Day 14, Tokyo - Sightseeing, 12/11
As always we got up at 7am to discover this mega-city Tokyo,
but Patrick preferred to stay in the room due to his severe
cold. Looking out of the hotel room we saw in contrast to
the gray night yesterday a marvellous blue sky. No wonder,
because we did not plan to photograph any aircraft today…
However our first stop was the Yasukuni-jinja Yushukan War
Museum.
Yasukuni-jinja Yushukan War Museum
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Three interesting aircraft can be found at this Museum, which
also gives a broad overview - mainly in Japanese language
- of the Japanese war history, with a special interest in
the Kamikaze attacks during WWII: a Zero, a Suisei and a Ohka.
We then went back to the underground station once again and
once more did need some assistance in finding the right line
and right direction. Fortunately the Japanese are very polite
and life is highly service-orientated, because it did not
even take one minute looking in our plan until a servicewoman
approached us and went along with us a little bit to show
us the right train! Then the station counting began and we
got out at the city hall building, the To-cho. From there
you can get a breathtaking sight of the city from the 45th
floor - for free. As we got out of the lift and had a look
outside the windows we were speechless … Houses up to
the horizon, in every direction. Far away, unfortunately behind
a cloud, Mt. Fuji was hiding. What a sight! And it did take
some time to realize all this.
Tokyo Tourism
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next stop, not too far by foot from these two skyscrapers,
was the Yoyogi Park nearby Tokyo's biggest Shinto Shrine,
the Meiji Shrine, can be visited, and we were lucky to attend
a children's festival and also saw a Japanese wedding. In
style we sat down for some fried noodles and observed everything
that was happening around us. We have been in Japan already
for quite a long time at that moment, but the sights and sounds
were still uncommon, but not that strange anymore.
Leaving the park we listened to a Punk Rock band near the
train station, before driving to the Ginza Street where we
wanted to buy some model kits. Unfortunately there were only
department stores for clothes, so it was a cheap shopping
trip for us, but we were disappointed not to find one good
Hasegawa or Tamiya kit there.
We walked back to the hotel, because the sun was already setting
down and we wanted to get some nice evening photos from our
room.
A room with a view...
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 Patrick
did not leave the room for the whole day, but that really
helped him to gain some strength for the last few days. After
a dinner at the nearby "Wendy's" (we did not dare
to have a look at the menu in our hotel) we went to bed quite
early. This was also the only time during our trip that we
could sleep in the same bed as the day before, and the long
walk helped for sure fall asleep quickly
-> Haneda Airport
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