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| Day Five: Tokyo | |
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10.31.2000
8:30 AM | Link |
 Matt and I wake up early and get dressed (Matt says it's the earliest he has been up in Japan!) to ride the train to Shin Osaka so we can catch the shinkansen to Tokyo. We arrive almost 45 minutes early, but the time goes quickly as we read a Tokyo book and enjoy some vending machine drinks. We watch other shinkansen pull into the station, filled with men in suits. At last our train arrives and we board to find our assigned seats. The interior is just like an airplane with more leg room, and when we leave the station, I can't believe how smooth the ride is - like we are hovering. The scenery changes quickly to mountains and traditional Japanese housing, all covered in fog. Women 'flight attendants' push carts of coffee, sweets, and beautifully packaged meals down the aisle - I have coffee and almonds while the businessman next to me has fish and rice. Matt and I listen to our MD players and sleep a little, and three hours later we are in Tokyo. Tokyo Station is full of people, of course, and we are a little confused about how to escape. We also need to ride a train to Shinjuku to find our hotel. We find an information desk and all is well. We arrive at Shinjuku and see our first of the streets of Tokyo - huge buildings, huge neon, and seas of umbrellas flowing over crosswalks. We stare at a map deciding which way to walk, and a nice Japanese man who turns out to be a math professor offers to help, and even walks with us several blocks out of his way to our hotel. (Actually, he takes us to the Hyatt, but our Hilton is right behind it.)
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