Lahkusin hostelist vara, et ringi vaadata veel ruttu ja raha vahetada ja hommikust süüa, vahelduseks.
Ja opaaa - vihmasadu! Vihma hooaeg peaks niikuinii olema, siiani olen pääsenud, aga pean ütlema, et jube kaunis oli. Ja noh, hommik oli ju ka.. Nii 8 aegu...
Sain rahad vahetatud ja 'mängult' jaapani hommikusööki ja selleks ajaks kui ma söödud sain, oli vihm ma järele jäänud. Nii palju siis sellest. Jalutasin tagasi templi kaudu ja mõtlesin, et tegelikult peaks ikka tükkmaad kauem olema Tokyos kui vaid 4,5 päeva, et selle ajaga näeb need turistikad 'must see' asjad ära, aga tegelikuks avastamiseks pole aega.
Igatahes, checkisin end outi. Jagasin noortele receptionis briti šokolaadi ja kimasin Kabuki teatri poole. (Idikas nagu ma olen, et enne selleni ei jõudnud..). Mõtlesin, et eh mis seal ikka, jään nats hiljaks 10:30 pileti müügi ajaks, et kes see ikka vihmas viitsib teatris käia, aga no neh.. Ma jõudsin sinna 10:45, hommikune etendus oli välja müüdud ja inimesed olid järjekorras järgmise pileti müügi alguseks. Ronisin ka sappa, ise mõeldes, et pekki, see ajastus nüüd küll suurepärane pole, aga ok, tuleb ära näha. Sain seisukoha pileti, aga nüüd oli aega kella 1ni. Mõtlesin, et panen pagasi hoidu ja jõuan äkki kassikohvikussegi aga noneh, vaevu jõudsin Shinjuku jaama, lukukapikestega jaurata, 'skandinaavia pagarist' saiakase haarat ja tagasi Ginzasse minna etendusele.
Etendus oli maruäge! Mitte midagi ei saanud aru, aga niii äge ja teistsugune!
Õnneks (ajaliselt) ja kahjuks (elamuseliselt) kestis see vaatus vaid 30 minutit, niiet ma sain joosta ruttu tagasi Shinjukusse.
Kus ma otsisin bussijaama kaks sajandit, et siis teada saada, et piletid on otsas tänaseks. Njamh. Egas midagis, tuleb kulutada 3x rohkem ja minna rongiga (kui ma lõpuks Kawaguchikosse jõudsin, siis küll mõtlesin, et kus need tuhanded inimesed kõik on, et buss, mis käib iga poole tunni tagant on välja müüdud... Who knows..) (ja kõigepealt tegeldasin veel vana tädiga reisi-infos, kes üritas mulle maha müüa terve jaapani loode ranniku turistipassi ja rääkis, mis kõik kaunis seal on ja kuidas saab metsas jalutada (kaamera oli mul kaelas ja ainult seljakott onju..) aga Jah, tädi, võibolla järgmine kord..)
Rongisõit oli ok. Ilusad vaated! Nägin ära Mäe, aga lõpuks kui Kawaguchikosse jõudsin oli juba täitsa pime.. Kohe aru saada, mis linnavalgus teeb tegeliku valgustajuga.
Käisin söömas tempura restoranis, mis oli IMELINE. Milleks on roheline paprika hea? - tempuras friteerimiseks! Ohsapoiss. Ja imelikud seenedki kõlbasid süüa tempuratatult.
Ja siis oli aeg imekenasse hostelisse üheks ööks tukkuma minna..
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Last half day in Tokyo.
Wandered out of my hostel relatively early, to have the last look around, exchange some cash and eat breakfast (I felt fancy, alright)
And Boom - the rainy season had kicked in! And it was pouring down! But it was lovely. Really, really lovely.. And relatively quiet (it was around 8am). Peaceful, and the reflection of everything on the puddles, and the sound of raindrops on the umbrella, and...
Anyways. Had some fake Japanese breakfast with way too many drinks - water (they insist of filling your glass of water after you've taken like 3 sips) and then you get a juice with the breakfast and well I wanted a coffee (without knowing about the other two drinks), and then I sat there waiting for my breakfast and wondering which glass I should drink out of..
I still don't quite approve meat for breakfast but a slice of bacon came with it, and I ate it, and it was the best slice of bacon I've ever tasted..
By the time I had finished eating, the rain had also stopped. I had a perusal around the tempel and shrine area before heading back to hostel to check out. And then I felt the sadness of leaving Tokyo so soon. 4,5 days is just about enough time to get ticks behind every 'must see' touristy thing, but definitely not enough time to actually...explore..
Anyways, checked out, gave the reception people some Maltesers and they were super happy and insisted a picture with me and Maltesers to go on their facebook page..
Run to Ginza to go and see a kabuki play in the massice Kabukiza playhouse foolishly thinking that I can get away with arriving 15 minutes after the sales for the first act have started. Fool! By the time I got there, act I was sold out, and people were queing for the beginning of the next sale (which wasn't meant to start until 45 minutes later), so I got in line (a bit dissappointed in myself, all my timings for the day would be thrown off) and got a ticket for the second act.
Then thought, I'll have enough time to get to Shinjuku, but luggage in locker, find a cat cafe+eat, and get back. But nope. Had just enough time to drop my luggage off at Shinjuku Station, grab a pastry from a questionable Scandinavian bakery and head back to Ginza.
Anyways. The play was amazing! It's nice to know that sliders DO work some times! Really odd as well, and I obvs didn't understand a thing but it was AMAZING! Definitely was worth it!
Thankfully (timing-wise) and sadly ( emotionally) this act only lasted 30 minutes.
It did mean that I could shoot off back to Shinjuku to get a bus to Kawaguchiko, or so I thought.
I spent ages trying to find the bus station, and when I did finally find it (who puts ticket sales on 4th floor of a bus station?! And not as the first thing when you enter), they told me it had sold out for the day. Great. Well. Train at 3x higher rate it is then..(the travel information old lady tried to convince me to take a tour of like the whole north-west coast.. Apparantley it's very nice...I'm sure it is old lady, I'm sure it is...)
Anyways. Train journey was rather pleasant with some amazing views! Caught a glimpse of the Mountain, but arrived at Kawaguchiko in complete darkness. That's what light pollution in big city does to your brain, I thought that it should still be completely light at 8pm..
Also wondered where the helll all these bus fulls of people were.. There were literally no people on the streets. NONE. I find it hard to believe that none of the buses that run every half hour from Tokyo couldn't have fitted an Edith on. But hey.
Anyways, grabbed some tempura for dinner. Which was amazing! Even the weird Japanese mushrooms were edible when fried in tempura batter!
And then sleeps for one night in the really fancy-looking hostel.
(On a side note - the ambulance here makes the exact noise that is usually used as airraid SFX. It was rather confusing the first few times)
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