Day 3- 3/7/11: Tokyo Seas and Nakamise

Ohayogozaimasu! We finally remembered to take a photo of our free breakfast that the hotel provides. The musubis are soooooo good and so is the miso soup. DH doesn't normally eat the bread, but they also have good japanese bread... the kind you get from Shirokiya. They also had coffee, so we weren't dying every morning. Since our Tokyo Seas tickets were only good for 3/7, we headed out to the subway line and saw this..... It snowed!!!!!! I've never actually seen snow falling before, so I was so excited that we had to take a bunch of photos. It was a mixture of snow and rain, so we still got wet too, but its not as bad as when it rains. I was probably the only dummy who took pictures in the snow. After our two subway rides and a train ride to Tokyo Seas, we got a bit lost. DH led me (Ryoga style) on foot in the wrong direction. I guess its my fault for not knowing what direction to go.. On our adventure, we found the snow had built up enough on the plants and ground... Thought it was funny to see snow on palm trees. So after we had asked 2 cast members how to get to Tokyo Seas, DH finally listened to the 2nd one and we boarded the monorail. Here's a photo inside... I liked the straps hanging down.. Pure Disney fashion. It was snowing bad when we got in the park. We almost didn't take this photo, but decided to do it anyway. This huge globe was in the middle of a fountain. I guess the theme at Tokyo Seas is an international one, so its fitting to have this globe at the front. This next picture was taken in the Mediterranian area. It totally reminded us of Hogwarts, so we took a photo. Maybe its because it was snowing too? Aaah, we got smarter this time around and headed straight for the Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull ride to get fast passes. Yay! Here's a photo of the outside. That's me with my Mickey ears. I must say, this ride was soooo fun! I haven't been on this type of ride in years since I've been going with Akemi. Maybe now that she's older we can try going on these now. While we were killing time waiting for our fastpasses, we went to the Mermaid Lagoon area to see the Little Mermaid stuff. I love Little Mermaid, so I was eager to see this section even though it was geared to kids. We lucked out and as soon as we got there, there was another show of Under the Sea at the Little Mermaid Theater. I really really enjoyed this show. It was all in Japanese, but you can follow along.. all of the songs remained in English. Ariel and her friends were suspended from wires, which allowed them to look like they were swimming. The puppets they used for the sea life were very well done too. I highly recommend this for all ages. We couldn't take any photos inside the theater, so I took some outside. Here's the jellyfish ride- so cute! After our Indiana Jones ride, we went to the Arabian Coast to see Sinbad's Storybook Voyage and The Magic Lamp Theater. We liked both of these attractions a lot. The Sinbad ride was really cute for kids and similar to Small World. The Magic Lamp theater featured Genie from Aladdin in a 3-D show. I forgot how much I liked that movie. I think I'll go home and watch it again. I think this photo just sums up the day... isn't it so cute? We saw snow Mickeys all over the park but this was the first snow Mickey and Minnie. Love it! This was taken at the Cape Cod area. I decided to help Mickey steer the boat... Oh yah- see that bucket around my neck? It was my new Minnie bucket with Strawberry flavored popcorn inside! Tokyo Seas had some different flavors from Disneyland... Strawberry was my favorite by far. After I wolfed down my first bucket, we refilled it on the way home so we'd have some to savor for later. The other unique flavor they had at this park was the Milk Tea flavor. I don't know how they did it, but it had a tea aftertaste! Forgot to mention that we also went on the ride 2000 leagues under the sea. It was cool- reminded me of the submarine ride. Decided not to go on Journey to the Center of the Earth since DH is not into roller coasters. We decided to leave the park early since we had done everything we wanted to do and more. After resting at the hotel for a bit, we were hungry and headed out to find another recommended restaurant by Mikey. This rahmen shop was called Yoroiya and it was so good! Perfect for a cold night in Tokyo. Here you see DH dipping his noodles into the broth. Here's a photo of everything we got... we ordered the gyoza on the side. It was the best gyoza I ever had. They were huge and seared perfectly. Thanks Mikey! Oh, and remember I told you about Mister Donut? Here he is! Funny yah? I tried to look like him in this photo. Had me some donuts for dessert. We had a strawberry one filled with strawberry cream and a chocolate one filled with whipped cream. Both were awesome. Joy- if you are reading this.. I did not know which one was the Lion donut... was it the one that looked like a big circle of beads? So that concludes Day 3. Today we are going to try to hit Ueno and Harajuku/Shibuya area to find the 100yen store. Wish us luck!