Tokyo, Japan Day 2 RAMEN AGAIN - 3 of 3

Our last stop on this last day in Tokyo was another RAMEN shop. We found many places to eat in the Shibuya area but we didn’t want pizza, bagels, burgers or many other Western foods that seem to be popular but just good old ramen. The highest ranked one had a long line which we were willing to stand on until someone on the line told us this ramen place was made famous in NYC! We opted for a brand new place just opened called ABURASOBA. Once again had fun ordering, paying, figuring the sides and then eating… while of course, slurping not biting the noodles. What a mess that makes.

Then we enjoyed watching people in the streets and the trains in all different situations and outfits. See photos for the most amazing story we saw. A little girl gets off the train right in front of us her shoe falls off between the train and the platform, the train is still in the station. In “most” cities, the shoe would be gone but not Tokyo. Here, within 2 minutes there were 3 trainmen, one supervisor and they quickly considered the situation. Within another 2 minutes one ran and got a few tools: a broom, a grabber, a stick, a pointy spear, etc and the train was moved up just enough for them to reach their tools down and retrieve the shoe without upsetting the train schedule! Within 5 minutes we had a happy family and the girl had her shoe back.

On the way back we got to see the sights on another train and once again the famous Statue of Liberty!En savoir plus