It never rains but it pours…
When my alarm went off at 8am this morning, I felt utterly shattered. Yesterday was a long day and took it’s toll! However, I noticed that it was absolutely chucking it down outside. Apparently a Typhoon was on it’s way and today’s weather was not going to be favourable. So I went back to bed for another hour!
I got into Yokohama at around lunch time and stored my bag in a coin locker. To be honest, I don’t have a great deal to say about Yokohama. The weather certainly put a bit of a limit on what I could do but even then, there doesn’t seem to be a great deal to do there.
One place I did want to go to however was Cosmoworld, a small amusement park right in the middle of the city. It certainly makes for an impressive backdrop, especially at night! However, being such a murky afternoon I didn’t really get the full atmosphere of the place and it was fairly dead. Well, very dead. I rode the rollercoaster anyway though, and got pelted in the face by hail all the way. Pretty decent coaster actually! Also went on the big wheel which is seriously high. Again though, I couldn’t see much due to the weather. I bought an umbralla, a highly stylish, clear plastic umbrella. But hey, everyone had the same one so no matter.
I went into Chinatown for lunch, one of the biggest in the world. Lunch was nice and set me back 800yen, so again, very reasonable. That was for a ramen and gyoza (dumpling type things) set. I love how theres never a charge for drinks becuase you either get unlimited water, or unlimited tea, for free! Wandered around China town (umbrella was doing the trick!) for a while, and looked at the gates and in a few shops.
I started to get a little bored with my surroundings (weather wasn’t helping at all), so made for the station to retrieve my bag and then make the short journey to Shin-Yokohama to catch the Shinkansen back to base camp, which again took around 3 hours. By the time I got back to Kobe, the rain was long gone and the skies were far clearer.
I think i’m going to Osaka for the day tomorrow, lets hope for better weather!
