I posted the pictures I have taken so far…
We went to Akihabara two days ago, its basically Electrics Town, its a mecca of electronics stores in Tokyo, google it if you want a more in depth description. I browsed around and drooled over some things, but don’t have the wallet to buy whatever I want. The cell phones here in Japan are extra nice, too bad I cannot use them in the U.S. We then met up with Kim’s mom, brother, and his girlfriend to walk down the shopping stall street. Its just a street full of street stalls selling different things at good prices. I saw some stuff, but nothing worth buying… We then went and had sushi at this restaurant nearby. It was nothing like U.S. sushi places I have been to. It served Nigiri (sp?) sushi, which is basically a piece of sashimi (raw fish) on top of a ball of rice. Nothing fancy, just plain fish on plain rice with some wasabi to hold them together. There are pictures of the english menu and the belt in the album… Then we went to a dining court to get something for Kim’s brother’s girlfriend because she only ate some sushi, she doesn’t like raw fish. I had two beers with Kim’s mom and tried some Japanese ice cream. I wasn’t too adventurous and only tried Rich Milk with Strawberry and Walnut, the walnut was AMAZING!
Yesterday, we went to the Ramen Museum in Yokohama, it basically shows off some of the top ramen restaurants in different distinctive styles of ramen and tells the history of Japanese ramen (in Japanese). I tried two types of actual ramen (not instant), the first was this garlicy ramen with some pork in pork broth, it was amazing. I think it may be one of the best meals I have had, just excellent. The other was this flavorful soy based broth with lots of pork and a slice of fish paste roll (I think that is what they said it was) which was also very nice. We then went to Tokyo Tower, thats the Eiffel tower replica they have in Tokyo which gives a good view of the city. I posted the skyline photos I took from the obervation deck. Then we headed to the station where Kim and I headed to Minato Mirai to have our 6th month anniversary dinner. There were fireworks going on, so the city was all going to it, most of the girls around my age were coming in their summer Kimono’s and there were stalls, they really make it a giant event, I was surprised. We finally headed back because Kim’s foot was hurting badly and I didn’t want to see her in pain. It was a nice day.
They have been very nice to me and very hospitable and gratious…