新年おめでとう

We woke up fairly late compared to the other days so we went to Shinjuku and arrived just when the sun went down. Shinjuku is very big so we definitely have to get back there another day. At the top floor in Pepe we bought some candy to try out. The reason that we were up there was tat Robin wanted to get a shot at the sunset. But we found ourselves in a building without windows ^^

After that we strolled around the streets of Shinjuku and we found a Shinto shrine right in the middle of +8 floors buildings. The setting was beautiful in the dark with a lot of lanterns.



Today was by far the coldest day. When we came to Tokyo it was approximately 14 degrees but today it can't have been more than 7 degrees. So we decided to get out of the cold weater and find some place to eat. We also managed to get lost, but just slightly. Without actually knowing what wanted to eat and no clue about the restaurants in the area we accidentally walked right in to a kaiten sushi, sushi served on a conveyor band. It was quite an experience that we both enjoyed very much. Robin got to eat as many ebi (shrimp) as he liked!



New year's eve in Japan seemed to be a "family get together" thing and we had no idea what we should do for the evening. Mr. Kazuo, or landlord had arranged a Count Down Party at the in were we're staying so we thought we'd join that. Unfortunately the other guests went to Shibuya and Roppongi to celebrate the new year instead. But we stayed with our nice landlord and ate sashimi (not Robin) and awaited the new year.