Well we got up early-ish and went over to buy train tickets at Hakodate Station (across the street), but we could only buy them for part of the way (to Hachinohe). But by the time I took a shower and packed my bag, we had to jet for the station. After all, we have to allow for some getting confused time on the way to the train.
We made it okay and then bought Shinkansen (bullet train) tickets in Hachinohe. The train was nice and relaxing. For some reason, I can always fall asleep on trains :) During the ride, Jon found the missing piece to a weird puzzle. When we were in Hakodate on the weekend, we saw these big busses driving through the city... correction we HEARD these busses blaring marching music. The primary one there was all black with a flag of Japan. With all of the chanting and marching coming from them, it was quite Orwellian. Unfortunately, I was so flabbergasted by the sight of them, that I didn't have time to take a picture. Well, I had bugged Makoto (a senior researcher from Japan) about it and he said that it was right wing wackos with connections to the Yakuza. And Jon while reading the guide book finally found out their name: Uyoku. I don't think they like foreigners so I won't try and talk with them.
Well, we got into Tokyo and there was a light rain and the first thing we saw, I mean heard, was Uyoku again :) We checked into our hotel and went out in search of food. We found this pretty cool little corner diner that was smaller than our hotel room called Tako Hachi. It means Octopus Eight and oddly enough, their specialty is 8 balls, each stuffed with a piece of octopus.
We met up with Ranjit and went for second dinner at a pretty nice bar. Then we all gathered in our hotel room, room 666 that is, and drank some Hakodate wine.
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