Forgot to mention dinner last night. Since we ate a late lunch, we weren't overly hungry so we went to a sushi bar with the plates that go around on a conveyor belt. If you didn't see what you want, you could order off of a tablet provided. Each item comes on a specific colored plate that indicates the price. At the end the cashier scans the pile of plates with a gizmo and it gives him the total bill. We had one beer, one wine spritzer and about six pieces of nagiri each for $25 total. Very good deal for Tokyo and it was delicious!
Woke up to lots of wind and rain so we lazed around. After a late breakfast at a place called Eggs 'n Things, a Hawaiian restaurant chain (no salad with my eggs benedict), we took the train and subway back to the area around yesterday's temple. The weather was better by then so we just walked around for a while. There were many young women in kimonos around the temple, most of them posing for selfies. A vendor was selling octobus balls (pieces of octopus cooked in a dough) which were a specialty of Osaka but we didn't get to try there. The port expert on the ship recommended them. Hmmmm, maybe they are better in Osaka, but we couldn't finish the Tokyo version.
At breakfast I noticed several families were wearing shirts that had horizontal black stripes - not all the same shirt, but all with black stripes. Then I noticed others outside the restaurant, also in black stripes. We theorize it was some kind of a promotion to get into a movie or an amusement ride at a discount.
We realized today that the train we've been riding has no driver, but is run completely automatically. Many airports have trams like that, but this is a line with 19 stations and trains that come every 3 or 4 minutes. It also runs on rubber tires with a third rail for power which must also keep it centered on the course.
For dinner we went to a Mexican restaurant, Zest Cantina, which was pretty good. We were a little surprised that the jalapeno popper appetizer included only 2 pieces, but they were good as were the tacos and chicken enchiladas.
Another good day in Tokyo. We are very favorably impressed with everything here. The streets are amazingly clean and we only saw one homeless person begging and he wasn't Japanese. I admit I don't get the thing with small dogs though. I suppose if you live in a big city in a high rise apartment, they make sense, but why do so many clothe them and push them in little doggie prams?
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