Our last full day in Tokyo.
One thing that continues to surprise me is that hubby wakes up every morning and puts the television and AND watches it, even though there is nothing on but Japanese TV.
There’s nothing on in the English language.
I understand some people have it on for comfort or background noise, but he sits there and watches it.
Every morning I’ve been going for a walk first thing in the morning and every morning, even on weekends, I see most of the men dressed in black pants and white shirts. Often they’re in full suits. Where are all these people in business attire going?
They’re just walking down the street in this non business district so why are they dressed like that.
In fact often hubby and I will just look at each other and say “Where are all these people going??”
When you think about it, it’s not surprising as it first seems as there are millions and millions of people here. They all have to be somewhere!
Our first stop today was Yokohama. As I write this, today is Tuesday and that means that a lot of places we wanted to visit in Yokohama were closed.
As we left the train station was again impressed at how everyone keeps to the left of the escalators. Why can’t they do that in Adelaide!!!
We exited the station in Yokohama and went through to the Nissan building.
Hubby was very impressed!
From what we saw as we left the station, we thought Yokohama looked newer than other parts of Japan that we’ve seen and it was almost like a ghost town! Where were all the people? Even the footpaths were clear of biked rushing past!
It almost felt wrong.
We walked past the amusement park and eventually found ourselves in a shopping area but really, there were hardly any people around.
We went into that building on the top right above. Hubby had to keep watching where he was walking as many ceilings are just not built for his height.
One of the places we went into had a food court. They really really really love Hawaii here!
I was enticed by a picture from one of the food places but unfortunately, it didn’t come out like the picture and I felt disappointed when we got our food.
After this we walked to China town and I was EVEN MORE disappointed that we’d wasted our time eating in the “Hawaiian” mall.
There were so many good foods everywhere. Hubby and I had these honey sesame balls. I was too late to take a photo!!! But they were delicious and I had that sesame taste in my mouth for a while.
There was food everywhere including roasted chestnuts on most corners.
I read that this China Town in Yokohama is the largest in Japan and from what I saw today I’d have to believe it! It was huge!
We even saw a place that advertised “foot massage”. But what it was, was similar to what I’ve seen in Bali where you put your feet in water and have those little fish come up and nip at you. Apparently your skin is nice and smooth after that!
We walked around a bit more and eventually found ourselves at a familiar sight!
Hard Rock Cafe!!
We were quite “thirsty” so it was a given that we’d go in here for a drink and I’m glad we did!
We met a nice server who was happy to practice his English with us while I enjoyed a Sangria or two..
I’m glad we made the trip out to Yokohama today even though the “Noodle Cup Museum” was closed. That would have been interesting to see!!
One thing that made us giggle seeing an “Eggs and Things” place. We had seen these all over Honolulu when we were there and there was ALWAYS a huge line out the front. One day, curiosity got the better of us and we lined up too. We wanted to see what the fuss was all about. Once we’d eaten there, we didn’t understand the obsession. We just didn’t get it. The food was average. What’s the attraction?
Anyhow, in this Eggs and Things place in Yokohama, there was also a line out front!!! Seriously!
Once we got home we picked up some food locally…. some chicken fried things, spring rolls (so oily!!), rice and noodles all to share.
We’ve been to this place many times this week as it’s close to home so it’s very convenient. I wonder if they’ll miss us when we’re gone?
Tomorrow we leave for Osaka which is a food lovers paradise!
I’ll just leave you with this sign that we saw close by the Hard Rock Cafe in Yokohama.
Planes, Plates and Persuasions 
The Eggs and Things queue sounds like a bit of smart marketing. Because the place makes ppl queue outside the shop it tends to attract others ( eg you 😀). We are a curious animal that wants to know why ppl are queuing – perhaps there is something really good on offer. In this case – not necessarily. A similar thing happens with fishing boats – one boat anchored attracts another whose owner thinks there must be fish there. Those two boats just about guarantee a third will be attracted and so on.
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