In Tokyo

We're sitting in my room at the Tokyu Stay Hotel in Shibuya having a drink before we head out to dinner. We toured around Tokyo yesterday in Ginza, Asakusa, Tokyo Tower, etc. One thing I couldn't figure out - we went up the Tokyo Tower to the observation deck and there was Braille information plaques up there. So why would you go up the Tokyo Tower if you were visually impaired? And they have a conehead mascot named Noppon? Really ... does a tower require a mascot?

Today we went to Kamakura and visited a couple of temples and the Great Buddha. We also had an excellent lunch at a udon restaurant in Kamakura. Just like the Japanese tours that come to Canada and do power sightseeing tours of Niagara Falls, Banff and Vancouver - our sightseeing seems similar. Well, when a few of us were in Italy there was only so much "Jesus art" we could handle, we can only handle so many temples in one day.

As much fun as these guys are to travel with, they're starting to ask me stupid questions. There was Braille written on Craig's beer can and he asks what does this say? Truly - I can't know everything. And every time I can't read some kanji on a sign, they bug me because I can speak the language but I can't read everything. They don't seem to get the concept. I think that travelling with Emma, Kloe and Kaiya may have been slightly easier ... LOL.

Heading to Harajuku tonight to see the crazy girls dressed funny. We've decided that we might all move to Tokyo and find new jobs. We're bored of life in Toronto ....