Final Day in Tokyo

11-25-2018
By: Cindy

We slept! I got up about 4:45, Andy and Saylor shortly after and then Hudson slept until 8:00. Sweet! A quick 7-11 run with breakfast at our little table, homework and a shower.  It was a relaxing morning since we didn't head out until about 10:00.  Took the train to Shibuya.  When we got off they had a section set up with the Harry Potter 9 3/4 train stop.  Kids got to wear scarfs and take some cute pictures. Then headed  to check out this crazy 7 story Don Quijote store.  Lots of wacky stuff.  I mean lots. You name it, they have it and then some.  Got some kind of corn dog looking thing, but it was a sausage with chunky potatoes on the outside. I finally got my yakitori. It was beef and melted in my mouth.  We all inhaled it.

Another train to Takeshita Street.  It is where all the trendy fashion teens hang out.  I think it was equal parts fashion and dessert places.  Not sure how everyone stays so thin here with food everywhere!

Hailed a cab- the driver pushes a button and all the doors open.  They wear proper white gloves while driving.  Off to another shrine.  We were fortunate enough to see a wedding party walking the grounds.  There was an area where you buy these wood rectangles- the size of a postcard.  You write your wishes on them, hang them and they present them during a ceremony.

You guessed it, another train.  This time to Akihabara for electronics area of Tokyo and Saylor and I popped into a Maid Cafe.  It was wacky.  I felt like I was in a little girls rooms with a blue sky and clouds on the ceiling, a disco light and unicorns.  The waitresses are dressed up like french maids and are there to entertain you.  You can ask them to sing a song, tell a joke, or dance etc.  We all had enough and were ready to chill out back at the apartment.  Two trains and home. Final night in Tokyo.  Grateful to have visited, definitely want to come back, lots of people, amazing food, crazy amounts of random vending machines along the streets (everything from bananas, cans of cream of corn and all drinks),

 not enough garbage cans, so, so many trains.  A giant thank you to Andy for getting us around and making sense of which train to take and when. Thanks to Esther who loaned us her Suica cards.  A must when taking all of these trains.  You just load money onto them and use them as you go.  Saves a ton of time and energy. Must get a fancy Japanese toilette with all the buttons for our home. Wear good shoes when you visit because you will walk, and walk and walk some more.