Day 5 in Japan was spent in Tokyo and Yokohama. Our itinerary includes a cultural sightseeing (the Imperial Palace) and a failed shopping excursion (Shibuya).
Itinerary:
- Left hotel room at 8am
- Walked to the Minatomirai station
- Took the Minatomirai Line to Yokohama station
- Took the JR Tokaido Line to Tokyo Station; got crushed by the crowd in the train (the train was so full I can't even reach my camera to take a picture)
- Arrived at Tokyo Station at 9am
- Had breakfast at the station (some rice snacks from the food court in the basement)
- Walked (in the rain) to the Imperial Palace, which was painful for the wife's sore back
- Waited outside the Imperial Palace for about 10 minutes for our appointment, guided to the information center, and watched information video for about 20 minutes.
- Took the (free) 1-hour guided tour inside the Imperial Palace complex
- Left the Imperial Complex and walked to the Otemachi station; we saw (and took a lot of pictures of) two swans swimming in a moat outside the Imperial Palace
- Took the Honzomon Metro Line to Shibuya Metro Station
- Tried to find a lunch spot suggested by our guidebook; was told by the waitperson that the place is not open for lunch
- Walked to the Shibuya 109 building
- Tried to take a picture inside the building and got scolded by a very stern (but cute) person
- Had lunch in a sushi place in the building
- Walked to the Shibuya JR Station
- (Wife) shopped at a small store outside the station
- Took pictures of Shibuya Crossing
- Took the Yamanote Line to Shinagawa; transferred to the JR Tokaido Line to Yokohama; transferred to the Minatomirai Line to Minatomirai
- Wife took a break, while I did some work
- Had dinner at Komeraku, a chazuke restaurant in the Queen's East shopping center which is connected to the hotel
Pictures are posted here
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