Day 11 - Beautiful Sakura!!! (VIDEO)

In the morning we went to Yoyogi Park Station to go check out the Cherry Blossoms (Sakura). They only last for about 2 weeks of the year and I caught it right in time!
On our way there I spotted an EVO X!!!
There were some really old houses on the way also
And there was a Subaru R2
A nice classic MINI Cooper
And some Cherry Blossom trees on the way…
We finally arrived at the park
Paid 200 yen per person to get in
And our breath was taken away by all the Cherry Blossoms!
Here’s a 360 video of part of the park!

And a gallery of pictures I took:
Then for lunch we went to CoCo Curry House at Shibuya.
I ordered my favorite Tonkatsu Curry
Then we went to shop at Loft and Uniqlo
Then went to Roppongi
Went to a store called Don Quijote and bought my hair stuff
Then went to Tokyo Midtown again
Checked out the super nice Muji store
And Puma – The Black Store
At night we went back to Shibuya to have dinner at this Noodle & Rice place
It was one of those places where you pick your food and pay at the machine
Pork Soup Ramen
Clear Soup Ramen
Stir-fried Liver
Which was very good!!!

Day 9 - Toyota & Hotpot (now with VIDEO!)

Today we decided to go to Odaiba, the man-made island in Tokyo.
To get there we took:
Shibuya Station -> Tokyo Metro Ginza Line -> Shimbashi Station -> Yurikamome Line -> Daiba Station
On the Yurikamome Line, it was a fully automated bus-train hybrid system. It was like a train because it went on tracks, but it had wheels and tires like a bus.
We made sure we were able to sit in the front of the train so we can have a very cool view during the whole ride.
We crossed the Rainbow Bridge on our way there which was constructed just for the island. Here's a video of the train crossing the bridge:

At the Daiba Station, there was a complex called Aqua City where people went shopping at and that was where we had lunch.
Next to it was the headquarters of Fuji TV Station.
We decided to have something American, and were surprised that they actually had a Sizzler there…
So I ordered the Salad Bar
And Australian Olive Beef – which had a little too much pepper on it…
Afterwards we walked around the outside of the complex, and there was a miniature Statue of Liberty there.
When we were done, we took the train to the Aomi Station where the Toyota City Showcase was. It was a huge complex displaying all of the current offerings from Toyota.
You could even make advanced reservations to test-drive any vehicle you want.
They had quite a few cars there including:
The NEW Toyota Crown Athlete
At the Lexus stand was the IS-F
Electric Cars
Concept Cars
The bB
Rumion which is probably the xB in the US
Rush which looks like a chopped off RAV4
The NEW Land Cruiser
Supra
Blade which sort of looks like the new Matrix
Hybrid Wonderland which had the:
Estima Hybrid
Harrier Hybrid (Lexus RX400h)
Alphard Hybrid
The FCHV-4
Fine-X Concept Car
Afterwards we walked over to the Toyota Design Showcase and passed by a Ferris wheel.
Went shopping at Harajuku in between, and…
At night we went to “Little Fat Lamb” in Shibuya which was an international Hot Pot Chain.
We ordered a large non-spicy soup base which had all kinds of Chinese herbs, ginseng, garlic, ginger, etc.
And had Lamb
Beef
Shrimp & Pork Balls
Potato
Cabbage & Tofu
Orange Juice
Scallop
Noodles
At the end, we all enjoyed ourselves very much and loved the soup at the end which had flavors of everything we cooked in it! Yummy!