Does anyone know the words to “Lovin you?” It is Midnight, Friday here.
… We’ve adjusted to the time, just in time for us to leave. Luckily for Diamond he’s on his way to Taiwan after Tokyo. I get to go to work, but I love a challenge.
We had a late start but there was less to do. We went to Shiodome to go to the World Trade Center Observatory. We spent more than an hour there mostly because we were just resting and looking out on the city.
We spent the time reflecting really. Thinking about where we were and what we did and seeing all those places from this vantage point. We took more pictures, of course.
… Our last destination was Odaiba, an area similar to Santa Monica. There was no subway to Odaiba, only a monorail and ferry. I decided on the ferry first since it runs only during the day and thought it would be nice to sail out there and we would sail under the Rainbow Bridge, a picturesque sight.
Once on Odaiba we noticed something unusual, The Statue of Liberty. It was much smaller than the actual in New York. But it does give a skyline since you have the statue, the Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge.
We walk around and went to Palette Town which was part Toyota museum and shopping mall. In the middle of the mall was a casino which surprised us. Gambling is illegal in Japan. However if you take your winnings to redeem prizes, then it is ok. At $20 a blackjack hand, Diamond and I passed.
We had dinner and took more pictures of the bridge at night then went home. We were tired, beat and already thinking about packing. We went to am/pm to see what it was like in there. I purchased a Kit-Kat, Oreos and a Coke.
… As we left, Diamond asked if I wanted to do karaoke. Up until that point I wasn’t interested, but now I wanted to try. I mean why not, I’m in the country that invented karaoke. I had the sushi, might as well do that.
We went back home and ate our snacks then went out looking for Big Echo, a karaoke house we’ve seen about 20 times throughout Tokyo. Yet when you were looking for one, you can’t find it.
We walked around, knowing it was blocks within our hotel but couldn’t find one. Diamond asked someone in the street and they pointed us in a direction but seemed unsure about it. We walked to the intersection but didn’t see it. As we waited at the intersection, I noticed it in the reflection off a building, soon enough we were there.
We got in and after trying to explain what we wanted, we were given a half hour to sing our hearts out. The problem was all of the instructions were in Japanese and we entered the wrong song in.
After a bit, we figured out what to do it was golden. We actually asked for an extension because we had so much fun.
Ok, pop quiz: What was the first song we sang? Don’t read on until you have an answer.
We thought about this, but Diamond nailed it and so the first song we sang was Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” It was an excellent choice by him.
I actually have videos of us singing. I’m never going to release Diamond’s, and I’m not going to release mine either. I just wanted something to remember it.
After making it back to the hotel I noticed something and asked Diamond if he noticed it too. All the pain we had from the walking was suddenly gone.
Are we ready for American Idol? Hell no! We missed so many notes and screwed up so many lyrics. But was it the perfect way to end our last night on the trip? Yes it was.
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