First off was Yokohama's Chinatown, known as Chukagai. Extremely packed. Though I was assured it's because it's the weekend. We got a good tour of it, had a single nikuman (gyoza bun) from "The worlds best" nikuman shop. It was passable, but I think the one I got at 7-11 was better. Then lunch at Ma-san's shop (馬さんの店), whose website is absurd, see here. Where I had simple shrimp and rice.
Shine in Chinatown
By the way, did I mention it was freezing today? It was. I only brought a cardigan, and had to wear a skirt because I washed all my pants with my laundry last night. Poor choice on my part.
Next was to the park near the ocean, which actually reminded me of Portland's waterfront park along Naito pkwy, bustling with people and water fountains. We had a group picture, which I will post once I find it. There were so many of us, it was absurd. At the waterfront, we actually were able to board a ship whose name I've forgotten already, but it's in some of my pictures.
It often made the trip from Yokohama to Seattle as both a cargo and luxury vessel. Definitely made in a different time. It's been repainted so many times, that there's at least a 1/4 inch layer on almost all surfaces.
We made new friends with others in the group by exclaiming over how comfy a couch was, and spent a goood long time there.
Next was to the akarenge, lit. Red Warehouse, a set of two warehouses that have been converted into a shopping mall. Nice. But cold. I looked for a jacket, but didn't see anything less than $60, and didn't have that much on me in the first place.
That was the end of the Yokohama tour, and we returned to Takadanobaba for dinner at Momo Paradise, a Shabu-shabu restaurant. For shabu-shabu, there's a near-boiling pot of water, and you add vegetables and very thin slices of meat to cook. We also got two different bowls of sauce to dip in. One was almost a pad-thai, peanuty sauce, and the other a more vinegary, spicy sauce. I loved the later, but Colleen liked the first more. Best part? It was a tabehodai. Remember that word? It means all-you-can-eat. Oooooh man. So much food was eaten.
Colleen and I had another two plates of meat and a plate of veggies on our own, after our japanese hotpot-sharers gave up. It was almost two hours ago now, but I'm still really full.
Oh, the 14371? That's how many steps I've taken today. Tamarra found out there's a pedometer in our phones, so I decided to set that up and see what kind of crazy numbers I can reach. I have a feeling it'll be highest at Disneyland…
Also? I'm on a boat.
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