I tricked the company into letting me go to Asia... there was no way I wasn't going to take the opportunity to experience some it while I was out there. Since Jolene and I have a beach trip coming up soon this year it didn't seem right to go to Boracay. I ended up choosing Tokyo for a long weekend in the middle of my business trip.
While out there I went to the Tokyo Tower, attended a tea ceremony, cruised the Sumida river, toured the Asakusa Kannon Temple, and walked the Tsukiji Fish Market. Most of this was with the help of a local tour group but I did get out on the town by myself as well.
I wandered through the Shinjuku area where I was staying, walked the outside grounds of the Imperial Palace, and even accidentally had lunch at a sushi restaurant on the 51st floor of Sumotomi Tower.
While it was fun to find a bus to take me downtown through a brief but quick snowstorm it was definitely not nearly as intense as figuring out the Tokyo subway system. It turns out that I do not speak Japanese at all. Taking it back and forth to tour the city really consisted of me hitting a bunch of random buttons on a ticket machine, feeding it money, and then running from train to train until I heard a stop that sounded familiar. The good news is I always eventually found my final destination.
I definitely enjoyed Tokyo. All the activities I did called out the fascinating history and culture of the Japanese people that I won't soon forget.
さようなら - Mike
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