Yesterday was a travel day, and after long trips we both arrived safe and sound. Our hotel is well located and cozy with a great view of the station.
Today we went to Ikebukuro. We had plans to go to the planetarium but… plans change!
Shortly after we arrived we were ‘interviewed’ by four college students. It was the usual questions about foreigners in japan, slightly unusual because they were not high school kids and because they filmed it! They were impressed I was a Monster Hunter fan and astonished by my Puzzles and Dragons rank 🙂
We spent ages in game centers, and both won some interesting items. We also bought a load of stuff including countless amazing postcards. Now we need to get stamps!
Lunch was at the insane Macca’s in Sunshine 60. Today was a holiday (‘Coming of Age day’, and the reason post offices were closed) and I think half the global population was at Ikebukuro today! For the second time in my life I was actually sat by staff at Maccas!
We ended the day by going to Tokyo Dome after dark to see the lights. We also went on some rides and through the haunted house which was a lot of fun.
It was a very long and very full day, and just the start of what I expect will be a week of such days!