Day 22 - Edo-Tokyo Museum and Shibuya

This morning we headed to the Edo-Tokyo Museum which tracks the history of the city from it's days as the feudal capitol (Edo) from 1600-1870 to the modern city before and after WWII. We had a nice English speaking guide who guided us through and made it fun for the kids (but they got sick of walking).

Then, we found a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant where the main floor was full, so they put us on the 3rd floor all by ourselves... yummy!

The kids wanted to go home for a rest at this point, and they have been following us all over the Tokyo subway system so we let them take the train home to our apartment by themselves and Angela and I went to Tokyo Dome City, a small amusement park. We didn't do much amusment-ing, but did splurge for a ride on the "Tokyo Panic Cruise" attraction which was a 3D "ride" where you flew around Tokyo following some cartoon characters while the car bumped and spun around - I bravely managed not to puke. 

We were glad to find the girls safe and sound back at the apartment, and rested for a few hours before heading back across town to Shibuya, 

where Lila finally got to meet Hachiko, who she's been talking about since we arrived in Japan.

Then we went to dinner at Uobei Sushi which is a high-tech version of conveyor belt sushi where you order on a screen and your sushi zooms to your seat. Most of the girls were not feeling adventurous, but found chicken nuggets and fries and ice cream to satisfy them. I had plenty of sushi and Angela even ordered the "burger nigiri."

It was getting late, but we decided to go a few stops further to see the LDS Tokyo Temple at night. The building fills the lot, you can almost touch it from the street.

Also, here is a panorama daytime view from the apartment rooftop.

Long, fun day. Tomorrow we plan to get out of town a bit and see a festival in Kuki, about an hour from here.

疲れちゃった。