Willem's Journal

Here is the promised entry from Willem's journal

1-23-09
Today we got up and ate breakfast. Then we got on the train and went to Ochanomizu. We went to the Christian bookstore. While we were there I did a lot of stuff. I figured out how an old time music box works and I saw a movie all in Japanese. I also got a traditional Japanese comic book Bible. After that we went to Yoshinoya. It is a restaurant. It is like McDonald's. It is a traditional Japanese fast food place. First you order your food and about three minutes later it is right in front of you. We ordered rice with beef on it. Then we got on the train and went to Asakusa. We were in the back of the train and looked out the back window and saw the train pass the stations. When we got to Asakusa we walked to the drum museum. It was awesome. Some drums we got to play as loud as we wanted and some we couldn't play. There was one that made this loud weird noise when you wiped a wet towel over it. Then we went to Mos Burger. It is a restaurant. We got some plain strong coffee. Daddy gave us some but we didn't know what it was until we tried it. Tai hated it. He kept saying BLEH! BLEH! BLEH! the rest of the time we ate. Then we went to the temple. In front of the temple is the Lightning Gate. On one side there was the Thunder God and on the other side was the Wind God. Then between the temple and the Lightning gate were lots of vendors selling everything from crazy toys to ice cream. Once we got to the temple there was a huge Japanese Lantern hanging in front of the door. The door was locked so we couldn't go in. After that we walked all the way back to the train station. Then we rode the train to Shibuya. On the train we were at the front. We saw almost everything the driver could see. Once we got to Shibuya station we went out and saw the statue of Hachiko. We took a few pictures of the statue but then the camera died so we went up to Starbucks to see the famous crossing. It was crowded! Sometimes people were still crossing when cars were driving. The we went home.
Fast Fact: Hachiko Plaza is a big meeting place