Tokyo was a lot of fun, very busy. Eric and I took the shinkansen from Sendai on Friday evening after Eric's work. We had dinner in Sendai, and got on a fairly empty shinkansen to Tokyo, of course the shink became a lot busier closer to Tokyo. We arrived in Tokyo station around 8pm and went straight to Shibuya. Once in Shibuya we had a really hard time trying to find a hotel, it was sooooo crowded - Shibuya is known for its night life we didn't find this out till after the trip, but we guessed that much while there - we had some coffee to try to get out of the crowds and just to gather our wits to try to find a hotel. We ended up asking a cashier at Family Mart (convenience store), and then walked the whole street where we were told they'd be and finally Eric listened to my suggestion and we found a hotel once we came off the main street. So we picked out a room that had a nice bath, and relaxed! In the middle of the night (3am) there was an earthquake! It was so neat to feel the shaking - it wasn't big so no worries.

We left the next morning to start our day at around 10:00. We found a nice coffee shop and had some coffee to wake us up. I made banana bread on Friday before we left so we snacked on that before coffee. After coffee we went to the big bookstore across the street and looked at the English book selection, almost bought a couple but decided we didn't really need them. Then we made our way to Shibuya station, put our stuff in a locker (so we didn't have to pack it around Harajuku) and went to Harajuku! It was neat, we were fairly early so the crowds weren't as bad. We were able to browse the stores fairly easily and we walked all over Harajuku before actually shopping, we also went for another coffee (I had a Italian soda). We went for lunch at a little ramen shop, and had Tokyo ramen, its weird because there is a difference between the Northern ramen and the Southern ramen, Tokyo ramen was alot saltier then the ramen we had in Sendai and Natori. Then we did our shopping! Eric got a pair of cool pants, and a casual button up shirt. As Eric and I were walking on the main street this guy comes up to Eric and starts talking about stuff and then wants to show his new store to Eric. So we walk to the store with him, and its a store for big guys, not fat, but very tall and broad shoulders! There was a guy from Montreal there and Eric and him spent most of the time talking French, while the guy trying to make the sale went to find something that might actually fit Eric without making him look like a little kid borrowing his dad's clothes. Once Eric found a shirt that was nice, there was no way of getting out of buying it, but what was odd was Eric was able to bargain for it!! Then I got a skirt, I was very lucking with the one that I liked because it only came in one size but it fit perfectly!! It's not tiny and its punky - it has red skulls on it. After that I found a cool white mesh shirt. Then the best find of the day! Boots and shoes! I got really really cool boots! Eric also bought a pair of shoes that are pretty awesome! I also bought a t-shirt that had clip on sleeves for when i want it to be a hoodie. (Eric noticed the day after I bought the zip-up t-shirt/hoodie that the hood has cat ears on it :S! lol I don't mind I prolly won't wear the hood and it's kinda cute. After shopping we walked to Meji Shrine in our new gear. There was a wedding happening at the shrine and afterwards as we were just leaving, we were able to see the bride up close with her new husband. She was very very traditional looking, we didn't take a picture as we didn't know if it would be rude or not. Eric also found a belt to wear with his pants later on. We went for supper at a nice little curry place. The waiter/owner was from Nepal and has lived in Tokyo for four years. He was very nice and wanted to keep talking to us throughout our meal. He even brought us tea afterwards on the house so we could chat a bit more :) After supper we walked down Harajuku street once more as it was now dark, but it was soooo crowded. So we went back to Shibuya where we coffee hopped a bit. Eric taught me Japanese and we moved from coffee shop to coffee shop. Afterwards we started looking for another hotel. We found a really cool one with awesome rooms - black lights galore!.

Sunday we got out a little earlier and had breakfast at the same coffee shop we went to the morning before. We put our stuff in a locker again, and made our way to Tokyo Disney Resort. It was very busy on the train, and even more busy at the Disney Resort stop. We then had to buy train tickets to get to Disney Sea. Once we got to Disney Sea we had to wait in a 3 hour long lineup to get into the park :( That was not fun, but Eric and I talked and people watched and it helped pass the time. We finally got into the actually amusement park at about 2pm. It was busy. We walked around for while, explored a castle. Had some lupper. Walked around once more looking at lineup times (they were all over an hour and a half) played in the little mermaid area and explored the 'underwater' caves. Went to look at line up times again and saw that Storm Rider sas 70 min so we decided to wait, but the wait was actually 40min :) So that was a nice surprise. We went over to Adventure Land and got in the line for Indiana Jones and waited just under an hour for that ride :) It was fun. Next we decided to wait for Raging Spirits (right beside Indiana Jones) since the estimated times seemed to be high. Well this line sucked! We waited for more then the estimated time (1 hour) because they were (the staff) letting 30 - 40 fast-tickets (fast-tickets are people who bought a ticket for a certain time, so they can wander the grounds while waiting for their time to ride. Eric and I thought about getting some fast-tickets but were too late as all were closed when we decided to get some) through and only 10 or less of the regular line. It wouldn't have been so bad if it was 20 to 10 or the same amount like they were doing on the other rides but this one didn't seem to be managed well. But I think it may have been the best ride! It was fast, there were sharp drops and corners, and even a 360 degrees loop!!!! It was great because it was short enough I didn't have to worry about getting motion sickness. After that we got blackpepper popcorn, and went to Future Island, and waited in line for 2000 leagues under the sea. That was also fun. It was closing time after that, but we thought is we hurried we may be able to catch Journey to the Center of the Earth but we couldn't so we slowly made our way out. My feet were killing me by this time, as they were hurting yesterday already! I could barely walk! Eric waited in line while I sat on the side for our train tickets back to the main station. Once we got Shibuya we walked around again looking for a hotel and finally found one! This one had the hugest bathroom I ever saw! It had a HUGE Victorian style bathtub and a little t.v in the bathroom even!

Monday morning we went for breakfast at the same coffee shop again, and afterwards left to Tokyo station to get on a shink back to Sendai. We got home in the early afternoon and vegged the rest of the day! Our feet were so sore from our 14 to 16 hour days! But it was nice to be back home and somewhere familiar!