We skipped a day! We left Iowa on the morning of Sept 4th and woke up Sept 6th in Japan. That's a very surreal feeling especially when we went to breakfast and everything was in Japanese, and hundreds of people were hustling around that didn't quite look like us. Once we figured out the elaborate metro system--serving the 34 million people in Greater Tokyo --we were well on our way to see what this city had to offer...
*ATMS don't take our debit cards*Neither does McDonalds
*Menus in "appetizing" plastic outside
*Impolite to put soy sauce on rice ...Whoops!
*Free Origami at the bank! (Realistic panda)
*Optional musical flush button on toilet
*Plus heated seat & bidet function
*The primped & styled hair...on men
<--Notice the capri jeans, fur hoodie, & man purse!
And the cool things we checked out:
*Busiest train station in the world, 2 million passengers/day
*Busiest intersection in the world, AKA "3 minutes of happiness"
*109 Building, uber-trendy fashions for pretty boys...& girls
*"Electric Town", 7 floors of the latest electronic gadgets & gizmos
Up next: Climb up "on" Mt Fuji!!
WHITEBOARDED PEOPLE WE'VE MET:
<--Woman from Osceola, IA, recently traveled to Tokyo.
<---Jim, diving coach from Mizzou, also world traveler 
<--Amy from Heath, TX; just moved to Tokyo!
