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2015/06/02 Japan 2015 Day 1: Tokyo
π 2015-06-02 01:01 in Japan, Japan2015, Ntrips, Trips

Nice view from the room at the Chinzanso Hotel
Nice view from the room at the Chinzanso Hotel

While waiting for my dad to arrive, I went to Yoyogi Park and Meiji Jingu shrine, which was quite peaceful around 08:00 when I arrived:


seeing sake offerings is typical
seeing sake offerings is typical


but seeing French wine from bourgogne region was unexpected
but seeing French wine from bourgogne region was unexpected




museum
museum



Next, I went to nearby Harajuku, and its Takeshita Dori shopping street with all the kids wearing weird clothes :)




Fuck all you for 980, that's a good price :)
Fuck all you for 980, that's a good price :)

I then went back to the hotel to go meet my dad, and we went to Sunshine City. Unfortunately Sunshine 60, the top floor view deck, had just closed a month earlier, but we got a few views from the 59th floor restaurant:

driving school on top of a building :)
driving school on top of a building :)


They also had a small aquarium on top of one of the buildings. Unfortunately it was too small for some of the animals they had in there :-


mandarin fish
mandarin fish




the sunfish was in a tank way too small for its size
the sunfish was in a tank way too small for its size



I love small cuttlefish
I love small cuttlefish

mud skippers are also super cool
mud skippers are also super cool


that toad comes flat
that toad comes flat

Their reef tank was a bit small, like the rest, but had some nice fish:


Poor zebra shark, it got handled like a puppy :)
Poor zebra shark, it got handled like a puppy :)


By then, my dad was quite tired due to jetlag, so he went back to our room to sleep, and I went to see a couple of Neko Cafes that were nearby, because it's fun :)




this chat is so messed up :)
this chat is so messed up :)


it got its own pillow even :)
it got its own pillow even :)

I then went around Ikebukuro and checked out some game rooms:



Some players are quite serious and skilled:

By then it was time to get back to our room and pick up my dad to go out to Shinjuku for dinner and going to Robot Restaurant:








And that was it for our first day. Not too bad considering we just got off the plane :)

The next day, I went to Linuxcon JP 2015, where I spent 3 days and gave my talk on docker.

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