On Our Own

   Daryl had already visited the Sky Tree with his class, but we decided to go back because he hadn't gone all the way to the top.  It is a massive tower.  Usually you have to wait at least 45 minutes to get up to the top, but they had a special line for international visitors.  We went right up to the main observation deck.  From there we purchased additional tickets the last bit up.  That elevator is a glass one, so you can watch the world go by as you go up.  Going up there really gives you a good idea about just how big the city is.  It is massive.  The skyscrapers just keep on going forever it seem.  They also had window washers out when we were up, but I wondered if they made sure that happened for the visitors benefit.

  After the Sky Tree we went down to the fish market.  On our way there we stopped by a Buddhist temple that happened to have some monks singing and playing instruments.  We weren't sure if it was a performance or a service.  It was beautiful though, and I was glad we stopped in.  It was afternoon by the time we got to the fish marker, so we were lucky that we found one last sushi place open.  We snuck in right before they closed had the freshest sushi we've ever I had think.  The last thing we did that day was visit a cat cafe, which seemed very popular with international travelers.  Unfortunately the cats would only really pay attention to you if you bought some treats for them.  I think they were to used to treats to act more normally around you, but the were a lot of cats there.  At least fifteen. 

Sky Tree from the bottom.

I have no idea what the golden bean thing is.

Look it's green stuff.

This is the view of our hotel in the cluster of buildings in the back of the picture.

The window washers.

Yeah that's not on my bucket list.

The little cartoon girl in the background tells you that we are at the highest point you can get to on the Sky Tree.

Here's the glass bottom you can stand on.

The Buddhist temple by the fish market where we heard some music.

A little shrine that was on the way to the fish market where they would pray for safe travels.

This is where we got sushi at.  

The cat cafe.