Day Three 三 A Day of Relaxation

Today is my third full day, Monday April 6. I'm writing this entry at 5 pm because I've already had such a wholesome day. I got out of bed at about 11:30, Restin, my host, had a delicious cup of coffee ready for me. I enjoyed it while sitting on the deck above the street looking over the life below. It was a beautiful sunny day here in Tokyo and people rushing back and forth between the station and who knows where. It was there I decided I would take today slow and cut back on the spending of the yen, not that I've spent much at all, but I figured its good to save as much money as possible. After my coffee I went to the amazing bakery across the street and got a beautiful designed chocolate pastry for only ¥200. Once I finished my meal I skated over to the nearby Kiba park. Words nor pictures can encompass the entire beauty of Kiba park. I was absolutely stunned at how majestic it was. The land was covered in Sakura, cherry blossom trees, greenery, and families enjoying time together. Everything at the park was spotless, and a smile was resting on all of the faces. Sakura pedals blew in the wind, descending to the ground like snow, and creating a beautiful pink cover over the ground, the sight was absolutely spectacular. I fell asleep underneath the Sakura trees listening to the group of old people enjoying this charming Monday by singing in the park in a little circle. I woke up and decided to go the market to grab an iced green tea. In the market I noticed the astonishing price differences between meat and fruit. Watermelon was ¥1080 where as four chicken cutlets was only ¥400 and a full plate of sushi was as little as little as ¥350. With green tea in hand i paced myself on my skateboard back to the park. I crossed over the canal the on the beautiful bridge in the center of the park, and took another rest on a bench. I was confronted by an old man that began to make conversation with me entirely Japanese, he spoke no English at all, I just listened and nodded my head to what he was saying. He talked about America, and the Sakura trees, as well as calling me handsome. I told him we was great, in Japanese of course, he laughed and blushed and a little while later we parted ways. While we were conversing we kept getting the funnies stares, I don't think this was a common occurrence. I headed back to the café, my home, and that is where I am writing this from now. I've decided that the greatest part about Kiba park is the lack of tourists, like I said in one of my other posts Kiba is not in the center of Tokyo and hence is less well known and has a different social environment all together. The park wasn't crowded up by tourists it was made to be enjoyed by the people living there, not to mention that I had never even heard of Kiba park from any of my guide books. I'm going to take a nap now and after I'm going to have dinner and then go to a pub in roppongi, I've only spent ¥300 so far today and was very satisfied. Kiba is awesome!

The center of the south side of the park where I fell asleep.

Pictures really don't do it justice, but here is the pedal covered floor of the park

Super fresh strawberries in the market

One of my favorite canals in Kiba

My attempt at capturing the beautiful bridge in the center of Kiba park, as you can see it started to rain later on in the day