Tokyo

Have been in Tokyo for a day now - this is a city of 30 million people in the city and surrounding area. It is very densely populated so there are many high rises for all of the people.  The hotel I am in, Keio Plaza hotel, has 2 towers with the tallest tower having 47 floors! Here is the view outside my hotel window.

We then had a few meetings an incredible Japanese lunch - I had pork and noodle lunch and had to eat the whole thing with chopsticks!  I actually did it without spilling a thing!

Then it was off on a bus tour of the city.  We went to a Buddhist shrine called Asakusa - very elaborate and beautiful.  There was also a incredibly large shopping area nearby - with hundreds of little shops from food, to trinket, to clothing. Then we went to the Imperial Palace - Japan still has an emperor (it is its 125 one and they all are descended from the same family).  The Palace was so beautiful with lakes and green trees throughout the grounds.  Finally we ended up at an area called Ginza - which is suppose to be the most expensive shopping area in the world!  Incredible amount of stores and people. We ended up having to take the Japanese subway back to the hotel - quite an experience!!