Hayward Japanese Garden
I didn’t know Hayward had a Japanese Garden. I went to check it out and spent a couple hours there. Very nice spot and they Koi pond was very large and gorgeous.
Author: Roger
Final Night in Akihabara
After getting back from Nakano Broadway, we had to do some shopping and Akihabara was the spot we went to.
We came upon a bunch of anime plastered cars and I talked to a few people about their cars. I took pictures of Jacob in front of them too.
Nakano Broadway
We then decided to go to Nakano Broadway, this is where there are tons of stuff. We jumped on the Saikyo line to Shinjuku Station, then got on the Chuo line to Nakano Station.
It was a long walk through a covered shopping street. Then I saw the sign!
The ground level floor had clothes and supermarket and food. I thought I might have gotten Nakano Broadway wrong (it is suppose to be the better alternative to Akihabara). Then we started seeing all the shops!!! Robot Robot, Elf, Mandarake… I couldn’t believe my eyes!!!
Okay.. that was dope. I started to go to the other side of the floor and that is when my heart started to pound!!! M.U.S.C.L.E and Battle Beasts… Old skool Tomicas…
Sunshine city Pokemon Center
I didn’t take many pictures because this place was too packed.
There was a huge line to get in and check out.
So not only was it Oban Festival and Mountain day (national holidays for Japan), but it was Pokemon Festival too.
All the times I’ve seen Pokemon Centers, they have always been busy… this day, it was extreme!!!
Tokyo Dome city
Tokyo Dome City is one of the many amusement parks in Tokyo. Jacob and I went here and we did a few rides and ate.
He wanted to do the Sky Flower, which is the go up and drop down. As a big guy, this was a fear! LOL, but I did it twice with him.
47 Ronin Gravesite
I had waken up earlier to pack a few things and map out where to go.
I wanted to visit the Sengaku-ji Temple. This is the place where the 47 Ronin and their master are buried. If you don’t know the history of the 47 Ronin, it is about loyalty and gruesome revenge.
47 Ronin history
We arrived and Sengaku-ji Station and walked about a block to the temple. I took time to read many of the signs. It was really interesting.
Pokemon Festival
So after Satoshi-san dropped us off, I was going to take Jacob to Pokemon Center. Earlier when Satoshi-san picked us up, we saw a few Pikachu around.
Well, there was a LONG line at the Pokemon Center. But it was also a Pikachu Festival!!!
Near the water was a Pokemon show, tons of stuff!
Yokohama Port Symbol Tower
Nice place to visit. It wasn’t busy and on a clear day, I think it would yield very nice views.
Very cool to just check and and walk around.
Satoshi-san brought us here and we went around. Stairs all the way up and it is free!
Trick Art Museum – Odaiba
I am glad we checked this out. We had tons of fun. But there were tons of people and that kinda made it difficult to take pictures. People were also taking way too long that others had to seriously wait.
Aqua City Odaiba
After a journey on the Yurikamome Line, we reached Aqua City. It was busy and the places I wanted to hit up had lines!!!
Something was going on at the Fuji TV building as there was a large crowd.
Aqua city itself was packed.
There was a Shonen Jump celebration also going on!!!
