Day 2, Check!

Started today around 7am with a little run. I chatted with the front desk last night and they told me that there’s a park about a fifteen-minute walk away. So, woke up, stuffed the map into my sock, and off I went. I ended the run at Starbucks, headed back to the hotel, showered, and then the four of us hit the road for the day.

First stop, subway station. Despite a bit of initial confusion (which Carlos attempted to clear up in the Lost & Found) we eventually managed to get tickets and board the correct train. About 30 minutes later, we were in Akihabara - "techno-geek" heaven. Tech stores every step of the way with all the iPods, digital cameras, DVD players, TVs, etc, etc, so on and so forth that you could ever want!

From there, we headed to Central Tokyo - the Ginza area which is known for high end shopping. We grabbed some lunch (Chinese - go figure!) and then walked around a bit until I hit my threshold limit for shopping (for those who know me, it's not very long).

Then, we headed about 10 minutes out of the shopping region to a park where the Imperial Palace is located. We caught a glimpse of the palace (but couldn't go in - it's grounds are only open to the public 2x per year).

After that, we took the subway back towards our hotel but stopped off at Harajuku. That area was awesome. Take away the Japanese characters and you might as well have been in New York City. I bought a pair of shoes that I definitely didn't need and probably shouldn't have gotten but that I LOVE. After wandering around there for a while, we headed back towards the hotel, threw our bags down, and headed out for dinner. I'll give you one guess as to what we had ...

... you guessed it! Sushi. Obviously. And again, it was amazing! Downed a couple of bottles of hot sake, as well, and now here we are back at the hotel.

Plan for tomorrow? 4am wake-up call and we're headed to the famous fish market.