Tokyo Day 1

Four hours by Shinkansen was all it took for us to get to Tokyo, which is about 1000km away from where we live. Quite amazing, isn't it?? That means we were travelling at an average speed of 250kph with stops at Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya and Shin Yokohama. As usual, Rob loved the train trip.
We arrived at Shinagawa station, and we looked for the hotel I had booked on the net. It was supposed to be 5 mins walk from the station but there were so many buildings it took us 15 mins to figure out how to get there. I totally lost my temper, and kept saying “I HATE Tokyo!!” and a few more words that I shouldn’t have said in the crowd. For once it was Rob who was calm and telling me to settle down there was no rush!!
We finally found the hotel, after several misleading directions, and on checking in found that we have been upgraded to a room where you had a great view of the city and could see the Tokyo Tower. That cooled me down a lot more than Rob telling me to calm down.
We then caught up with Matt and Joy Venz, friends from Melbourne, currently living and working in Tokyo. We had a lovely afternoon with them in a great coffee shop we found very close to our hotel. Then Matt and Joy took us on a walk and showed us which trains to catch to get to Odaiba. Tokyo is huge!!!!
In Odaiba we visited a car theme park and saw the latest Prius wagon which seats 7 people but still has the same economy rate as the Prius sedan. An amazing vehicle. There were also many other Toyota hybrid vehicles that we don’t have in Australia, like the Ractus (small & boxy), Harrier (similar to the Kluger but more sleek) the the Bb (similar to the Ractus). They are all capable of getting about 40kpl which is pretty incredible considering the size of the bigger vehicles listed here.
It is only our first day but I am already exhausted!!! I have decided to have a late start tomorrow.