Saturday, June 2, 2007
Brad and I decided to go to Roppongi today. It was a little bit of a walk away, but we woke up fairly early and decided to make the trip. On the way we passed by this awesome place:
I can't way to try Mexican food in Japan. On our walk we found a little temple.
Some Japanese fashion: Wearing baggy pants big enough to fit both legs through one side of your pants.
On the way we found a bakery called Pompoudor. It had different kinds of bread, and it was pretty cheap. Awesome breakfast.
The City:
We finally showed up to Roppongi Hills, a big shopping mall. It's a little high fashion, with a couple dozen expensive restaurants. They all looked DELICIOUS. It has a movie theater, an art gallery, and several shopping places. This building is called the Mori Building. I don't know what's inside.
I stayed far away from this public art.
Famous TV Asashi Building
The great thing about Japan is that you'll find all these little parks everywhere within the city. This little garden was right next to the mall, a little paradise in the midst of the steel and concrete.
Then we decided to go to Tokyo Tower, kind of like the Eiffel tower of Japan. On the way we found Don Quijote, a discount amusement store. They had pretty much anything you could ever want.
Tokyo Tower is sort of a big tourist attraction with weird exhibits inside like a wax museum, which we went through, an optical illusion exhibit, an aquarium, and an observatory. 
Brad with Mao Zedong
Me and Mother Teresa
Jesus!
I got hungry so I had some Katsudon. So good. If you've ever had Katsudon in the states, you know it's delicious, but the Katsudon here is the best. We were in and out of this restaurtant in probably 25 minutes, and probably could have been out in 15. The food came out so fast.
We finished up and decided to go back to the apartment. Except...where was that again? We wandered around for a solid hour trying to get back to our apartment and we couldn't find it. Eventually we saw the tall Mori Building and got right back on track. We weren't lost, we just took the long way. When we got back to the apartment we both passed out...and it was about 5:00. We were both tired and still jetlagged. Although we had plans to go clubbing in Roppongi, we were both still too tired. We went and looked around for places to eat at dinner, but most restaurants were closed by 10:00. We ended up just going to a grocery store and getting some gyoza and rice.
A long day!
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