Friends in Tokyo

The arrival of Chelsea and Becky was definitely one up there on the excitement meter for me here in Japan! Two weekends ago, I travelled by night bus down to Tokyo to meet them. At 6 am we met on an obscure bridge and headed to Tsukiji Fish Market to check out the fish auction that goes on everyday in Tokyo. Apparantly the location of the market may be changing so we were lucky to visit on this trip. It was pretty gross, but interesting to say the least. The whole Saturday was full of many suprises, adventures and a lot of catching up. We went to chat and coffee at Starbucks after the fish market and accoriding to Becky and Chelsea, they listened and I did all the talking!

Saturday evening we had dinner and drinks in the hotel and headed to ageHA club to see Ferry Corsten play! Here we are on our way out of the hotel and below is us getting the train tickets to the club. Notice I have the concerts tickets and a Chu-hi in my hand...gotta love the drinking anywhere laws in Japan! I was super stoked for the evening and was not dissappointed at all with the club, music or Ferry's dj set! Heck at the end, after dancing and jumping almost at the front for 3 hours, he even reached into the crowd and I touched his hand!

The next few days in Tokyo we spent touring around different areas, the highlight being Kamakura to see the Amida Buddha. Apparantly I have a new fascination with giant Buddha's. We also made a day trip to Tokyo Disneyland where dreams come true. We ran around and felt like kids again. That evening we eneded the magical day with a Cirque de Soleil performace. This is one reason why I love visiting Tokyo so much. You don't have to go very far to find something amazing to do. I have had a lot of opportunities to experience things I wouldn't get to at home in Regina. Here we are in Kamakura. I like how the picture just shows us in the corner as if we aren't the focal point of the shot, when actually Becky missed when setting it up. I like it better than the revised picture we took next where we are smack dab in the middle. This one has more character.

Here I am, obasan (grandmother) in a robe from our hotel room. Our Tokyo trip came to a close Tuesday morning when we left for Yamagata the next chapter in Becky and Chelsea's trip to Japan.