We chose perhaps the hottest day to find out a bit more about what Tokyo has to offer. Also to learn a few lessons about booking things. We started off grabbing some breakfast out before heading to Sunshine City where we had hoped to fix the shopping bug and visit the aquarium. Sadly the heat set light to our shopping as we just didn’t have the energy and when we enquired about the aquarium after queuing we established that all tickets for today were sold out. So much for plan A. So we reverted to visiting the imperial palace and gardens where the heat was turned up to 11! We basically had to hide in shade and take some photos as it was simply unbearable in the business district.
The afternoon was more successful. We ventured to a pre-booked all senses immersive experience called TeamLABS. It was fab and a real break from the norm and the heat. Part of it was the sharing of a flame above that has been transported by guests to over 400k destinations around the world. We will bring ours back to Hampshire. Following that was a lovely traditional “Japanese” meal where we were only accompanied by tourists 🙂
What we did do eventually was book the aquarium for tomorrow and once that was done Susie and I dashed out in the slightly milder evening air to hit the Anime capital for Otaku. We geeked out in front of the myriad shops and signs and people congregating at this late hour.