We were busy visiting museums all day: the National Museum is in fact 5 museums in the Ueno area. They have a vast collection of national treasures ranging from ancient tapestry to samurai armors!
The other museum we visited was in Odaiba, another place coming right out of sci-fi flicks. We visited Miraikan (The museum of the future) in this was one of the coolest places I have seen. The most impressive exhibit was a robot-controlling simulation. My friend and I learned how to control a small six-legged robot and then we were lead into a large room with an imax screen. We had 3d glasses and then we were at the commands of the same robot we were learning to pilot. The simulation makes you feel like you were miniaturized and inside the robot because cameras and mics are installed on the robot and the sound and image is used in the large room for the simulation. Not only that, the whole room is placed on a hydraulic system that recreates the movements we order the robot to do in real time.
We ended the day meeting up with a Tokyoite friend to have a few drinks and end up completely drunk and talking about the greatness of Japan to local salarymen.
That night we slept in the comfort of a Capsule hotel... It wasn't that comfortable, but we had to try it! This one was in Akihabara.
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