Adventures & Misadventures Abroad: Friday in Tokyo

It is our first full day in Tokyo. And even in our neighborhood of Shikoku there are so many people! Our hotel charges about $11 USD each for a breakfast buffet. Most of which I won't eat - so we decided to explore our options. We ended up at Dean and Deluca - which had lots of pastries most sweet, but some savory. We got a hot dog in a roll each. Mike got a white sausage roll and me a Cinnamon roll - total cost around $20 USD. UM! we need to try harder. But it was all good - we did not get the Rugalach cookie! This is not a Jewish restaurant!

We next went to the Shinsuku - Gyoen National Garden. They had several gardens here. A traditional Japanese garden, A formal French Garden and an English Landscape garden. There were also a lot of Cherry trees. The French Garden was small and not in bloom - so boring. The English Landscape garden turned out to be a big lawn with lots of dead spots as people walk all over it. But the Japanese Gardens were beautiful. Lots of school groups go here. The preschoolers all have different colored hats to distinguish which class they are in.

Everyone told us we had missed the prime cherry blossom time when we left Japan the first time. But there were many cherry trees in blossom in this park.

They had some trees that looked like they were in fall colors.

Now, what is the best angle for this shot?

On to another part of the park.

Husband took a pic of me next to a cheery tree.

They had a green house at the park with plants not native to the area. They also had many more green house buildings that you were not allowed in.

Cuing for the escalator to the train station.

And last some street scenes of Tokyo.

Husband in our hotel room.

Night scenes around Shinjuku

We ran into some Australian tourists who told us about China Town - No such thing, but we did find a Japanese temple and a Japanese drama group putting on a show for free. We were too far back to get good shots, but they were pretty good.