Side of the house
Backyard
Tokyo
After eating dinner (at 1230 AM) we found a little Mexican bar with darts and Japanese people watching soccer. Due to the time difference, the games lasted until about 5:00AM. We played Jenga with some people we met. Team America won.
Leaving the bar at 5:30AM. People in Tokyo leave the bars and clubs around 6:00AM. I don't know how; it was exhausting. Two nights in a row I saw the sun rise... it's just what you do in Tokyo.
Roppungi at night.
Tokyo Disney
Being in Japan is rarely strange for me, but going to Tokyo Disney and having all ride instructions and shows in Japanese was a little odd. All the Disney princesses were Japanese.... Mickey says things like "Konbanwa" and "Genki desu ka?" Its funny and mildly surreal. Although, all the merchandise was in English... it's very rare to find clothing with Kanji writing anywhere in Japan... why??? Wakarimasen ne.
Kamakura and the Great Buddha
I visited Kamakura for the afternoon and saw the Great Buddha, which was built in the mid-thirteenth century.
I had an Austalian couple take this picture for me. The guy's name was also David, which, I thought, was neat.
Yokohama Baystars
I went to the park and met up with my friends at Yokohama Stadium after the baseball game because it was across from my hotel. This is what I found...
Yokohama Stadium in the background. Home of the Baystars. In Japan, they name the team after the sponsor company and the stadium after the city; the opposite of the US. So instead of the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field it would be the Lincoln Financial Eagles at Philadelphia Field. The Baystars are the only team in Japan to not do this and have an independent team name. They get to play teams with intimidating names like the Nippon-Ham Fighters.
I took them on a walk through Chinatown to a great buffet I found the day before.
After dinner we went to a Korean restaurant for ... more.... dinner.... and while hanging out we started talking to these 50ish year old Japanese guys next to us. After they proceeded to get lit and made us drink more than we probably should have, they paid for our entire bill and then took us out to Karaoke.
Yokohama, Japan 2
I hate buses in Japan. They are clean, timely, efficient, and so so so confusing to me! I always end up further away from my destination than where I began and with less money. I will stick to the trains.
Looking down on Yokohama from the top of Landmark Tower.
Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama is the nicest city I have seen in Japan... and there are many nice cities here. It has Japanese customs and politeness with wide western roads and western-style houses. Here is a view from the park.
Yokohama Chinatown
Yokohama has the largest Chinatown in Japan. My hotel was right around the corner from it. It was second most clean and safe Chinatown I have ever seen- the first being in Singapore.
Market street
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