Sunday was a good day, spent in Tokyo for the majority. Let me first say that it has rained here every day since our arrival. Thank you to my raincoat and my travel umbrella for always being there for me. Much props.
Todd, Holly, Steve Rosenbaum and I went together as a little pack. We didn't really have an agenda, so it made the day pretty relaxing overall. We saw two shrines/temples and basically just walked around all day. The cool thing is that there was a festival going on in Tokyo as well and there were droves of dancers dancing in their specific troupes to special music down a main street of Tokyo. They all ended up at Harajuku park where there was a big stage where they each performed for the crowds. Each of them were really giving their performance all of their effort - it was spectacular to watch. Most of the dancers were exhausted, one girl was crumpled on the ground weeping she was so spent...it was neat to watch. Their precision and syncronization was amazing. Rosenbaum and I did our own version of street dancing too, including the robot and other various dances. We were rock stars!
We did a small amount of shopping, had some ice cream - mine was purple sweet potato (DELISH!!), ate dinner-snack of okonomayaki (sp?) which is an omelette-style food with a cooked egg cracked on top, then headed home. We were wet, tired and also spent from travels and tourism, but it was worth it. Yay Tokyo!
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