Yokohama

Today we took a roomie day-trip to YOKOHAMA to visit one of my PU friends, Jon. The days started a little later than we had originally planned b/c I'm fighting a cold and didn't feel so good this morning. Then b/c of the wind our train was about 20min late and it took twice as long to get to Tokyo Sta. than it usually does. Buuuuuuut after a little bit of a bumpy start we finally made it to the right train and a lovely warm comfortable green car seat! It was so nice to just sit down and relax without getting a blast of freezing cold air everytime the door opens. It is the easiest thing to buy tickets, you just add a ticket to your SUICA and then hold it up to the light above your seat. The light turns from red to green and WALAH you are all set!
We had hoped to get on at Tsudanuma and take the same train all the way to Yokohama, but w/ the wind and all they changed the trains so we had to change at Tokyo Sta. and then go onto Yokohama. We took our lunch, sat in our nice, comfy seats and happily munched on onigiri, oranges, and pretzels.

The plan once we got to Yokohama was to do some sightseeing and go to this really cool onsen. We had some initial issues trying to find the free shuttle to the onsen, sooo we just took the metro and walked. With all the delays we decided to go straight to the onsen and just relax.

The Minato Mirai Manyo Club is an 8-story onsen/massage area. There are about 15 different types of massages that you can have, private family baths that can be reserved, and then the main bathing area (separted by gender of course). When you walk in you pay and then get to choose from about 8 different styles of yukata to wear. After going through the normal pre-bathing ritual you can choose to go into any of the following bathing areas: the inside ofuro, any of the 4 outside ofuro, an herbal steam bath, herbal heat sauna, or salt sauna. It is definitely something to experience for yourself. Sheila and I are already planning to go back, this time for an entire day. They also have a gift shop, many different restaurants and places to rest and relax after you finish bathing. It was so relaxing, just what I needed. (^-^)v
After a great time at the onsen we met Ayumi and Jon for dinner at a place called Garlic Jo's. It definitely lived up to its name~~ yummy yummy yummy!

Now for some pictures:
<----Wind power at its best!!














A really cool looking ferris wheel (but something definitely to do when it is warmer)

Leave it to me to find a Disney Store wherever I go!!! YEAH MICKEY!

I went to Yokohama and brought back a Starbucks mug!!!!!