Here we are on our way to the Tokyo Tower. Zach is having his PediaSure, which serves as his coffee boost. It was already quite hot out but what a beautiful day!
We went to the main observatory which is only 150 meters up, just under half of the tower's total height of 333 meters. Due to Zach's overall grumpiness on this leg of the tour we opted to not pay the extra fee to go even higher. A mom of a student of mine was kind enough to snap a picture of all four of us.
This viewing station was really cool. Zach was bold enough to stick his neck out for the view while Clara stood close by.
I'll be honest with you, my stomach dropped a little when I stepped on this and looked down, but you know I had to do it. The rest of the family opted out.
We took a lot of pictures while in the tower, but I'm trying to minimize the post. Here is a picture of the bus we rode from Iwakuni and all over Tokyo.
Here is the picture Charlie took of the tower from the bottom. They are currently building the Tokyo Sky Tree that will nearly double the height of Tokyo Tower.
And we are off for our riding tour of Tokyo. Here you can see Zach having a blast with Charlie.
Again, I took many pictures of the tour but there weren't great since it was through the window of the bus. It was incredible to see though. Here had just unloaded from the bus and were waiting on our guide to secure tickets for the boat ride. After he did that we were free to explore until we met back for the boat ride. The building below is the Asahi Beer Hall which we had an excellent view of while we waited.
This is where I was sitting when the above picture was snapped. Typically I wouldn't have posted this picture, but it shows a happy time right before I spazzed out. It took a while before I could laugh about it, but each time I think about it I get tickled. As you can see, we are chilled out and just sitting. What you do not see is that behind me this area ends in a V, with Tokyo traffic streaming all around. Notice Zach is not wearing "the puppy". He jumped up and took off toward the V. Clara was just sitting there beside me, and I was so frantic thinking he would beat me to the street that I instinctively twisted my body and used whatever leverage I needed to burst into speed after him. It turns out that leverage was Clara. That's right. As I twisted, my left arm hurled her right off that little wall we were sitting on and slung her right onto the ground. I caught up to Zach in record time. As I returned, so did my sanity. I had some apologizing to do as Clara cried hysterically and Charlie soothed her. Afterward he told me that he understood what happened (Clara accepted my apology and I promised her that I would sling Zach to get to her too if I thought she was in danger) but hoped none of our fellow travelers saw it because it looked pretty bad. Yes, I still feel sheepish about it.
Luckily all the crying was over, the puppy went back on Zach and we started exploring Asakusa. It was very packed with lots of vendors selling goods and yummy treats. Zach was quite taken with these mannequins. I mean, we had to drag him away. He would stand beside the tall one, gave it a hug and as you can see is holding the hand of the other one. It was cute, but we noticed as we returned down the street that these little guys had plastic covers on them. Coincidence? I doubt it.
According to our guide, the people are directing the smoke to parts of their bodies for healing purposes.
A shot of the Tokyo Sky Tree.
Did I mention it was hot? We took a little break for ice cream. The vendors here spoke English and were very friendly. After several minutes, he came out and took pictures of us to put up on his picture covered exterior display.
Charlie ordered...something...on a stick and he came out to suggest a seasoning.
This is what a Hamiko boat looks like. It was very cool. We rode it to our next place to explore. We took loads of pictures on this scenic tour, but I'm sparing you.
This is the view of Aqua City at Odaiba. It was pretty cool. I think we had two hours to explore this area.
I'll see if you can figure out why I posted this picture. That's all I've got to say about that.
While at Aqua City we hit the Disney Store where Clara acquired a stuffed Chip (that is because her daddy is a softy) and he bought me a pancake mold of Mickey's ears, and these lollipops that came in handy to calm Zach as he did not nap that day. We also went to Toys R Us where we bought wood chips for Marty (Clara's beetle) and some cool construction vehicles for Zach that were pretty cheap. I'd been looking for some so was really tickled to see them.
If you checked out the link at the beginning of the post of our trip you can get an explanation of why the Statue of Liberty is in Tokyo.
Our last minutes while waiting on the rest of the group to meet was spent down at the water. Zach really enjoyed it and got quite filthy.
This day was really neat. Due to the crowding our guide recommended not taking the stroller so we left it on the bus. That was probably a tactical error on our part, but we made it through the day and everyone ultimately enjoyed it. By signing up for the tour we did so much more than we probably would have on our own. It was really nice because basically our guide armed us with information, dropped us off and told us when to meet back and off we'd go for the next thing. We made it back to the hotel in the late afternoon. I decided to give the kids baths, run down to the deli for grilled cheese and hot dogs for the kids, burgers for me and Charlie, rented Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and we chilled out. We were all pretty worn out by then and looking forward to a day of exploring on our own for day three.
