Tour of Tokyo

So its my last night in Tokyo before heading to the land I'll be living in for the next year of my life, so I decided to walk around a bit with a couple friends I made at Orientation. First, a shot from my hotel window. Who knew there were so many trees in Tokyo?

What should you expect if you ever visit this place? Lots of these...

And, lots of these...


That's right, a cigarette vending machine. 4 years ago cigs were 300 Yen out of the machine, now they are 320...still not worth the tar in your lungs!

Next, we searched for a whole in the wall restaurant, and boy did we find it. Classic Ramen shop, just what I wanted. for 7 bucks, I got a huge, huge bowl of amazing Ramen. Pork, noodles, Egg, and greens with seaweed on top. Old fashion ticket ordering was something I had forgotten, here's the ticket machine:

And the ramen we ordered from the ticket machine

I was just astounded by its deliciousness. After I finished, I asked my buddy what he thought the little floaty white things were in my broth... He said, 'I know exactly what they are, balls of FAT'.

Wow, no wonder why it was so good. To make the situation more gluttonously perfect, the guy workin came back around and offered us a second bowl on the house. We couldn't resist. The only thing missin? Something to drink...

We visited a 7-11 next door, which apparently sold liquor. Check out this bottle sittin on the shelf.

Ok, now lets analyze this... 2.7 liters (over a half gallon...) 25% alcohol (pretty darn strong), for 1280 Yen (roughly 13 bucks). No wonder why so many Japs are alcoholics. The place was full of ridiculously cheap liquor and beer. But I had my sights set on yet another somethin somethin I've been cravin for a while...

There's few things like getting to meander through the streets, waving to cops while drinkin a beer. It may be just because drinkin open bottles on the street is illegal in America, but it sure seems like a treat. We chilled on the bridge, watching the Toyko night life pass us by while enjoying good ole Japanese brewskies.

On the way back we ran into a bookstore. For those that can't read it, it says, "ROWAN bookstore" I peeped inside, it was a porno shop.

Oh Tokyo, how I'll miss you...