Early in the morning I left with Bee for the station. She had to work that day and couldn’t babysit me and the bf was ill and couldn't take her place, so I had a chance to wonder around Tokyo on my own. Bee has given me nice directions about subway and places to go. She has also given me public phone cards to use if I get in trouble. The original plan was that I go to Asakusa and Odaiba on my own and then we meet in Shibuya, form where we can go home together. Even though the plan was not realized at first everything went well)


Asakusa~Odaiba~ShibuyaI got to Asakusa station really fast and walked a bit around. I noticed the asahi building. I always wondered what the heck iti is on top of it and it turned out to be some decorations. I also found this monument – graduation project of students from university of arts. It seems that u can easily change the positioning of the animals, so I wonder if the open spot now belongs to the dragon)

The asakusa district itself is really busy and noisy. Here I managed to get into as many stores and tiny shops as I could, considering how many people were there.

I went to the temple. This time there was no water fountain, but the smoke. You are to purify yourself with smoke (especially hair) before stepping into shrine.

And once again the were many barrels of sake and wine XD

I think this shoe is most famous in the entire japan XD

I was also tempted to draw my fortune that time but i was waiting till NY for that! If only i knew... ah... never mind for now...

I think I wondered around enough so I went to the subway to continue my journey. In the subway I saw this interesting picture)

To get to Odaiba I’ve taken the famous monorail) over the rainbow bridge)

when we were doing the entire circle to get on the rainbow bridge there was this jet coaster feeling to it) And from the station there are these arcs that lead u to the seaside)

Odaiba is a definitely a couple spot! Beautiful scenery near the seaside attracts many young and old couples) There were also a couple of surfers. The wind was pretty strong so I think it was extra cold to get soaked in the water.

I wondered aimlessly around the place for some time , doing nothing, just enjoying the scenery. I also saw the statue of liberty... Another one... I see statue of liberty everywhere I go (but not the original one in NY City XD)

And then I went for some adventure s in Fuji TV building…

I went up to the sphere to enjoy the night view of Tokyo.

I guess I was even able to see Fuji-san) But I was also told to ask true Japanese person, because only they know whether it is fuji or not XD

I do not know why, but Japanese also like snoopy probably as much as hello kitty. I think it’s the only time when I can admit to liking dogs better than cats.

As it was getting dark and wind was getting stronger I decided to go for the final destination place on my list for today – Shibuya. Bee was supposed to meet me there, but she was still at her bounenkai party so I was left to myself to wonder around shibuya area.

I was really surprised about several things:
1st the famous crossroad is not that big in real life. I do not know why, but in all the movies and dramas it looks so grand and busy, but actually it is not… just a normal crossroad I guess

2 The famous shibuya 109 was being advertised by after school. And there were many huge posters of Korean bands and not that many Japanese.

3 there is nothing much to see in shibuya in general unless u are crazy about shopping. and it seems like u can even get large size in japanese stores, at least the advertisement says so...

I had to wait for Bee for another hour so I decided to go to inet café in th meantime. Well that was a bummer. As I had no alien id yet, the cafe refused to provide me with services. Even though I had my passport, visa, landing permit etc. no alien id – no party. I was not happy about it! So I ended up wondering some more in shibuya.

Afterwards I met Bee and we went home for a nice dinner that her bf had cooked for us, more drinking and soviet comedies) and as the NY was coming up we watched "Ирония судьбы или с легким паром")))