Our Tales of Two Cities: My Goldens Visit: Days 4-6

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

My Goldens Visit: Days 4-6

We spent the second part of the visit in Yokohama and Tokyo. In Yokohama we went to Chinatown, the Red Brick Warehouses, Landmark Tower, and one of my favorite little restaurants, Green.

Chinatown is pretty self-explanatory, except to say that it is huge in Yokohama. And we luckily had someone with us that could speak Mandarin, which made ordering lunch a little easier;) The Red Brick Warehouses are huge warehouses that used to be custom buildings. They renovated the buildings and turned them into shops, restaurants, and a concert venue. When I was walking through the buildings, I kept thinking back to when I visited Les and she took us to Chelsea Market in NYC. The warehouses are a new favorite of mine. Finally, Landmark Tower is the tallest building and 3^rd tallest structure in Japan. We were able to go up to the top floor and see the city at night – absolutely beautiful.

I had never been to the first three and I loved them. Matt was working, so was only able to meet us for dinner. Lucky for me, that means that I get to take him back to those places and experience them again.

The next two days were spent in Tokyo. We booked rooms at Hardy Barracks and spent the night so that we wouldn’t have to deal with taking the train each day. If you are in the military and come to Japan, I definitely recommend Hardy Barracks. Great location and very affordable!

While in Tokyo we visited Shibuya, Yoyogi Park (one of the largest parks in Tokyo), and Harajuku (Tokyo’s shopping and entertainment district), ate at a ninja theme restaurant (theme restaurants are big in Japan), sang karoke and got drinks in Roppongi (Tokyo’s nightlife district), experienced the Tsukiji fish market (one of the most famous fish markets in Japan), and saw the Tokyo Skytree (the tallest tower in the world). Busy, busy.

Here is a look into the second part of the trip…