29 October 2024
Umbrella terror
Tokyo station and Ginza
Torrential rain. Now the problem is going to be that if there is too much rain the hiking trails will turn to mud. I will probably put up with that though.
It was raining too much for even me to wander around in it, at least before dinner as you shall see.
I decided to head to somewhere big, close and underground where I knew I could get food, so Tokyo station it was. I had the same meal in the same place as a previous visit, also as you shall see.
After dinner I wandered as far as the underground mall towards Ginza will go then came up into the rain and puddles. Now that I did not have to worry about being turned away from food establishments for being too wet, I decided to just walk in the rain and splash in the puddles. I expected Ginza to be deserted, but there were plenty of Russian war criminals hiding their ruble's buying up handbags to trade for bitcoin in China.
I then remembered while standing in the traffic taking photos of the rain that my camera is the most un-waterproof device on the face of the earth, and so I decided to scurry back to my rain proof hotel room and re-check the weather report for tomorrow.
Apparently very little rain after 8am. I will also guess that the further west you go the less rain there is as that is the direction it is coming from. I think that makes about 10 minutes difference in the grand scheme of things but I am prepared to convince myself otherwise if it is raining here when I wake up.
Um-ber-rella-poc-a-lypse is unfolding before my very eyes.
After arriving at Tokyo station I first headed into Daimaru to not buy anything. They really hate cameras in here, they are worried someone will post evidence of their terrible rat problem.
Yaechika on the Yeosu side is large and corridor-y and rain free.
For my dinner, the seasonal omurice. Which means it comes with mushrooms. I believe I had the exact same seasonal special in the same place last time.
Apparently this cafe belongs to Yanmar, who have a store in the Tokyo station underground. Yanmar make outboard motors for speed boats, tractors, battleship armour. So it is important they maintain a nice cafe at the train station.
Here is the start of Ginza, and yes it is raining a lot.
And for my final pic, I stood in the rain in the traffic, in the middle of the road, in a puddle and tried to see how much water I could get in my camera. Remember, I have destroyed 2 of the same model previously via water and dust ingress!