I guess I forgot to turn it off when I was going to sleep.
I've never seen a white water kayaking event before.
Right now as I'm writing this, the USA basketball team is going against what I think is the Turkish team.
...
Sorry, I just checked, it's Tunisia.
So I've been exchanging emails with Ikumi and she told me that I should go to Sky Tree today.
I decided to go check it out since I haven't actually been there yet.
I had no idea how long it was gonna take, but I decided in the case that it didn't take ALL DAY, which it probably wouldn't, I'd go to Nakano.
I needed to buy stuff for people back home still.
And also I wanted to buy gifts for Ikumi and Mami, since I'm seeing them tomorrow.
So as of right now, I'm all alone again.
Just like in the beginning.
Lali's gone and the people who are still in Japan are in other parts (like Osaka).
I really prefer it this way.
It seems that, generally, the most fun I have is when I'm exploring Japan by myself.
The first stop was Sky Tree.
Remember when I went to Washinomiya (the Lucky Star town)?
I used the Sky Tree Line to get there.
So it wasn't super foreign to me.
If you refer to the train map again, I went from Nishi-kasai to Nihombashi, switched to Ginza, went to Asakusa, and then got to Sky Tree Line.
From there it was just one stop from Asakusa to the Sky Tree City.
I mean Sky Tree Town.
I got out of the station and was wondering where the hell Sky Tree was.
I mean, it can't be that hard...it's the tallest damn building in the entire area.
Turns out I was standing right under it.
I still wasn't sure how I was getting to the top so I followed the signs.
I was getting closer!
And I broke my back to take this picture:
So I found the entrance but I still didn't know what the hell I was doing.
How do I get to the top?
The map didn't really help me that much.
I turned the corner and BAM!
So this was the line to go up.
This line wrapped around all the corners of the building, and I guess it's even safe to say that this line might've been longer than the line at the hentai panel at last year's AX.
And I did see a sign that said "TICKETS" on it so you had to purchase a ticket on your way up.
Which is expected.
In the line there were a couple of interesting things.
Like 10-12 artist's interpretations of the Sky Tree.
And a giant panoramic animation of the city around the Sky Tree.
I think I probably spent around 30-60 minutes in the line.
Passed it by faster with music.
The ticket itself cost 2000 yen and before I knew it I was on my way up.
There was a line for a set of 4 elevators that would bring us to the 350m mark.
Now, I had been to Tokyo Tower, but I didn't go up, so this was my chance to get a bird's eye view.
The Sky Tree really reminded me of a Space Needle type structure.
When I was 350m up, I finally got the view I wanted.
The room was circular so I started walking around and getting different views.
It was crazy being this high (height, not weed).
There were a couple of things scattered around the room.
There was a folded screen with an older birds eye view.
There were also some people suspended on a scaffold cleaning the windows of the 350m level.
I have no idea how the scaffold is holding them up when their balls are so big.
There were also several screens replaying the fireworks show we saw a couple days back from the perspective of the tower.
There was an option to go up to the 450m level, but you had to pay another 1000. It was probably the same view, just smaller buildings, so I decided not to go that way. Besides, there was another long line for it.
So I went down a floor.
From here I went around getting more views.
There was even a Sky Tree shop on this level.
As I was making my way around, I noticed that some people were all gathered around something looking down.
I moved closer and saw that people were walking on glass floors.
It was pretty damn scary when I finally made my way on top of the glass.
After spending a total of around 30 minutes up there, I went back down.
God bless Ikumi for recommending this place to me.
Afterwards, I didn't wanna go back just yet, and as you probably saw earlier, there was an aquarium nearby called Sumida Aquarium.
Yes, please.
It was 2000 yen again, but worth it.
Why?
Cuz who the fuck doesn't like looking at fish?
I LOVE LOOKING AT FISH.
Then I paid the visit to the INFAMOUS TENTACLE MONSTER OF JAPAN.
I mean octopus.
And then some cleaner shrimp.
I found a crab pinching and beating the shit out of a fish. Poor thing.
I wandered over to a bridge where on my left was a giant area full of penguin-like birds.
On my right was a giant tank full of all kinds of things.
Before I went down a level, I looked at several more tanks.
So I made my way down so I could get a good look at the penguins.
Was not disappointed.
I also found a couple of baby sea turtles.
Shoutouts to Jeff T.
I almost missed the seals.
It was a pretty small aquarium, but a cool one nonetheless.
I had time so I headed over to Nakano to buy presents for people back home.
And then I went back.
I have one more full day tomorrow.
And back to Cerritos.
And then back to Irvine.
WHYYYY
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