victO.Orious: Nagoya to TOKYO

This is Jodie, Well we haven't updated in a while so these are a few pictures from the past few days. We stayed a total of 3 nights in Nagoya at the Hilton! OMG was it amazing.. we had a great view and got upgraded to a suite! Now were in Tokyo for 3 nights and then we leave for LA on thursday night. We're staying in Hotel Seiyo Ginza and wow is there tight security here. They check everyone who comes in and out of the hotel and it's like the top of the top people here.. maybe even some Russian Mofia people haha.. anyways.. here's what we did in the past few days..

Well on one of the days when we were going to visit the Giant Buddha, Victor stopped by McDonald's and got his MEGA MUFFIN... he really enjoyed that! After getting his fill at McDonald's we headed out to the Giant Buddha/temple. The temple the buddha was in was amazing, it was really a place that people should go and see. Victor even got to see one of his streetfighter characters or something.. Akuma? haha.. After having a really good day sightseeing we went back to the hotel and got some rest. The next day, we went to some China factory (for my mom) and went to their museum that was filled with all there fine china... not something Victor and I were really interested in. Our next stop was the Toyoto Museum, they had all the history of where the brand came from. We learned that the brand actually started out from a weaving factory business that ended turning into a car brand. At the end of our visit at the museum, we went into their wind tunnel there, it was a pretty cool experience to be in there. After all that culture for one day, we went back to the hotel to relax and get ourselves ready for the next day. Our last day in Nagoya, we had a day full of shopping, walking around the city, and finally a Japanese baseball game. We went shopping at these department stores that were 7-8 floors high, but everything there was really expensive. After shopping, we started to get hungry so Victor stopped by McDonald's to try there Ebi Sandwich (shrimp), there were actually shrimps in there patty. It was pretty cool.. nothing like McDonald's back home. Later in the night we headed to watch the Chinishi Dragons baseball game. It was a really different experience from baseball games back home. The fans really get into their teams, they have huge flags, drums, and trumpets. The fans are die hard for their baseball teams!! We had a great time at the game and the next morning we headed to Gifu. In Gifu they are famous for some bird that catches fish. We went early and ate some Grade 5 Hida beef. It was melt in your mouth beef, too bad they didn't give you alot of meat. Victor was a little disappointed because he loves meat and didn't get a full stomach worth. After finishing our meal, we walked a couple of miles and then decided to take a cab the rest of the way to the dock. Too bad for us, because it started raining pretty hard while we were on the boat trip. The experience wasn't that pleasant for us, we barely got to see the birds catching the fish, but Victor and my dad got pretty buzzed off of some Plum Liquor. Oh yeah, our entire stay at Nagoya we saw a total of 5 Ferraris (3 of them in one day), 1 Bently, and a ton of Lexus LS 460. We saw more nice cars in 3 days than we have back home in a month.

Today, was ROUND TWO of Tokyo!! We arrived around 1 and went to the hotel, it is pretty nice, that each floor has it's own butler! hahah!! Since it was raining pretty hard, we decided to get some ramen. OMG, we stumbled upon this hole in the wall shop, and it was the best ramen we have tasted so far. After having some food coma I decided to catch up on some sleep while Victor searched the internet for all his favorite shops. After mapping them out, we headed out for Harujuku! We finally got there and off we went shopping, Victor was in heaven! Literally all his shops were down one street, and he loved it. He got some stuff from Carhartt, that is only exclusive to Japan and the UK, that was his highlight of the day! Well were pretty tired from today's adventures, so we'll talk to you soon. More shopping on the schedule for tomorrow!!