We went to the main observatory which is only 150 meters up, just under half of the tower's total height of 333 meters. Due to Zach's overall grumpiness on this leg of the tour we opted to not pay the extra fee to go even higher. A mom of a student of mine was kind enough to snap a picture of all four of us.
This viewing station was really cool. Zach was bold enough to stick his neck out for the view while Clara stood close by.
I'll be honest with you, my stomach dropped a little when I stepped on this and looked down, but you know I had to do it. The rest of the family opted out.
We took a lot of pictures while in the tower, but I'm trying to minimize the post. Here is a picture of the bus we rode from Iwakuni and all over Tokyo.
Here is the picture Charlie took of the tower from the bottom. They are currently building the Tokyo Sky Tree that will nearly double the height of Tokyo Tower.
And we are off for our riding tour of Tokyo. Here you can see Zach having a blast with Charlie.
Again, I took many pictures of the tour but there weren't great since it was through the window of the bus. It was incredible to see though. Here had just unloaded from the bus and were waiting on our guide to secure tickets for the boat ride. After he did that we were free to explore until we met back for the boat ride. The building below is the Asahi Beer Hall which we had an excellent view of while we waited.
This is where I was sitting when the above picture was snapped. Typically I wouldn't have posted this picture, but it shows a happy time right before I spazzed out. It took a while before I could laugh about it, but each time I think about it I get tickled. As you can see, we are chilled out and just sitting. What you do not see is that behind me this area ends in a V, with Tokyo traffic streaming all around. Notice Zach is not wearing "the puppy". He jumped up and took off toward the V. Clara was just sitting there beside me, and I was so frantic thinking he would beat me to the street that I instinctively twisted my body and used whatever leverage I needed to burst into speed after him. It turns out that leverage was Clara. That's right. As I twisted, my left arm hurled her right off that little wall we were sitting on and slung her right onto the ground. I caught up to Zach in record time. As I returned, so did my sanity. I had some apologizing to do as Clara cried hysterically and Charlie soothed her. Afterward he told me that he understood what happened (Clara accepted my apology and I promised her that I would sling Zach to get to her too if I thought she was in danger) but hoped none of our fellow travelers saw it because it looked pretty bad. Yes, I still feel sheepish about it.
Luckily all the crying was over, the puppy went back on Zach and we started exploring Asakusa. It was very packed with lots of vendors selling goods and yummy treats. Zach was quite taken with these mannequins. I mean, we had to drag him away. He would stand beside the tall one, gave it a hug and as you can see is holding the hand of the other one. It was cute, but we noticed as we returned down the street that these little guys had plastic covers on them. Coincidence? I doubt it.
According to our guide, the people are directing the smoke to parts of their bodies for healing purposes.
A shot of the Tokyo Sky Tree.
Did I mention it was hot? We took a little break for ice cream. The vendors here spoke English and were very friendly. After several minutes, he came out and took pictures of us to put up on his picture covered exterior display.
Charlie ordered...something...on a stick and he came out to suggest a seasoning.
This is what a Hamiko boat looks like. It was very cool. We rode it to our next place to explore. We took loads of pictures on this scenic tour, but I'm sparing you.
This is the view of Aqua City at Odaiba. It was pretty cool. I think we had two hours to explore this area.
I'll see if you can figure out why I posted this picture. That's all I've got to say about that.
While at Aqua City we hit the Disney Store where Clara acquired a stuffed Chip (that is because her daddy is a softy) and he bought me a pancake mold of Mickey's ears, and these lollipops that came in handy to calm Zach as he did not nap that day. We also went to Toys R Us where we bought wood chips for Marty (Clara's beetle) and some cool construction vehicles for Zach that were pretty cheap. I'd been looking for some so was really tickled to see them.
If you checked out the link at the beginning of the post of our trip you can get an explanation of why the Statue of Liberty is in Tokyo.
Our last minutes while waiting on the rest of the group to meet was spent down at the water. Zach really enjoyed it and got quite filthy.
This day was really neat. Due to the crowding our guide recommended not taking the stroller so we left it on the bus. That was probably a tactical error on our part, but we made it through the day and everyone ultimately enjoyed it. By signing up for the tour we did so much more than we probably would have on our own. It was really nice because basically our guide armed us with information, dropped us off and told us when to meet back and off we'd go for the next thing. We made it back to the hotel in the late afternoon. I decided to give the kids baths, run down to the deli for grilled cheese and hot dogs for the kids, burgers for me and Charlie, rented Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and we chilled out. We were all pretty worn out by then and looking forward to a day of exploring on our own for day three.
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