The rest of the 1st day

I don't exactly remember how we were able to go to Odaiba but it involved getting a little *ehem* lost, riding the subway then transferring to a monorail. The monorail view was amazing! I can't quite capture it on camera because I suck but i'm sure you can use your imagination :)

Shinkansen! So so lucky to get this photo considering they were moving fast...and so were we!

(well, just moving, but not as fast)

city view and a traffic build up

Impressive Bridge! It's called the Rainbow Bridge and it lights up beautifully at night. Our monorail made a big U-turn towards the bridge and before we knew it, we were soaring over the Sumida river and crossing it.

We're almost at our stop!

After disembarking from the train, we had a quick look around the place. There's an expansive deck in front of a mall called AquaCity where you can have an uninterrupted view of the Rainbow Bridge and the Tokyo skyline. Yakatabune ("boat with roof") boats also dot the water but I read that more of these sightseeing boats appear at night complete with food and karaoke even if November is their slowest month. Unfortunately, we won't be staying at Odaiba until nightfall :(

Sights outside AquaCity

The AquaCity Deck. Majority of the big malls in Odaiba have decks like this to take advantage of the stellar view across the river.

A few Yakatabune boats.

Fuji Television Station

A small scale replica of the Statue of Liberty.

Large scale Marsian replicas

A line of pet accessories shops, cafes and salon along this avenue.

This photo is for my friend Karenina, the cat whisperer.

Hey, whaddya know! there really were puppies dining. We should go here Chuck.

We had lunch in Odaiba and ordered japanese curry in AquaCity's food court. I also bought Hokkaido ice cream for the three of us by myself, ivy took a video as proof. And as an inexperienced videographer, i failed to get closer to D so you wouldn't really hear him say, " Matcha-Icho, (points to a yellow ice cream cone)-Futatsu." Gomenasai! But he got our orders and they were delicious!

I regret that I did not finish this plate of Breaded pork with Japanese curry. But but but... I was still stuffed from that KFC breakfast!

I got the green tea flavored ice cream, Max here and D got the pumpkin flavored one. The pumpkin was better :)

Tokyo Tower was our next destination after spending the early afternoon in Odaiba. It was a good experience going up the tower and a great view of Tokyo. The photos we took weren't really that great as the lights illuminating the tower were reflecting on the windows and our lenses creating this blue haze. Nonetheless, what a sight this Tokyo is, really.

It was pretty hard to look for a good (meaning cheap) place to eat in the area so we decided to have dinner back in Asakusa.

I let the Marsians have their time together seeing how they missed each other's company. They're so sweet! I'm almost jealous. :p Here they are canoodling in the subway, shameless!

And so we're back in Asakusa! We went into an alley just at the back of the hotel where we found this old Ramen house. We all ordered Cha Shu Ramen and Gyoza, haiiiii oishi! oishi desu!!!

Max taught us how to eat ramen! You need to eat the noodles as fast as you can as taking too long would make the noodles expand and lose its texture. You can drink the soup after if you want. Don't forget to eat noisily!

Goodnight! Busog na masyado!

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