Japan 2010: August 8th and 9th

This is going to be a pretty long post so just a fore warning.

So Cassy and I went to Tokyo for the 8th and 9th. It was an amazing trip and yet a very tiring trip. We left at 10:04am on the 8th and it took us about 3 hours to get there by bullet train. I have a friend that lives in Tokyo who used to live in Michigan 6 years ago so we pre planned to stay with her parents and she was going to show us around Tokyo for two days.

Both wearing red and ready for the trip!

Trying to look smart... we took the local train to Kyoto and then from Kyoto a straight shot to Tokyo by bullet train.

I have no idea what this building is, but I saw it on the way to Tokyo and I thought it was pretty sweet.

We also got a glimpse of Mt.Fuji. We got lucky to see it when it was so cloudy.

Yu is our friend in the middle.

I know probably no one cares, but after getting to Tokyo I really wanted to go see a world famous Ruckus shop (the type of scooter I have). So another hour later we got there.

The shop was really small but there was some pretty crazy tricked out scoots.

After we left and went back into Tokyo and went to Shinjuku.

Cassy and Yu. Kinda hard to see though...

Another shot of Shinjuku.

After this we went to go check out the Tokyo Tower. It took another thirty min by train but it was worth it.

Cassy and Yu

We walked for about another thirty min from the train station to the tower. It was a lot bigger then I thought and apparently they are currently building another tower nearby that is almost twice the size.

The family we stayed with was very kind and we were lucky to have somewhere to stay. We took this picture the next morning actually. We got back to Yu's parents house by about 11pm and we ate dinner after that. We got to bed around 2am and prepared for the next morning.

Come 7am, I wake up to some sunshine and the smell of bacon. By 8am were all having breakfast and by 9:30am, Cassy, Yu and I are off to see Tokyo.

Yu's boyfriend met up with us at Shibuya and hung out with us all afternoon. He was really nice and gave Cassy and I a gift when we first met. If it weren't for Yu and Takuya, we would have been so lost in the city.

New fad in Japan... dress like a hip hop 9 yr old. The girl in the picture was a employee of the shop haha.

Cassy found Maysam on a poster so we had to take a picture...

We went a really good Ramen place for lunch and this is what I found in the bathroom lol. 8 rolls of toilet paper...

The soup base is made from pork bone marrow and is supposed to be really good for your skin?? But it was so good... Apparently they opened up a shop in New York. I honestly think that if a shop like this opened up in East Lansing that it would be extremely successful. Its so good, cheap and quick.

This was one of the coolest buildings I got to see in Tokyo. It looked like it was made of all glass. The first floor was an Audi dealership and inside were some pretty sweet cars. Yu told us that she used to get haircuts on the 5th floor. This was in Shibuya.

We found the only Forever 21 store in Tokyo. We didn't go in but there was a line to go in the store lol. In Japan clothes are usually really expensive so I'm guessing they are going crazy over the fact that F 21 clothes are super cheap and western.

Mario Kart!

I found a signed picture of Christiano Ronaldo in a small soccer shop. I could have bought it for 500 bucks!

Our train ticket was for 6:03pm so after spending the day shopping and walking around we went back to the train station.

Final shot with everyone at the train station. We ended up going to Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku and Ueno.

Here are a couple random pics.

Harajuku

Shibuya cross walk

After a long day and some sleep on the bullet train we got back to Kyoto at around 9:30pm. I figured since we were in Kyoto we should at least see the station a bit and look at the Kyoto Tower.