Day 2 and 3 - Catching up?

Nope, no time yet. But we are doing well. We are trying to burn the candle at both ends... with a blow-torch in the middle. We'll post a more complete summary later, but essentially:

Day 2 - Went to the most insane fish market in the world. How we came out alive and without fish guts all over us I do not know. We then had a sushi-breakfast to set us up right. Then we ran over and caught a train to Nikko. A long 2-hour affair. Nikko is on the edge of the mountains bordering the Kanto plain I think. Amazing place. Bigger and more elaborate than I was expecting. Then we trained back to Tokyo and walked around Ueno Park at night - the first large collection of Cherry blossoms we've seen here. Then we decided to be really crazy and head over to Shibyua - ground center for crazy Tokyo nightlife... well one of them at least. We collapsed in bed that night.

Day 3 - We met Chiba-san at Tokyo station. It was the first time I've seen him since 1985. It was great. He took us on a local bus tour through the city. The Imperial Palace, Tokyo Tower, a Harbor Cruise and back to Asakusa (which was way more busy then we went there last.) A great day. And then we headed over to Imato Sando for some walking and dinner.

We're now in a rush to for day #4. Trying to make a plan and get ready. We are dead-beat tired, but push on we must!

Japan - Day 2

Japan - Day 03