Day 5 - Tokyo Skytree

Got up later than we meant to because Fuyu's alarm didn't go off but we still had plenty of time to go to The Tokyo Skytree!

Fuyu looking at a map

We walked to the nearby station and caught a train to Ningyo-cho. There we changed to a different line to The Tokyo Skytree (Oshiage). Upon arriving we were instantly overwhelmed... THE PLACE IS HUGE!

A banner hanging as we went up the escalator

We took the huge escalator up and found a list of the different things to do there. There was one thing that stood out to me; THE SUMIDA AQUARIUM @u@
Fuyu and I lined up, paid and entered. It was so so amazing! The first section had fish, the next jellyfish, shellfish and an octopus and... the next section... had... penguins (they splashed us :'D)... and fur seals... and baby turtles... and more fish... and stingrays... and sharks... :'D
It was amazing! There was also this weird 'catch a ticket' game where I won a little Hello Kitty Penguin plushie <3

Lots of fish!

And jellyfish!

Me with the penguins!

More fish!

A stingray!

And a shark!

After that we made our way up up and up... but there was such a line to go to the top of The Skytree. We decided to come back and do that another day and also look at all of the shops and stalls that we had walked past. There was even a 31 floor skyscraper attatched FULL of restaurants and shops :'D

View from one of the walkways down at a garden on a lower level

We were very tired and sore by this stage so we made our way back to the hotel, picking up some snacks on the way as we hadn't had breakfast or lunch. Fuyu really wanted to have Ramen for dinner, so after we'd showered and relaxed a bit we headed out to look for somewhere to eat.

On the way we found a Pet Hotel... there were so many cute kitties inside :'D One munchkin cat came to the window and tried to sniff my hand :'D <3 <3 <3 <3
The staff members were taking turns walking the dogs and we could hear a cockatiel and see bunnies inside also :'D

After a little while we found a nice looking Ramen Bar... we had to order and pay at a little vending machine and give the man our order tickets. He poured us a glass of water each and asked what size we wanted. Fuyu ordered large :'D We sat down and waited as our food was cooked.
Not too much time passed and the man brought us out our Ramen; Fuyu ordered Shio Ramen and I got Shoyu Ramen. It was delicious <3 <3 <3 <3
We slurped in appreciation but couldn't finish the huge bowls. We thanked the men and left with bellies full!

The Ramen Bar

The vending/ordering machine

My Shoyu Ramen

Fuyu's Shio Ramen

Fuyu agrees that it was yummy!

Fuyu and I stopped in at a couple of Konbinis to grab some snacks (icecream, onigiri, sandwiches and chicken), drinks and refreshing wipes and we also passed the Pet Hotel again but they were put to bed and locked up for the night :)

Vending machines; there are a lot around. You can't go 10m without seeing at least one

Walking around

One of many 7/11 Konbinis

Made it back to the hotel and are currently relaxing watching Scary Movies (the parody movies, not actual horror/thriller movies :'D) and other movies!