Kelly and Laura's Adventure Days - Odaiba

My teaching schedule is a little different last week because of the Obon holiday so Laura and I decided to make another adventure day on Wednesday. Odaiba is a man-made island in the Tokyo Bay that is full of shopping, restaurants, amusement parks, parks and more people than I care for. I'm sure it was so busy because of the aforementioned holiday, but I've never had to wait in a queue that went around the train station to get on a train!
There were a couple of things I wanted to see, but mostly we just wondered around and did some shopping and took pictures. The first place we stopped was VenusPort although I think they should have spelled it VenicePort, because that is what they were going for.I've never been to Vegas, but it reminded me of pictures I've seen of the Venetian hotel. Next we saw the Statue of Liberty right in the heart of Tokyo. It is much much smaller than the one in New York though. According to Wikepedia, "The French Statue of Liberty came to Odaiba, the beach area of Tokyo since April 1998 until May 1999 in commemoration of "The French year in Japan". Because of its popularity, in 2000, a replica of the French Statue of Liberty was erected at the same place."Next we saw Gundam! He is an 18 meter replica of a famous anime character. He even lights up, moves and emits smoke. He doesn't walk or anything but we did see him move his head. There were thousands of people crowded around him taking pictures. I think he looks like a giant transformer. He was neat to see with the skyline of Tokyo in the background.Odaiba was a really fun place to visit. Lots of museums, shopping, siteseeing and kid activities. I'll have another post on the Muscle Park later. Laura and I decided this would be a great place to come back to at night because the Rainbow bridge (seen in first pic) would be lit up as well as Gundam. At night we could enjoy the views of Tokyo from many of the outdoor restaurants and patios. And possibily we won't be sweaty messes from the 90 degree weather and 94% humidity. If you can't tell from the pics, I was a sweaty mess.

I like exploring places and finding ones that would be great to come back to with Glenn. I definitely think he would enjoy Odaiba.