Day 3, Part 5 – Dinner and the forgotten giant Gundam

I was so exhausted, I just wanted to grab a quick dinner any place nearby and then head back to the hotel. Unfortunately, I had shown DS video on YouTube of a kaitenzushi (conveyor belt sushi) place in Odaiba with iPad ordering and delivery by a little shinkansen train. The iPad ordering was no longer a novelty since one had opened near us that had that, but he still REALLY wanted to go. SIGH. It was in yet another building – Diver City. DH led the way and somehow we got there, passing through Venus Fort (which is part of Palette Town). I guess it was nice seeing a little bit of it since I had seen pictures, reminded me of The Venetian in Las Vegas. We finally made it to KAIO restaurant:

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It is a testament to how tired we were because we had ZERO food pictures from this meal! It was pretty good for conveyor belt sushi and only cost 4000 yen (credit cards accepted).

Oh the way out, we got some very cute Hello Kitty pancakes to go. It’s part of a store selling only Hello Kitty products.

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There was also a store selling only shinkansen products (toys, socks, cups, plates, etc.). I wish we had had more time (and energy) to shop. If I had known the kids could do the Toyota Mega Web driving experiences, I probably would have skipped Legoland Discovery. Oh well – next time (I don’t know when), but I will do more shopping! :laughing:

As we were wearily trudging to the train station, I suddenly remembered that we hadn’t seen the giant Gundam yet! It was at Diver City, but a different side of the building than where we entered. The kids and I seriously just wanted to leave, but DH made us go back because when are we going to come back again? I’m glad he did because it was very impressive in person. We happened upon the tail end of the show (I think it was 9 PM), there’s music, lights, and the Gundam’s head moves. DH happened to get a picture of the schedule:

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DD was especially impressed with the giant Gundam. I think she equates big with old (because her brother is older and bigger). She said to me, he (the Gundam) is so big he must be like 80 years old. Ha ha, I don’t think it works like that. Here she is waving bye.

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Finally we could go back to the hotel! I’m not sure which station we ended up going to (there’s several in Odaiba), DH used Google maps and found one he thought was closer (it was still a trek!). We must have taken the Yurikamome, which is supposed to be cool because it’s totally automated and has a nice view at the very front. But it was too crowded and we were too tired to care anyways. There were still a lot of commuters (it was probably 10 PM by this time) and we didn’t have seats. DD started to fall asleep standing up, so DH carried her. There was 1 transfer at Shimbashi. When we arrived at Asakusa, we could not wake DD up, so DH carried her up all those stairs and all the way back to the hotel.

The end of an exhausting day! :faint:

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