Hello all you blog followers [or at least followers of this blog], this is Hadrian talking about how everyone spent what is close to our final day here in japan.
Because of the freedom many people went to see different parts of Tokyo today. One of the reasons we had today free of itinerary was that Steven was staying with his uncle overnight and couldn't join us for most of the day. And he wasn't the only meeting up with friends in japan. Today, many of the girls went out and had lots of fun Karoke-ing with new or old friends who they will have difficulty seeing again very soon. Although apparently close to each other on a map, the U.S. and Japan are separated by an ocean which is much vaster than you'd expect. Especially when it is keeping us from loved ones.
I also met with close Japanese tomodachi [friends], and we had a great time. My old friend Toshifumi and his mother, having lived their lives in Mito found Tokyo as new to them as it was to me. However that didn't stop us from seeing as much as we could. We revisited old spots that our group had seen earlier [Shibuya, Akihabara] to give them a more thorough tourist investigation.
Finally, when the stars came out, the whole group met up again to gaze at the view from beautiful Roppongi Hills. A mixed media/residential shopping area, Roppongi Hills is reminiscent of San Francisco's Sea Cliff-an escape from the bustle of the city for the wealthy and well-off.
In Roppongi Hills we went to the top of the Mori Tower on the 52nd floor to get a sky-side view of Tokyo. Tokyo at night, from that height, was breath-taking, wondrous, and captivating to say the least. Although photos were difficult in the dim lighting, the memories of that view will easily last me a lifetime. A fitting end to one of our last days on this amazing trip.
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