The 2nd of January is a huge
shopping day in Japan. All of the stores have their biggest
sales. Its similar to Black Friday except it is much more polite and
people don't die. With everyone at the sales we headed out to see the
last of the sights on out list. The first was the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
At first glance this does not sound
super exciting but the towers feature a free observation deck that
offers a great view of Tokyo. I would love to share with you what the
view was like but the towers were closed. We slowly learned that
everything was closed.
As we walked around the ghost town
formally known as Tokyo we did see a few neat things like the
facilities for the 1964 Summer Olympics. But that was about it.
Luckily we had a lunch date with a friend of mine who lives near the
area so we headed off to meet her. The restaurant we picked happened
to be in a big shopping area so it was open. We met my friend Nana and were seated.
I would love to show you photos of this
event but I do not possess them at the moment. I will update with
photos at some point. The restaurant featured tonkatsu which is
essentially a fried pork cutlet that you dip in delicious sauce. It
was good as always and we had a nice chat. With a successful lunch
under our belt we thought our luck was turning but that was not the
case at all.
Although we didn't really get to go
into any attractions, we walked around a large portion of the city so
at least there is that. Since we didn't get the view we wanted at
the government buildings, we headed to the Tokyo Tower in the
evening. It was in fact open.
The view from the top is pretty
amazing. You get a real perspective for how gigantic this city actually
is.
After some quality time in the sky we
headed back to the hotel. Once again most of the restaurants were
closed so we had to settle on a local fast food establishment, Mos Burger.
The burger accurately summarized our day. A bit bland and missing some key elements, but in the end satisfying. I cant say it was the last day in Tokyo
we were expecting, but it was something.
