Embassy party!!

Well, the embassy party was at the end of the day. The rest of the day was left for Richard and I to tour Tokyo.

We started out going to see Seiritsu High School, where he works as the International Department Manager and school karate team coach.

From there, we headed to Akihabara- better known as the electronics capital of Tokyo. Tons and tons of stores for all things electronic and otherwise hobby-esque. Replica bb-gun shops to model airplanes to Gundam figurines to comics to video games- it's all there.

After that, we went to the Sumo museum and the Edo-Tokyo museum which chronicles the change from Edo Japan to the more modern Tokyo Japan. That's the Edo-Tokyo Museum in the picture.

From there, we headed to Harajuku to find oddly dressed people although, being a public holiday, they weren't out in full force. But some of those people wear some pretty darn wacky clothes. They don't even usually dress up as anything in particular, they just like giant polka dot cat ears and hooker boots with tutus and stuff. Weird.

Then, two rather large shopping districts are reachable- Shibuya and Shinjuku. As is the rest of Tokyo, each district caters to a specific taste and lifestyle so there's a district to suit your needs and wants. Shibuya is also home to the world's busiest intersection crossing, with what basically boils down to as ensuing madness once the cars stop for the light. It's pretty interesting to be a part of but ever more interesting to watch from the second story giant Starbucks right on the corner.

After that, we headed to the embassy to watch some fireworks (which lasted for an hour!) and met some Canadian officials and embassy workers. The ambassador was there and I saw a bit of his house near the embassy. It looks a bit like the white house. Unfortunately, my camera died so you'll have to wait til I get the pictures from Richard before I can put up more.

But all in all, a whirlwind day- although most of those places in Tokyo deserve a revisited. You can spend more than one day in one district to really see it all and seing as I have many many days left, I intend on doing that.