Tokyo sights

Since Amanda's flight was cancelled, and then delayed (all due to birds, who would have thought?) Taro and I had the day to bond. He took me sightseeing along his girlfriend, who is a stewardess for Japan Airlines.

The three of us started the day wandering among the shops that cloak the entryway to a giant temple. The street was a human traffic jam, everyone moving in slow motion toward the temple as they peered over the goods in the shops.

Afterwards, we wandered among the grounds of garden and took a "water bus" around the harbor and by the famous Rainbow Bridge.


There was no sight I was more happy to see, however, than Amanda finally entering the airport. We wasted no time in introducing her to sashimi (raw fish) and octopus.

Lesson learned: A water bus has no wheels.