Tokyo, Japan - Day 2 of 2

Checked out of our hotel around 8:30 this morning and saw the city awaken. Compared to last night, streets were deserted. We wanted to have breakfast at the Shibuya Crossing area and realized that the best view of the action would be from the Starbucks on the square. Got ourselves our breakfast and parked ourselves on the second floor overlooking the square and finalized the plans for our day.

We’d decided to forego visiting museums and temples and instead explore a few neighbourhoods by subway. The Tokyo subway is expansive and we found it simple to navigate. We managed to get to Shinjuku, Dengama and Akihanara. Akihabara is where Tokyo's geek culture and curious tourists come to shop for the latest gadgets, software, electronics, manga and toys. We felt we got a sampling of the city but didn’t do it justice. We’d welcome spending more time here.

Once back on board, we got ready to celebrate our friend Rose’s 60th birthday.Read more