Tokyo!: Aqua City Odaiba

Our main outing today was a drive to Aqua City Odaiba, which is a big shopping center/office complex built on a man-made island in Tokyo Bay. Alan booked a car with a car-share company, and was brave enough to drive in Tokyo on the "wrong" side of the road. It was pretty scary! (But not because he was driving.)

We crossed the Rainbow Bridge over to the island and parked in the deck. We passed a pet store and just had to stop. The people here (at least in Tokyo) are really serious about pampering their dogs! Most of the dogs we see are the small fluffy kind, and many are wearing clothes.

The next stop was Toys r Us....which seems to be thriving in Tokyo. It was packed with shoppers. The "toy noise" was almost deafening! Kent picked out a toy for Grandma to buy for him.

Then, we ate lunch in the food court. There's a Burger King, but we got Japanese food. I had a noodle/vegetable bowl, but the only fork they had were kiddie forks, so I had to make do! It came with a spoon, but it's not one you can eat with since it's so deep. I think it's for scooping up bits to pick up with chopsticks.

We spent a few minutes in the "100 Yen" store, but Kent was needing his nap, and we needed to return the car, so had to hurry back.

After nap, we played with the new toys!