A quick visit to the cafe - morning coffee - and onto Ueno to catch the Yamanote subway to Shimbashi. A quick change of train and a vista-rich run on the
Yurikamome monorail took us to
Tokyo Big Sight - a ginormous conference and exhibition centre. The whole of the Odaiba area is awash with fantastic modern architecture as well as the usual dock-side mess. Shops? Er, more than a shopperholic could cope with! Plus much, much, more including a wedding village, maritime museum (shaped like a ship!) and, most wierd, a sewer museum - honto!
We walked through the skyscrapers to Palette Town and ventured into
Venus Fort - a three floor of every type of shop plus restaurants. Each floor is fashioned after a Italian street style with ceiling that have a sky-like quality. The lighting is such that you really begin to feel like you are walking down a street during late afternoon or early evening. There is even a real fountain in one of the larger "nodes". All very spaceship like or a film set.
Next to this monster shopping centre was the huge "Maga Web" Toyota car showroom and a gigantic Big Wheel.
Since it was Sunday the Anime and Manga people (Cosplay fashion) were out in force photographing each other. Quite a sight and each person must have spent hours and loads of yen getting the costumes they were wearing. It was difficult to tell if the boys were girls or t'other way around.
Catching the mono-rail back to Shimbashi allowed us to cool down and drop into a quick noodle shop for lunch. We hopped onto the subway to Roppongi but were disappointed by the park and an outbreak of Yankitis. So it was onto the Hibiya line for a restful trip back to Ueno.
End of the wandering for the day naturally meant - you guessed correctly - supermarket, food and beddy-byes.
