Crystal and Erik in Japan: Aquariums

Okay, it's been a while since this blog's been updated so let me get to work.

First up, we went to two aquariums in June and July. The first is in a neighborhood of Tokyo called Shinagawa. It wasn't a huge aquarium, but fun nonetheless.

The outside of the aquarium had a nice little pond and park. Nice scenery.

Nemo! Actually there are a lot of little Nemos. Seemed like every little kid who stopped by this tank yelled out, "Mama, Nemo!"

Not much to say here, just like the look he's given me.

A dolphin doing what dolphins do best, leaping through hoops.

Well, after a day at the aquarium, we both had quite an appetite. It occurred to us that we were close to Roppongi, the area a lot of foreigners hang out. This meant western food, more specifically, a TGI Friday. Expense (1600 yen), but really, really tasty burgers. Crystal was happy to have Fridays.

Since we were in Roppongi, we decided to take a walk over to Tokyo Tower and go up for some pictures of the city at night. Along the way we peered down an alleyway and spotted the littlest restaurant ever. That's it with the little yellow roof. Looks like it holds maybe four customers.

Tokyo Tower from below. It's Tokyo's answer to the Eiffel Tower.

A tour bus with a Hello Kitty theme.

A few pictures of Tokyo from the first observation deck of Tokyo Tower.

From the first observation deck, you can step on these windows and look down to the ground below (about 150 meters down). The Japanese guys walking by kept jumping on the window to show their girlfriends how brave they were.

Crystal found a restaurant with her name written all over it. Hmm, I wonder what that expression means.

Erik found a Baskin Robbins ice cream cone with his name written all over it. "Challenge the Triple!"

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We decided to do the aquarium thing again, so we went to Sea Paradise park in Yokohama.