Day 11 - Earthquake in Tokyo!

It was our last day with Fred and Lisa so we exchanged contact info and wished each other luck for the rest of our holidays. Fred and Lisa had decided to take our advice in Kyoto and go to Himegi on Lisa’s birthday. She said it was the highlight of her trip.

Glad to oblige!

Friends in Japan (Taken by what I think was a crossing guard)

Funnily enough, Sandy and I had seen a street sign that cracked us up on the way back from Himegi. We liked it so much we took a picture. It turned out that F&L had seen the same sign and taken a photo too! Great minds and all….

Said sign

We popped into the herb museum where Sandy got a beautiful bottle of saki with a cherry blossom in the bottom of the bottle. (I’m still kicking myself for not getting one!) and headed to the train station with Gideon, who was accompanying us back to Tokyo.

In Shinjuku, we parted way and made plans to meet up in Ueno Park for Sakura (Cherry Blossom Festival) and picture taking.

Sandy and I continued to Ryokan Kangetsu, our next (and last) stop of the holiday. Our room was stunning It was HUGE. Much bigger than any room we’d been in so far. There was a mural of My Fuji along one wall, two really comfy looking futons on tatami mats, a table, TV, fridge, tea service complete with a thermos of hot water and plenty of storage for our luggage (which we’d had to heft up the narrowest staircase EVER – another third floor room.)

Our room in Kangetsu

We set off again almost right away looking for food and found a restaurant called “Mario’s” (On the east side of Japan so… East side Mario’s? Eh bada-boom bada-bing)

It was pretty late by the time we left Mario’s (Japanese restaurant staff are SO friendly and love to chat with tourists.) that we settled in for the night marvelling over the noises that the coffeepot made (it was talking!) and Sandy desperately trying to get any TV channel that wasn’t porn.

When we had just about drifted off, I felt the floor shake. I brushed it off ad nothing and started to doze again when it shook again ..HARD.

“What are you doing?” I aksed Sandy

“Cause I can make the whole building shake!” She replied sarcastically.

This is when we realized it was an earthquake! The whole building proceeded to rock and roll queasily and we were so shocked that neither of us got up to stand in the doorway. (Proper procedure as explained in the hotel manual.)

Eventually, the shaking subsided and we both went to sleep again, if a little uneasy.

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