1st January 2011
We all woke up late on New Year Day and missed the breakfast at the hotel which ended at 9 am. Although it was bright, sunny and clear, the temperature was in the low single digit and for pakdokter it was very very cold. So to deal with it, pakdokter had to put on the 'heat tech' inner wear, followed by 2 more layers of fleece garments before the final newly bought outer jacket....
We decided to take Raena to Odaiba, an island reclaimed and built in the Tokyo Bay where there were malls, hotels, family entertainment parks, the Fuji TV Station and the Toyota Exhibition Showroom where their latest designs were displayed.
From our hotel, it was an easy 5 minute walk to the Yurikamome Monorail Terminal which started from Shimbashi and ended up at Odaiba. It looked like Japanese families were taking their children in droves for a day out in Odaiba. There were also quite a lot of Indonesian and Nepalese tourists in queue at the monorail station.
the main street to Ginza seen from the Yurikamome Monorail...
on the monorail....
high-rises in the Shiodome district...
Tokyo Bay seen from the monorail...the Rainbow Bridge to the right....
the Rainbow Bridge linked the main island to Odaiba...
some naval patrol boats?....
a panorama of Tokyo from the Decks at Odaiba...
the Rainbow Bridge linked the main island to Odaiba...
some naval patrol boats?....
a panorama of Tokyo from the Decks at Odaiba...it was a clear and sunny day....
the Rainbow Bridge from the Decks at Odaiba...
without breakfast we were naturally hungry....
we lunched at a Japanese Restaurant where 
a drum festival to usher the New Year
We spent almost the whole afternoon after lunch
the Rainbow Bridge from the Decks at Odaiba...
without breakfast we were naturally hungry....
we lunched at a Japanese Restaurant whereall of us had noodles...
a traditional Japanese and Chinese custom
which beleived that noodles on New Year Day
promotes 'longevity...'
a drum festival to usher the New Yeara few of the drummers were children barely
three or four years old...
We spent almost the whole afternoon after lunch walking through the shopping malls on the Decks....
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