The next day we arrived, We were going to Ito (Shizuoka) with my family and friends, so I stayed in the city for a night booked in the reservation site.
It's not a hotel, it's like a private residence (with private bathroom with shower), it's not a fancy place or anything, but it's in a convenient location and the reviews are good, so I decided here. My two children were quite big (13 and 8), so I didn't want to sleep on a tight bed, so it was attractive to have a single bed for each person. This room has two bunk beds and the area is nice.
I've lived in Tokyo for many years, but I am not familiar with Akasaka or the inside of the Yamanote Line. I arrived at Akasaka around 5:00 in the evening and was full of people after work.
The impression of Akasaka is modern buildings and old shopping street merged.
Since two suitcases were sent to my brothers' house, I will arrive at the inn with a small suitcase packed with four days of changing clothes and each of us carried backpack one by one.
The subway stairs are painful. Later, there I found out was an up escalator, but I didn't know where it was. It's hard to live on foot for us who are used to car life in the U.S.
When we checked in, there were no people at the front, later we finally took a breath in the room. Well, when I wanted to open a suitcase, I couldn't open a small key! Whether the inside is rusted or not, it's unexpectedly strong and won't break. What should I do. .
When I talked to the owner at the inn, he said, “Oh, I ’ll take a look.” We were hungry and decided to eat it at a nearby ramen shop. Buy a meal ticket and sit at the counter. Japanese diners are cheap and delicious, but I'm worried about the our luggage. .
After the meal was over, I went back to the inn and When I asked the owner, he visited a friend luggage store and broke the key!
I was saved. .
The inn itself had a hard futon, but if you stayed elsewhere, I had to broken the suitcase (made of cloth). Thank you Inn owner! !
By the way, there was a convenience store nearby and I bought a snack, so we ate it and fell asleep at 9:00 due to the tiredness of the trip, but we woke up at 2 o'clock in the morning. .
We tried to hang around the morning city when the sky was a little bright at around 5 o'clock. Crows and people are walking around at times like this.
Yoshinoya. We ate breakfast here. 1700 yen for 3 people. Cheap and delicious.
band men sitting across us talking about last night gig, youth dream.. (overhearing of course)
Then visit Hiei Shrine. I've seen it on TV. It was nice to have an escalator. At this point it is 7am. There were some people who worshiped. I have been asking for work luck and love luck.
A sports car company next to it?
There was a TV station TBS, so I wandered around, but I didn't know whether a regular customer could enter, so I dismissed.
We will return to the hotel and go to Atami to meet my friends and their family.
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