We visited the cherry blossoms as soon as once more throughout our final full day in Tokyo.
We have been hoping for a ship bus to the Ginza district, which is on the fifthth Tokyo Avenue. Once we arrived, we headed to Ueno Park, since my Sakura Navi app mentioned it was in full bloom. BUT, the data workers on the port advised us they weren’t full, and so they weren’t. As we have now seen in the previous couple of weeks, some timber have been. It was nonetheless a captivating sight since so many timber have been beginning to bloom and it was good to see households celebrating Hanami (which interprets to “enjoyable to look at”). Hanami picnics underneath the timber are conventional right here throughout sakura (cherry blossom) season.
We then headed all the way in which throughout city to the Shibuya space to see the well-known crossing often called the Shibuya Scramble. It was loopy to see crowds of individuals crossing the intersection in all instructions.
After an awesome lunch at Tempura the place I ate Lotus Root for the primary time, we shortly took the subway again to Ginza to do some procuring. I wished to purchase some socks for my grandchildren – however they have been French and price $20!
One final look
Our final day in Tokyo was brief as we had a 5pm flight at far-off Narita Airport. Tokyo has two worldwide airports, the second, Haneda, is far nearer to town and that is the place we arrived. On the way in which to the airport, we began with the primary boat switch. This one concerned a little bit of driving round with two attention-grabbing stops.
The primary was for the long-lasting view and pictures of the Imperial Palace and the bridge. This view is just not one thing that could possibly be seen from our earlier go to to the Palace Gardens, it’s a large advanced.
And at last, we stopped at Tokyo Tower, impressed by the Eiffel Tower, the place we climbed about 500 ft to the center commentary deck and admired the view of this lovely metropolis. Think about what New York could possibly be with out trash, trash cans, trash, crime, graffiti, homeless individuals, honking, or jaywalking.
BTW, now that I’ve skilled bathroom seat heating, I am undecided I can dwell with out it!
Epilogue
That is such a pleasant and arranged society. Individuals are first rate. In case you have trash, take it with you. You wait at crosswalks for the sunshine to vary, even when there aren’t any vehicles. Attempt to keep in mind to maintain to the left (like site visitors) on stairs and escalators. Consuming whereas strolling or blowing your nostril in public is prohibited. Everybody appreciates our horrible makes an attempt at Japanese expressions. It was an exquisite expertise to spend a while right here.
To this. on our final day, I knew we would be drained and wished minimal chaos with baggage and so on, so this switch made sense and was plan. However as of this submit, our aircraft is delayed and we’ll most likely miss our connection by way of LAX to Miami. At the very least we’re within the respectable ANA Lounge, with meals, retailers and good wifi, and we have simply loved Japan’s latest KitKat* taste – banana.
*Did I point out that already? Package Kat bars are loopy right here and totally different areas typically have particular flavors in addition to seasonal, particular editions and new flavors. Along with the well-known chocolate, there may be additionally a model with darkish chocolate, matcha (not my favourite), wasabi, strawberry, sugar, and apparently others.