The work week is finally over and so the other one gets to go on vacation now. About time - getting a little bored of looking at the Tokyo Tower out of the window of the hotel, so we finally got to go there! From the top of the Tower one can see the whole of Tokyo - and realise what an enormous city it actually is - there are like 12.2 million people in the metropolitan area - and most of them seem to want to be in the Metro at the same time as me :-) Kept getting my paws trodden on! Anyway, the Tower has two little mascots called the Noppon Brothers (which is rather unfortunate if you are Swedish, especially if take their appearance into consideration...
We also went to get some special Korean food that I have never seen before Sundubu, and it was awesome. It is a really spicy tofu based stew with a whole bunch of vegetables and the like - I had mine ベリーホト which is 'beri hoto' or very hot, (was glad that I didn't try the urtra hoto)
Also, the other one fancies himself as a bit of a Ninja, and so we ended up in a hardware store called Tokyu Hands to buy something called 'Tabi' or たび which are shoes with a separate toe part. They are used by construction workers in Japan, but I doubt they would be allowed in Sweden (too cold and too flimsy), but apparently they are going to complement any outfit - pffff...
Also, because he has been doing a Japanese course he raided Kunikuniya to buy a whole bunch of books and Kanji posters to make sure he can learn everything.
And then in the evenings, we did a bit of Yakiniku (awesome beef grill) and went to Shinjuku Nichome for a bit of the nightlife - where the other one apparently met a man dressed as a butterfly - or something... anyway apparently it was entertaining.
Kyoto tomorrow - and I can't wait; it will be nice to get out into another part of Japan with the Shinkansen and see Mount Fuji too :-)
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