I took the day off last Friday and went for a day trip with a friend to Tokyo Tower and Odaiba. Odaiba is a man made island in the middle of Tokyo Bay, with tons of shopping malls and various attractions, as well as its own mini Statue of Liberty:
It's linked to the city by subways and the Rainbow Bridge which can be seen in the picture above (you can take a monorail/train across the bridge to the island). Strange but cool stuff includes a 60-foot high Gundam transformer-like statue and the Fuji TV building:
I also visited Tokyo Tower, which is much quieter now that the Sky Tree is open, but it offers a more central city view and less crowds:
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| Towards Tokyo Bay |
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| Towards Shinjuku |
The look-down window is good craic:
The nearby Buddhist temple is impressive, and children are brought here for a newborn service that sounds a bit like a Christening, after which these dolls are decorated:
Odd Jap-style stuff from the day included eating raw horse meat sushi (which actually tasted great) and opting not to check out the 'mysterious art museum' which made us curious but didn't look as promising up close:
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| Self-cook BBQ with horse meat sushi on the left |
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| Only the most mysterious art... |
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