Day 16 Last Full Day in Japan

We woke up and it was raining in Tokyo. We had breakfast (a big deal in Japan – you wouldn’t believe all of the food they serve). We then did our first part of packing, we are leaving tomorrow. We wanted to make sure everything could fit in our suitcases. We think we are ok.

We then took a taxi in the rain to the Kabuki Theater. We really enjoyed it. They do something very smart. They rent headsets radios that you stick in one ear. They broadcast during the show an explanation of what is happening in English. You hear through the other ear the Japanese being spoken on stage. This not a translation but an interpretation of what is going on. It makes it very clear. It was a wonderful performance.

Since it was raining the best thing to do was to go inside some big department store and shop We did! We then went to a Chinese restaurant for Dim Sum lunch (got that Billie?). Then we went to the Sony Building where they have all of the Sony Computers and other technology on display. Lots of computers that aren’t yet available in the USA. It was interesting for me, I think Cathy wanted to get back to shopping.

We then walked down Ginza and went to an amazing watch complex. There were separate glass elevators for every brand of watch. The elevators had displays of the watches built into them. If you were interested in a particular watch, you would enter the glass elevator for that watch and be slowly elevated to the floor that sold the watch.

Then back to the hotel, a little more packing and we both had massages in the hotel room. It was a true Japanese Shiatsu Massage, not pleasurable, but you felt good when it ended. Kind of like Thai Massage!

We then went over to the Conrad Hotel (if is very close) for a final dinner in Tokyo. They have a great bar overlooking the city. I had a Samurai Martini and Cathy had a glass of wine. Gordon Ramsey has a bistro there, and we went for a non-Japanese dinner. Lots of meat, no fish and a great bottle of wine (no Sake). We then went back to our hotel to bed. Tomorrow we leave for the airport at 1pm. Back to the States. It has been a great trip!

There will be some corrections to this blog I will do when I return. Betty sent me some about the Okinawa artists, Cathy says there are some miss-spellings (what else is new). I want to put some hyperlinks to places we went so you can read more.

Once again thanks to Betty for showing us Okinawa, to Nancy Craft at Esprit and Jill at Santa Fe Weaving Gallery to putting together an amazing adventure.