Following the internet cafe debacle on Monday we decided to take it easy yesterday morning. We headed out around 10:00am to grab an egg McMuffin and then go to the Ueno train station to reserve seats on the JR bullet train for our trip to Kyoto. Surprisingly with Chris's expert Japanese he learned from the internet it went pretty smoothly. On our way out of the train station to walk around Ueno we got trapped with a tiny Japanese man who decided we were European and needed a lesson on the degradation of Japanese culture. After about 15 min of broken engrish and a lot of "you understands" Chris broke in and said we had to go. At that point we ran away like school girls laughing and spent the rest of our time in Ueno on the look for tiny Japanese men trying to talk to us.From there we headed to Ginza to take in the Sony building and grab a little lunch. Lucky for us we found a Wendy's. It was awesome complete with Green Day on the radio, big bacon classics, and Biggie size, well almost Biggie size(sadly biggie size in Japan is the size of the small back home). Stuffed full of Wendy's we headed to an internet cafe to break up the day promising not to leave the building without each other. After that we jumped back on the subway to Ryogoku to check out the Edo Museum and the Sumo stadium. Lucky for us the Edo Museum was closed... so we were forced to go to the Sumo Museum that is about the size of a college dorm room. It was pretty much a total failure until we were on the way out and saw a sumo wrestler. In his best hand signals Chris asked to take picture by pointing at the camera, smiling and saying picture. To which the sumo guy replies with a slight shrug and a "yeah ok". I quickly jump next to him, we snap the shot and next thing we see is a 250 pound man in a sumo robe riding away on his tiny bike.
Unable to top that and tired from two days of non stop walking we headed back to the hostel to take a break. After laying around for about 2 hours I finally convinced Chris there was only one thing left to do in Tokyo that we had not done.... Tokyo Disney. We got out there around 6:30pm and bought the after 6 tickets, which are about half price. As most of you know I know a thing or two about Disney parks and honestly Tokyo Disney is pretty much just like the Magic Kingdom, other than it is in Japan and there are billions of Japanese people all over the place. From main street we decided to do the loop going right and around by way of Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, and then Adventureland. Between the rides I ducked into every store in the place looking for collectors pins for my sister. By about Westernland ( Frontierland in the U.S) I was convinced they did not have any pins in Tokyo Disney. At the very end of the loop on our way to Pirates of the Caribbean I saw a white cast member. Thinking he might speak english I asked him if they had pins. Sadly he spoke french so in my best frengrish I tried again and he got what I was trying to say. He and the girl behind the counter pointed me to the store next to them and we were in business ( If your ever in Tokyo Disney and want collectors pins they are only sold in one spot next to the exit to the Pirates ride). After grabbing the pins we realized we were hungry and looked around a bit. It was almost 9pm and the every place we looked was still packed. On our last legs, limping out of the park we spotted a hot dog joint on Main Street and ducked in for a foot long. For those not following along closely it was a solid day of Japanese dinning, which includeMcDonalds, Wendy's, and giant hot dog. Heading down main street on our way out we walked though the shops. Honestly, I have never seen a Disney store more chaotic. People were clearing the shelves and the people behind them were clearing stuff out of the boxes as the employees tried to restock. It was so ridiculous that the line at the Sugar Bank wove back and forth like the line for Space Mountain. Having our fill of Tokyo disney we headed back to the hostel and crashed for the night, feet still throbbing from our 3 day Tokyo walk athon.
