A Weekend In Yokohama: Day Two

I woke up at 12:00 pm and was alone in my room since my aunt had gone to training (I sleep horribly, if you were wondering why I slept so late). I only had to wait about 4 hours for my aunt to return, so I decided not to go out and do anything. It was originally assumed that I would have to spend my third day out and about by myself, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, so I wanted to save as many activities as possible so that I wouldn’t get bored my last day there.

I ate most of the food that we had bought at the convenience store the day previous. I had mochi for breakfast, chips for a snack, ramen for lunch, and a snickers bar before dinner (I eat very healthily).

I also had this amazing bubble tea candy that we found at a candy store! It’s a hard candy that smells and tastes like milk tea or even coffee, and inside it is a tapioca bubble. It’s really, really good!

To entertain myself during the day, I watched the Korean TV Station (KBS) and honestly just watched whatever was on. There were a bunch of infomercials (which I usually enjoy, but these were ridiculously long), live music performances, and some Korean-style soap operas (which I made up dialogue for). They were really dramatic. My aunt made up some really good dialogue the night previously. It was great 😂 I also danced a bit to get some energy out, and listened to music.

Once my aunt got back, we headed out to China Town to find some good food to eat. We ended up eating at a Chinese Buffet, where it was “all you can eat”, but you can only get up to six dishes, and you must finish all of your food…

We ordered eggs and shrimp, mandu, some vegetable thing, chicken with orange sauce (that was probably my favorite, it was so good), stir fried rice, and rolls. It was all really good and we were pretty full afterwards. We forgot to take pictures (actually, my aunt took one of me eating chicken but I look atrocious, so that will remain unposted). Sorry, we were hungry 😅

After dinner, we walked by the river towards the more city-like area. You can see the city in the picture above. It’s somewhat underwhelming in the picture, but in real life, everything is so much bigger and so much brighter. The giant green wheel is a Ferris Wheel that lights up in different ways at night. I actually got to ride this the next day, so say tuned for my last post on Japan to hear about it!

We walked past a wine and food festival, people giving night boat tours, restaurants and museums, and large recreational spaces. It was so nice how open everything was, even in the city. There were also still plenty of trees and bushes once inside the city, and that was great.

On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at a restaurant called Jonathan’s Diner and got some dessert. We both got chocolate trifles and different versions of milk tea. I got Matcha (or Green Tea) and aunt Hannah got normal milk tea (like coffee flavored, I guess?). The trifle was good, and I ate all of it, but the milk tea was pretty watery and didn’t have a great flavor. Nonetheless, I think our dessert cravings were satisfied.

We took the river walk back home and walked through the city a bit. Everything was so, so nice, and the weather was perfect! Even when it was dark, everything felt so safe. There were so many people out everywhere, including young children by themselves. Tons of people were out jogging all the time too, which is probably why Japanese people are so healthy.

We got back to our hotel and watched some TV before going to sleep. Tomorrow would be our last day in Yokohama. Look forward to my next post about it!