Day 4

I have to acknowledge that I didn’t get going until about 10AM, so some things I wanted to do, I had to leave out. However, our first stop was one place I didn’t get to go to yesterday, that was BAKER BOUNCE.

On the way there, a building caught my eye, so I got off the train, and the “WARHOL DEVICE” catches our emergence from the Ochanomizu (“Tea Water”) JR station…

Upon exiting the station, I go to the nearby bridge and capture a couple of shots.

What? that green image that had me get off the train was a temple complex…I crossed the bridge and had a look.

 

Confucianism was a theme at this temple/shrine. Looks like there was a university here. Though the map shown suggests there is a lot more here to look at, we didn’t have time. We had to get to our next stop, or else we would be waiting a very long time once we got there.

The first thing we learn from this is that this isn’t the only Sangenjaya station. This is a little bit of a walk from the one we thought we were going to be at. The station near the Carrot Tower is a tiny trolley, and it goes NOWHERE regarding the routes we have taken. So, WOW…I now need to orient myself because of my being where I didn’t know I would be at. I walk into a 7-11 and ask directions to the Gorilla Building, because that would be the next landmark on our way to our next destination. She says, “Soft Bank”, then gestures to the right. I thank her and proceed to walk. About one block later I discover a famous Jedi Master lives on this street…

You really have to WALK to find all this cool stuff…Anyway, I thought the person who helped me originally was originally talking about a bank. Was she REALLY? Did she mean “sard…bank<gesture>” like telling me take a right at the third street corner?” Well, not long afterward, I ran into this…

Well, there you go! I take that fabled right, and a couple of blocks later, I have THIS staring at me…

The infamous GORILLA BUILDING. Well, infamous to BAKER BOUNCE fans. I take a left here, and proceed on.

More BATHROOM TILES on the OUTSIDE! I hope the people who clean this grout get paid handsomely!

Well, we make it to Baker Bounce! Alas, I found that I had to wait 20 minutes. This place is a small burger place. Its Roppongi counterpart is large, however, this is the original residential location, and I had to eat THERE – no exceptions whatsoever. So, you get to see two interpretations of my waiting here. The first pic is mine. The second one was taken by a local with my camera.

So, we finally get in. I took a couple of pics of my environs…

When my burger arrived, I had to take a pic of it, of course. After I did, one of the wait staff wanted to take a pic of ME with the burger.

I want to go on record as to say, “BAKER BOUNCE MAKES THE BEST BURGER IN ALL OF TOKYO, IF NOT OUTSIDE OF THE USA.” I am delightfully awaiting the burger in Japan that will top this. Afterward, I take some parting pics of our humble hamburger shop, then proceed to our next destination.

I walked past the landmark I was talking about, the Carrot Tower.

More buildings with the bathroom tiles, again…

Well, we finally made it back to our train station and went to our next stop…

After leaving the station, it was a matter of a couple of right turns, and then….

Ladies and gentlemen…

…We have arrived…

Though it wasn’t as crowded as I would have liked it, this is Shibuya Crossing, made famous in the Sofia Coppola film, Lost in Translation.

 

I went up to one of the most famous Starbucks outlets in the world, had a frappucino, and watched the view from the location where Sofia Coppola shot her famous scene…

I then took off to Tokyo Station, and our next stop. The “WARHOL DEVICE”, and I, by that matter, were tired enough to where it decided to get a rest, and no video of this emergence took place.

However, when we did get to the area in Shinkawa, that was our final destination for the day…

I want to make a note that, at this point, I felt the blisters, and my feet were 100% killing me. I was very tired. I started to make my way back to Tokyo Station.

When I made it back to Tokyo station, I was going to take the trip to eat at Restaurant Gusto, however, my feet won, and I ate at one of the ramen houses in the train station.

This ramen was real nice, and the gyoza went with it real well. I dare say it was better than the place in Shinjuku (See “DAY 3 – NIGHT”).

So you just look at the pics, buy your ticket(s), then go inside and eat.

So, when I get back to the Higashi-Jujo station, the “WARHOL DEVICE” wakes up and captures us once again…

Day over. Needless to say, I am lucky to have feet, though I would do this same thing all over again…I crashed. Good Night…

I now return you to your regularly scheduled websurf…

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