Tune in Tokyo

This post is a day late but I don't have in-room internet so I had to find time to slip down to the lobby and plug in my laptop. 

We arrived yesterday morning after a pretty uneventful flight. Gabriella was fine for takeoff but her ears started to hurt on the landing.  She complained that she didn't feel well until we got off the airplane, I'm sure it was ear pain related. Once we got off the plane and grabbed our bags we headed for the transportation desk. Our hotel provided us free transportation from the airport via Airport Limousine, which is not a limo but a well appointed bus.  They pick up every 5 minutes and like everything here in Japan it is incredibly punctual.  Once we arrived at the hotel is was after noon.  We were able to check in and set up our room. The room itself is completely utilitarian, no closet, just a beautiful wooden rack to hang a few things on and a low shelf to place your suitcases on. We also received a robe and slippers incase we want to take a trip to the public bath. I haven't been yet, but I will eventually.  The toilet has it's own room and the top of the tank also serves as a sink.  I think we still need to take a picture of it, because honestly seeing is believing.  The other room has two sinks and a small room with a bathtub and a sprayer (not in the bathtub). Needless to say bathing Gabi last night had a huge learning curve which included a rather large spill on the floor.  

We didn't stay in the room for long, once unpacked we headed out for the train station and onto Tokyo. Lunch was eaten at a italian restaurant in the mall area outside the train station. Once our bellies were full we headed into Tokyo for our first stop, The Hard Rock Cafe in Uedo.  The trains here run with punctuality and precision, so far only one train has been late and it was only a minute behind schedule.  Our tour guide today said that the Shenhazen  or bullet train on average runs only 6 seconds behind on it's whole route.  Once we got off the train in Uedo we started to look around for the Hard Rock.  The first thing we found was a beautiful park and we wandered through it. This time of year is Cherry Blossom time so the park was full of vendors selling all sorts of delicious snacks. The park itself is huge, we only wandered through a few sections of it. We would have nipped into a museum or 2 but being Monday they were closed.  Once out of the park we headed back to the train station still searching for the Hard Rock. We walked into a side entrance to check a map and found it.  Once our purchases were complete we headed out to find Hard Rock number 2 in Roppongi.  

Once if Roppongi we headed out of the subway into a chilly wind. We instantly regretted not bringing all our warm clothes out with us. Needless to say we were underdressed for the cold. But we soldiered forth and after making a wrong turn we found the second Hard Rock.  After our purchases were made we wanted dinner. We went to a delicious Chinese food restaurant where I got soup and Greg got a delicious stir fry, we also got some really tasty dumplings. Gabriella just sampled off our plates.  We haven't found too many places with children's plates, so we are stuck between ordering Gabriella a full meal or having her share off our plates.  

After dinner we decided to head back to Mihama which is were Disneyland is located. We got off the train and explored Ishikara which is similar to Downtown Disney. We had some delicious gelato and enjoyed perusing the shops. 

We headed back to the hotel on the free shuttle and arrived back here around 9.  We were exhausted.