of the Nakamise-dōri markets and the thunder gate of the temple.

Looking under the thunder gate to the markets (closed now).

Markets. Usually bustling.

Senso-ji Temple.

Yummy dinner. No idea what the name of this restaurent is (it's all in Japanese Kanji) but we love it here! This time we were shown upstairs to the Japanese style rooms with Tatami mats. Cool! Charlie was asleep in the Beco on my back like a little Koala and woke near the end of the meal.

After the meal was cleared away just as Charlie started running rampant. We then walked to theTemple (closed), looked at some Kimonos and back to the hotel to sleep. Well... I slept.

Ant is sick too now. I made him take some Tamiflu just in case. Charlie kept him awake until 12am again.