Day 19 - Sept. 23rd
LT and I found a place in the heart of Tokyo where they had small boats you could rent and go out fishing. We hailed a cab to take us to the Benkei Fishing Club. When we got there, all the boats had been rented out. Grabbed a few beers and decided to wait for a boat to become available. While we were sitting, we met a gentleman named Nari, who was the distributor for Hobie. He had brought down a 4 people pedal platform to show the club today and while we were talking, he was surprised that we had 2 Hobie kayaks. Kayaks are not popular in Japan, and they are hoping to change that.
Afterwards we visited a fishing store and grabbed a bag for of loot, before heading back home to Anna. We had made reservations for a place called TeamLabs Planet for 6pm, so we wanted to get near that area before 5:30pm. Traffic can be a bit of a bear like in any metropolitan city, but for the amount of people here, you would expect it to be worse.
TeamLab Planet was awesome. It was what they called a visual and physical museum. They let in about 50 people every 30 minutes. When you first got it, we had to take off our shoes and put them in a locker. We then proceeded to walk up a ramp where rushing water was pouring down about 6 inches above your feet and ended up in a big with smoke colored water with crazy lighting everywhere. Each room we went to was more spectacular than the next. All very interactive and would say has been the neatest museum I've ever been to. The last room was my favorite. It was literally filled with 1000's of orchids. Add the mirrors and it seems like you are in an endless field of beauty.
We wrapped up the night by eating at a restaurant called the Bull. You guessed it - beef all around. It was one of the hot plate type restaurants with the grill in the center of table. LT ordered several different meats and some veggies. Super delicious and great atmosphere.
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