today it was very sunny and clear! so we decided to run around (walked over 10 miles again today, easily) finding key spots from Lost in Translation as well as a trip to yokohama (about 30 minutes away on a train) to go to cosmo world!
first, we headed to the post office to exchange our postal money order for more yen, then went to an awesome arcade which was by stop #1 for Lost in Translation (LiT) scenes where erik won me this ADORABLE CAT PRIZE on only his 3rd try!!!
but i liked the one with the other colors more, so the ticket guy exchanged it for me :)
here it is!
HOW CUTE! america needs to have more "compete for cutest thing ever" contests haha
anyway! here is stop #1 for LiT scenes! the final scene! it was cool to see it in person
(my pictures: one facing up the alley, one facing down) this alley is actually not well-known. like...it's just an alley. not a main street or anything, so it was cool we were able to find it!
(actual scene from the movie, facing up the alley)
since we were so close to the tokyo metropolitan building and it was a super clear day today (unlike last time when it was raining) we headed to the top to see if we could see mt. fuji this time
WE COULD! it was PERFECT conditions today :) so awesome to see it from this far!
you can see it in the distance as well as our hotel all the way on the left (for our last night in japan, the park hyatt tokyo)
us with a barely visible mt. fuji between us! haha
this is the meiji jingu garden from above. the one we always walk though, and where we saw the wedding happen :)
back down on the ground, we stopped by the park hyatt to take a quick pic. see you again on our last day!!!
okay, back on track with finding LiT scenes. this one was HARD to find, and we walked FOREVER to find it haha...it's where bob and charlotte had sushi. super tiny hole-in-the-wall place:
(scene from the movie) and we saw that guy they are talking to!!! he is the actual owner! so that was cool :)
NEXT!
the arcade where charlotte wanders around:
(scene from the movie)
NEXT!
where bob and charlotte have their awful lunch:
another super hard place to find!
(scene from the movie) it was VERY expensive!!!!
NEXT! AND LAST!
where they go karaoke!
(scene from the movie)
so that was pretty cool to see a lot of the places they went to in the film, in person :) after all that walking, we needed FOOD!
this place is awesome. we have eaten here twice already haha...i know we're in japan, but sometimes you just want good ol' delicious italian haha...and they do a GREAT job. this pasta is soooo good. and that cupcake looking thing was also absolutely amazing.
after lunch, it was time for THIS:
erik's worst nightmare. he's afraid of heights haha...poor guy. but he was the best guy ever and went on with me!
this whole place is called cosmo world, in yokohama, and it was pretty cool. all i really cared to go on was the cosmo clock (the giant ferris wheel), but it was cool to see the other options too.
fun games
rollercoaster thing WHILE spinning
log ride
rollercoaster that "disappears" under the water ;)
ice world, which was -22ยบ inside!!!
a two-story carousel!
and various other rides to make you throw up haha
we also got a delicious crepe!
they love to show the plastic food options everywhere ;)
here was ours! it had bananas, and cream, and chocolate syrup. oh my, was it good
but back to the cosmo clock!!!
we got on, and up we went! it was 15 minutes to go around the whole thing
erik was...doing okay hahaha
and then he got better :)
we were super high up though...
we could even see a putt-putt course on top of another building!
heading back down...
and back on the ground again :)
it was getting darker, and also colder, but luckily, we are in japan and that can be cured by a hot coffee in a vending machine!!!
PERFECT!!!!
we waited for it to get completely dark so we could get a few cool night shots:
whee!
then we ran into the cosmo world arcade to warm up a bit more before heading all the way back to shinjuku
so many toys!
these are also very popular in japan. girls get SUPER dressed up and put on their perfect makeup to take some fun pics in photobooths :)
oh, and of course we played some games haha
another LONG day, but very fun!
Wow! I don't know where to begin...it all looks so amazing and cool! Japan should pay you guys because you are an advertisement for visiting their country. The LiT pics are funny, can't believe you found those places. I'm proud of you, Erik, for getting on the ferris wheel - not sure I could have done it! So glad you had a sunny day, too!! XO
ReplyDeleteI loved the Cosmo Clock!
ReplyDeleteYou were so close to the Landmark Tower- I should have told you to go there! It has the fastest elevator in the world, (it's in one of your photos) and you can see a panoramic view of the entire harbour. Oh well! Looks like an absolutely fantastic trip so far!
-mrs.jesse (July 2010)
aw, that would have been cool! oh well, it's okay :) and you're right, we are having a blast so far! :D
ReplyDeleteAmazing pics, I have been trying to find out of context photos of Lost In Translation for a while. I have the script and I am amazed by how many places you two were able to find. Great work!
ReplyDeletethanks!!! it was a LOT of walking around that day, but it was cool to find the places in person :)
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