Shinjuku

We spent three days in Tokyo for our 10th anniversary. This is a side street right outside of Shinjuku Station. It was crowded everywhere we went in Tokyo.

This city would be an A.D.D. person's dream. Large screen tvs playing, cars and people rushing about, neon lights, restaurants galore, crosswalks chirping (to let you know when to cross), Cameron Diaz dancing with an umbrella on a big screen (cell phone ad), several different languages being spoken, trains going by...we loved it!

This is Shinjuku Staion. An average of 3.6 million people used this station PER DAY in 2007 and it has over 200 exits.


This building looked cool at night. You can see that the train from Shinjuku Station goes right by it.

I now know of 2 Krispy Kremes in Japan. This one was very close to our hotel. The sign says "35 minute wait." We saw the wait as high as 50 minutes. We wouldn't wait five minutes for Krispy Kreme in the U.S.

Obviously, we are not in the U.S. anymore and a donut from Krispy Kreme is worth the wait. We had a grapefruit filling donut that was really good. Much better than Mister Donuts, but not quite up to Dunkin Donuts level.

Here's our New Sunroute hotel room in Shinjuku. Erik was flat against the wall when he took this picture. I tried to get out of the way, but still managed to be in the picture! It was not a planned shot, although it looks it. There were pajamas folded neatly on the bed and every amenity you would need except for a change of clothes.