Second Night in the Concrete Jungle

Monday February 28th Part 1

On our first real day in Tokyo, I was lucky enough to be able to meet with my long time friend, Maki. She took us to several famous sight seeing locations including: Yokohama, Yokohama's China Town, The Rauman Museum in Shin-Yokohama, and of course Akihabara.

Maki pick me up at the Omori train station and we were off to Yokohama. The train ride isn't a long one at all to Yokohama. We walked around the Yokohama Landmark building and eventually made it to the subway station under the Landmark Tower to head to Chinatown.

Yokohama's Chinatown is pretty cool. It is home to a large population of Chinese people that first moved there after Japan opened it's borders in 1859 to foreign traders. Chinatown is a large collection of resturants and other stores selling Chinese items, mostly to tourists it seems to my eyes as I didn't see many Chinese people. There are lots of Sweet Chestnut vendors lining the streets of Chinatown and the air is tinged with the burnt smell of the roaster turning out this sweet treat. I happened to pick up a small sack of them for Yuko, and I guess I picked a good vendor as they were certainly tastey!!!

Yokohama Bay

Yokohama's Chinatown