Japanese Adventure Part II

As night fell a crowd gathered around a small stage in the middle of the mall. They were from Sweden and, as all traveling Swedes do, began to play with fire. It almost looks like they are spelling out words. More fire. And finale.

And what trip to Japan is complete without seeing at least one robot roaming the streets?

Ate dinner late at a cheap priced restaurant. The food was really good.

I didn't have enough money so I had to hit an ATM. The problem was I got the exchange rate of Korean and Japan confused and instead of taking out $50 I took out $500; overdrawing my account.

Saw probably the only dryer in the city as dryers are mainly used only in America.

Cool bridge. And view of the inside. Which was connected to another mall. Complete with cute shirts, good size arcade with the Taiko drum game and the crane game with gifts of chocolate or potato chips, and a movie theater.

Everything is cute in Japan, from the buses to the security guards.

Our tourism books said that the real happening place of the city was on the other side of the river. Turns out that is the prostitution area of the city. Amongst that we found a pet store. Who would have thought? Want a $600 kitten? How about some clothes for them?

Found another small restaurant where the food was great and the people were really friendly. Friendly until they gave us soup for "free" and then tried to charge us for it. Still, the soup was so good I would opt for going there again sometime in the future.

Street vendor cart. Briefly went to a temple of some sort. And another shot.

Next morning found a photo studio complete with a couple of Korean style dresses (a lot of Korean tourists come to this city). Can you find the Korean style dress amongst the Japanese?

Got my visa and got bad directions so I went to the wrong harbor. Went to the correct port just in time to see my ride sail away. Waited another hour and was able to hop onto a different boat.

I want to go back to Japan again but next time without the stress and with someone who knows the country / language.