Ryan-San in the Land of the Rising Sun

We started the day off with some McDonald's breakfast, done Japanese style, (meaning there was sushi in my egg McMuffin).

The trash can at McDonald's had like 5 holes. I was overwhelmed.

Here is a shrine containing the largest lantern in Japan, (and that's saying something, since Japan in all about the lanterns.

Here is the aforementioned lantern, complete with Ryan and Sarah in front of it.

A Japanese market selling lots of trinkets
A Buddhist playing his organ while others join in prayer.
I found a giant building with the word "Columbus" on it, and it made me miss Ohio.
Here we are in Akihabara, which is famous for being the electronic gadget district. I got caught up in the moment and decide to shell out some money for something great. I ended up getting an electrical outlet adapter that will allow me to use my American electronics in Japanese style electrical outlets. I'll treasure it forever.
Somewhere else in Tokyo
Here we are in Shibuya, which is a fashion center and popular night life destination in Tokyo.
Chowing down on some traditional Japanese fare. I got the giant bowl of noodle soup in the foreground. It was "oishi", (means "delicious" in Japanese).
Some woman had this tote bag, and I thought the text on it was weird so I took a picture. She thought I was weird for taking the picture. I think that we were both right.
Walking through a crowded Shibuya intersection. It reminded me a lot of Times Square.

Japan is full of American cultural icons, but there is always something a little off. Here is Mickey Mouse, but the text around him was amusing, (I especially like the part where he aspires to be a hotdog vendor). We took the Tokyo subway everywhere. It was extensive and crowded like New York's subway, only the riders were a much more homogeneous group of people.
Here is a statue of Anpanman. He's a pretty awesome superhero. From Wikipedia:

The hero of the story, whose head is a bun made by Jam Ojisan. His name comes
from the fact that he is a man with a head made of bread (Japanese: pan, a loanword
from the Portuguese word meaning "bread") that is filled with bean jam (Japanese: an) called an anpan. His weakness
is water or anything that makes his head dirty. He regains his health and
strength when Jam Ojisan bakes him a new head and is placed on his shoulders.
Anpanman's damaged head, with Xs in his eyes, flies off his shoulders once a new
baked head lands. He was created when a shooting star landed in Jam Ojisan's
oven while he was baking. He has two special attacks called: An-punch and
An-kick. When Anpanman comes across a starving creature or person, he lets the
unfortunate creature or person eat part of his head.

Here is another statue. I don't know anything about him, so I'll make something up:

Carl the Cat used to be brown, but a tragic mishap involving blue paint left him
forever blue. He is always very excited to see you, but this is often attributed
to his continuous consumption of mood enhancing drugs. Carl enjoys sticky rice
and the freedom of not wearing pants.

In Tokyo, it is legal to consume alcoholic beverages in public. Here we are enjoying some adult beverages in the subway.
After meeting up with Sarah's friend Jolian, we decided to dine at a Nepalese restaurant. From this experience, it seems to me that Nepalese food is very similar to Indian food, (which makes sense, giving the two countries are adjacent).
Here is Jolian, Jolian's friend, (name sadly forgotten), and Sarah playing hopscotch outside a 7-11 in the wee hours of the morning.