Tokyo Day 2!

Day 2 in Tokyo was a little less busy than the first, and good thing too as we had more time to relax and move at a steady pace. This day began with our trip to Studio Ghibli in Mitaka! Excitement galore! Ghibli is really careful about keeping their things in the museum exclusive, so we were only allowed to take photos outside, but it was still an amazing experience.

After the Ghibli museum, we met up with my friend Misato! Misato studied abroad at CSU for a year and lived in Newsom Hall while I was an RA there! It was great to see her again and meet her high school friend, Mizuki later that evening!

We went to see 桜 (cherry blossoms) in Ueno! Even though it was the evening, the lanterns provided a nice glow to the blossoms for the 花見 (cherry blossom viewing) festival!

 Today we traveled to Kyoto, where we hope to see many more amazing things and I'll be sure to tell you all about them!

Tokyo! Day 1

Tokyo has been amazing. Our hostel is located in Asakusa, not too far from the Skytree Tower. We packed a lot of things in two days, and you can read all about them below!

We began the first day with a visit to Skytree, the world tallest broadcasting tower.

The first Observational deck is 350m high (1150ft) from the ground, and is accessed through a very efficient elevator system. The whole interior is beautiful.

The highest observatory is at 450m (1477ft).

After Skytree we followed our videogamer passions to Square Enix. The old showcase has actually been closed since last November, but Square Enix has since opened a new shop called Artnia right outside it's headquarters in Shunjuku, which has a cafe inside.

 At the cafe you could get drinks and food themed after popular items in the games that Square Enix creates, like High Potions, or an alcoholic drink named after an aeon, like Shiva.

After our trip to Square Enix, we ended the day with a trip to Shibuya, a populated shopping area kinda like the Times Square of Tokyo.

Layover in Seattle. But I get to have Starbucks, in the state it started in! Too bad it is exactly the same as in Colorado. Ohhhhhhhh silly corporate giants

Departing

Oh the wonders of procrastinated packing leave me busy right up to the hour I must leave for the airport. Who needs sleep anyway? Sleep is for airplanes and children.