Yokohama aka. Jokohahama

As part of my seminar, we had a trip to go to Yokohama. Yokohama is Japan's second largest city but there is no gap between Tokyo and Yokohama so if they are counted as one city (which they are if you look on any satellite photo map- it is all just one huge grey smudge,) it becomes the largest city on earth. It took us an hour and a bit to get there and the first thing we did was go up "Landmark Tower" which is Japan's tallest office building. This was confusing because in Japanese, office building is shortened to "biru" which is short for building too but it is not the tallest building.

I thought to save time, I would combine a photo of the view and my new favourite drink:
This is a Matcha Ratte (Latte). Matcha is tea ceremony powdered Green tea. It is possibly the tastiest thing I have had since I have been in Japan. You can luckily buy matcha everything and I think I will miss it when I leave the country. I am going to bring back some sachets of it so I can make Matcha Ratte in England.
The lift in the tower is actually the fastest in the world, and goes at 750 metres per hour, which I realised is almost a kilometre per hour! Amazing. My ears did pop.

Why did you go to Kyoto? To eat the delicious Tofu. Why did you go to Hiroshima, for the delicious Okonomiyake. Why did you go to Yokohama? To eat the delicious shark. I have no idea if this is a local speciality or not, but I certainly didn't try it.

This is my new best friend, Chinese Father Christmas.

It looks like I missed the autumn colours on the trees because all the leaves are now lying on the ground, but they still look pretty.

Another reason to go to Yokohama may be to take your pet for a walk. If you have pet dogs, why not put them in their pram and push them around for a relaxing rest. (Unfortunately I have been unable to photograph this so far but give me time.) You could also bring your pet pig for a walk or throw your rabbit around.

This was the view from the sea bass (I think it was supposed to say Sea bus, because that's what it said in Japanese but they must have used the wrong dictionary entry.)

At the end it got quite dark and it was time for us to go home, so we took the long route on the train so we would be able to get seats. I am so used to never finding a seat on trains because they are always so busy so we avoided any busy routes. All in all a very satisfying day. Followed by Nabe (a Japanese winter dish which is like a kind of stew cooked in a big pot -nabe means pot,) at my flat with my flatmates. Excellent.