(Doug is back to work today so I’m taking over blogumentation for a few days)
Mrs. Kai, who really should be a professional travel agent, had arranged for us to take the Tokyo Open Bus Night Tour with them during our first night in Tokyo together.
They were such amazing hosts and we had so much fun together! Even riding the subway was fun with them!
Their son Takayuki also joined us and added to the fun of the evening. He is Makiko’s older brother and works at a company in a cool part of Tokyo that develops videogames for Smartphones.
We, along with about 30 other tourists, left Tokyo station (see above) around 6:30pm, just an hour or so before sunset. For those of us used to the sun setting late in the summer, we had to remind ourselves that Japan does not participate in Daylight Savings Time and is farther south.
We listened to a recorded narration in English while those who understood Japanese were treated to a very enthusiastic live guide. If you’ve seen “Lost in Translation”, think of the scene where the translator listens to about 30 seconds of instructions in Japanese and tells Bill Murray “look there please”. He says “is that all he said? Really? Are you sure?” It was about the same for us. We enjoyed listening to the English recording and THEN listening in on the Japanese narration and picking up what we could.
The scenery was really stunning. It was fun to be able to take in the tall buildings without fear of tripping over something while walking down the sidewalk.
The bus crossed the Rainbow Bridge as the sun was starting to set and we had some time in Odaiba to watch the sunset over the city. It was beautiful!
After arriving back in the city center, we had dinner at a great Izakaya where Doug may or may not have participated in eating jellyfish.
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