Shinjuku

Today our intention was to go to Tokyo Metropolitan Building to get a 360 degrees
view of Tokyo from above. Unfortunately it as closed during the new year weekend.
So we kindly had to do something else. Shinjuku is rather big with a lot of stores
and malls so there were more than enough things to do, especially since most of the
sales started today. Robin found a nice long sweather at No.44. We also found four
camera stores that he had to visit. At Mapcamera he bought some filters and a new
eye cap for his camera. I'm sure my dad would have liked this store.



For lunch we ate curry rice, and even though I had chosen the one with only
vegetables it was some meat in the curry. But hey we survived that to ^^
For dinner we ate on the same kaiten sushi place as last time. It is very
interesting and yummy. I wish we had the same standard on sushi in Sweden
as they have here in Japan.

The sunsets in Tokyo are extremely nice if you happen to be at the right place.
When we got to Marui (0101) Nhina got some "I want that really badly"
feelings for the Baby the Stars Shines Bright fukobukoro (happy bag with a lot
of items from the collection on sale to a very nice price). But we actually left
the mall without a fukobukoro.

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.