We started the day off sort of late but headed over the Zojoji Temple not very far from the hotel and then found the Tokugawa graveyard behind the temple. There was a man there who was tending a grave and he told us his friend had bought 4 plots in there at a cost of 5 million yen per plot. This is just the space and does not include any of the stonework which would likely also fall into the millions of yen because there appears to be a high end requirement there. For the sake of mentioning it that would be over $45000 US dollars per plot. So he spent somewhere near $190000 USD and still has to spend a ton more per plot to get the stonework in. The man said it is the most expensive cemetery in all of Tokyo. I believe him based on what we saw there.
From the graveyard we went to the Tokyo Tower and apparently just before the rush started to arrive we bought tickets to the main observatory which is something towards the effect of 150 meters up. Because Scott had to take his bus out at 11:40am we couldn’t wait through the line to go to the upstairs observatory which another 50 meters or so up I think. In any event the view is gorgeous up there and we may go back during a different time of day so we can take some pictures of the area with different sun as the coastal area was all drowned in rising daylight. After that we sort of ducked through the shops in the Tokyo Tower City underneath the tower and then headed back to the hotel to send Scott off. When there we made reservations for the rest of us to take the Mt. Fuji and Hakone tour on Tuesday.
When Scott was properly sent off we headed to Tokyo Station and purchased tickets to Nagoya for Monday. The added benefit of the rail pass is we can return from the Fuji Tour quicker at no extra cost. By the time we had our tickets purchased we had lunch then headed to Ginza to do a teeny bit of shopping. We found some book stores and a music store amongst others. From there we headed back to the hotel to regroup for a bit before going out at night.
I decided to check and to point I have taken almost 2300 pictures. I promise not all of them are good but many are.
We pretty much took it easy for the rest of the night going up the street to a restaurant that we have no idea the name of. It is only listed in Japanese even with the business card. There were a lot of interesting things on the menu and I think we all liked it. When we came in the girl that greeted us was practically shouting at us to come with her and seated us in a closed off booth area with two tables. In the other table was a group of three, two guys and a girl. The girl was completely drunk out of her mind. At one point she had to go to the bathroom and when she got out of the booth area she went the wrong way. Moments later one of the guys with her was steering her towards the bathroom across the opening. It was very comical to see. She could stand and walk but there was no doubt that she was going to feel it the next morning. Somehow though the place was a smoking place they had very good ventilation so that when we stayed for a couple extra drinks it wasn’t a cloud of nicotine. We all appreciated that. By the way, they shouted at everyone that came in.
That was pretty much the end of our night and we decided to get in early so we could be rested for our Nagoya trip.
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