We started the day with another delicious Japanese style breakfast. The owner showed us expensive dolls she has on display and insisted that we take pictures of them. They were pretty cool. We checked out of our ryokan at around 8:30am. I was sad to leave the ryokan and Kyoto. It is a beautiful city and the ryokan was so nice and relaxing. If I ever come back, I’m staying there again. The owner insisted that we take a picture in front of the ryokan and with her. She was such a nice lady! After checking out, we headed to Kyoto Station and road on two trains to get to Tokyo.
During the train ride, we got to catch a glimpse of Mt. Fuji.
We arrived in Tokyo around 12:30pm at Shinjuku Station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Station), the world's busiest railway station. Our hotel was really close to the station and we were able to check in early. We were surprised to find out that we had a room on the 33rd floor with a view of Mt. Fuji and of the city. We decided to go the Ginza area of Tokyo to eat lunch, walk around (there is a street similar to 5th Avenue in New York City in this area), and go to a kabuki performance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki) at the Kabukiza Theatre. We ate lunch at a sushi place where a local guy decided to share his sake with us and order us tea. He also helped us find the theater. After lunch, we said our goodbyes to Abby (she had to head back to South Korea) and headed to the kabuki performance. We watched one act of a performance which lasted about an hour and a half (Kanadehon Chushingura - Act 9: Yamashina Kankyo). For dinner, Alex and I went out to another sushi place (can't get enough). I ate shell fish and drank awesome sake. For dessert, we ate green tea KitKats and mochi.
During the train ride, we got to catch a glimpse of Mt. Fuji.
We arrived in Tokyo around 12:30pm at Shinjuku Station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Station), the world's busiest railway station. Our hotel was really close to the station and we were able to check in early. We were surprised to find out that we had a room on the 33rd floor with a view of Mt. Fuji and of the city. We decided to go the Ginza area of Tokyo to eat lunch, walk around (there is a street similar to 5th Avenue in New York City in this area), and go to a kabuki performance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki) at the Kabukiza Theatre. We ate lunch at a sushi place where a local guy decided to share his sake with us and order us tea. He also helped us find the theater. After lunch, we said our goodbyes to Abby (she had to head back to South Korea) and headed to the kabuki performance. We watched one act of a performance which lasted about an hour and a half (Kanadehon Chushingura - Act 9: Yamashina Kankyo). For dinner, Alex and I went out to another sushi place (can't get enough). I ate shell fish and drank awesome sake. For dessert, we ate green tea KitKats and mochi.
Breakfast
Dolls at ryokan
Inside Kyoto Station
Mt. Fuji during the train ride
Some sushi from lunch
Kabukiza Theatre
Ginza
Love the taxis in Japan
At dinner
View from our hotel at night
Green tea KitKats
Our hotel has a mirror that doesn't fog up!