Odaiba

It was a drizzly morning yesterday, so we headed to the mostly-indoor attractions of Odaiba for a lazy day. Rather that just take the train though, we traveled there on this:

It’s one of the Tokyo Cruise Line’s special ferries, named Himiko and designed by legendary manga creator Leiji Matsumoto. We both thought we’d been on this boat once before, but once inside thought again:

It’s pretty wild and ‘futuristic’. A fun way to get to Odaiba. As you can see we shared the trip almost exclusively with a large school group, who spent the time (about 50 minutes) mostly playing Uno of all things!

The four malls at Odaiba were fun, and we bought many (mostly souvenirs). One mall had a retro arcade in it that had (American) pinball machines, which seem very rare here:

Another full day! We’re running on fumes now, but have one last big event planned for tonight…

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