Before we left we shifted our time by 4 hours over a week. Our flight was 10 hours. So we’re all messed up, but not too bad. We slept pretty good last night waking up about 3:30 am but mostly back to sleep until 5ish. We had a busy day and I’m tired and would love a nap. But I’m staying awake until 8 or 9 tonight!
It was cool and rainy. There were no available time slots for the museum in Tokyo we wanted to visit so we went to Yokohama, a 55-minute train ride away.
- It’s the 2nd largest Japanese city.
- Most of the city was destroyed in the 1923 Kento earthquake
- It was also heavily damaged in WWII
The morning's commute was interesting. Most everyone wears black or navy suits or clothing. The station was very quiet for a busy train station and riding the trains are quiet and no public eating or drinking.
In Yokohama we picked up a Hard Rock pin, went up to the SkyGarden in the Landmark Tower, about 69 stores tall, 2nd tallest building in Japan. This is earthquake area so that’s about as tall as it gets. The last big quake was 7.9 in 1923.
We walked around the Minato Mira area near the waterfront. Visited the Red Brick Warehouse, Cosmo Clock 21, a giant Ferris wheel then took the Sky Cabin gondola back to the train station.
It was raining harder & we were done. It was just our first day. We had a little break to relax & dry off in our room. Japanese food for dinner. The restaurant was close which was nice because it was still raining. Unfortunately it turned out to be a greasy spoon. Chopstick.
Describing some of the pictures: the sailing ship, Maru, is now retired but trained many students.
We only went to the gift shop at the Cup of Noodles Museum, too many people.
They repurposed an old dry-dock, it’s at the base of a cool building.
Some cool building in Yokohama. That’s what happens when your city gets destroyed.
Enjoy the pictures and the two short videos.