Happy New Year's! (Tokyo Pt 4)

We found an (another) English-style pub to hang out at for most of New Year's. The Aldgate has an amazing 15 beers on tap, with decent prices. We left for a bit to track down a Thai place [which had a huge menu and cheap drinks]. We found it, and [no surprise here] it was closed. So back to the Aldgate, where we had lost our seats. After beadily eyeing every rising person, we snagged a table, and settled in for the night.

Despite how way cool the subways are, they don't run very late. So we made sure to be at the Shibuya intersection [right in front of the subway entrance] for the big countdown. Many of you have seen pics of this intersection. It's the busiest intersection in the world, and is framed by three large screens on some buildings. In "Lost in Translation" you get to see giant dinosaurs walking across the screens [now do you remember?]. So we assumed this was the hip place to ber. I mean, there were tons of people there. So we're waiting, looking for some sort of countdown on afore-mentioned screens, when our watch hits midnight. Since there was no giant clock, different parts of the crowd were cheering at different times. No fireworks, either. A bit anti-climactic, but being a part of the huge crowd was a lot of fun.

Then we caught our train, talked to a few people. One guy was on his way to Yasukuni Shrine for his rituals. We turned cartwheels once our car was empty, but despite our best attempts, most of the pictures are only of our ... ahem, derrieres. Then we went to Jonathon's for sundaes, fries, and a BLT.