We decided we were going to do some sightseeing on Wednesday because it was Ben's day off from work so he could come along with us. We didn't really do anything overly exciting in the morning. We swung back by Disney to activate our tickets because we weren't sure if they would cancel our remaining days if we didn't use them consecutively.
It turns out Tokyo was getting hit with the outer bands of a Typhoon today and it poured down rain almost all day long. It at least cooled things off. We were determined to still see some sights but being soaking wet took away a little of the fun. Also, to the people who say trains in Tokyo run on time, I say, apparently you have never been here during rain because almost every train was delayed or stopped altogether today.
After my update it is really going to sound like we didn't really do anything, but we walked around a super duper lot, the trains were taking forever and the rain was slowing us down. The main sights we saw were the Tokyo Tower, like the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It even had crepes under it. Another random, polite person walked us half the way when we looked lost. These people are endlessly nice. We also visited the Senso-ji temple complex. Check out the pictures for more about these places.
We had lunch at a restaurant in Tokyo. No tipping here. It is hard for a tipped worker like me to wrap my head around no one getting tips. Being the picky eater I am, I settled on noodles with dry seaweed on top.
Perhaps the craziest thing we saw all day was the crush of after work commuters. Matt described it best. They are like ants. Hard working, efficient and pouring out of every opening and crack trying to get to their destination as fast as possible. People were just streaming into the Subway station. There was no end to the chaos, just a constant rush of people. On the escalators they stand in a perfect one person line on the left, leaving the right open if you need to run down the stairs to get somewhere. The sight is even crazier when the train pulls up. It does not look like you can fit even one more person on, but they politely but firmly cram themselves in. Matt and I had trouble doing that so we became separated from Ben. We took a few different packed trains and made it back to Chiba a few hours later.
The rest of the night, we chilled and played board games with our awesome couchsurfing hosts. Tomorrow, we are off to Tokyo Disney Sea for more fun.
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