Day Seven: Yokohama

what can we expect from japans second largest city?

its the city that is just south of tokyo, and i reckon that if you were to look at a map, it would look like it was only a part of tokyo.

im having serious problems realizing where the cities here begin and end. it seems like tokyo is a neverending city and yokohama is only a part of it.

yokohama is famous for having a special area dedicated to all things chinese.

yep, thats right, chinese food, chinese music, chinese womens, chinese decorations, chinese toys and of course...

chinese turkey.

fa ra ra ra raaaaaaa ra ra ra ra!!!

we also have this wonderful chinese temple built in the middle of the area. it would appear like it was built in some ancient time, but no, it was actually built recently, i heard in the last 30 years or something, but im not really sure.

this is just the outer gate to get into the temple.

i wasnt able to get too many decent pics of the temple, but i got this one of the inside.

it was quite nice.

from that point, i played a little bit alongside the downtown station and stopped when it became dark.

me and my friend went to the top of the tallest tower in yokohama where an observatory is built and took some pictures.

it was extremely foggy at the time, so a lot of the pictures look terrible, but i was able to snap some decent shots of the area of yokohama where a huge ferris wheel stands, next to some other attractions.

and before i left china town that evening, i was even able to eat a dumpling thinger that was shaped like a panda.

ive never felt so happy in my life until that moment, the thought of devouring an endangered species was something rare and magical.


i slept well that night knowing i had done my part for the environment.