Day in Tokyo's famed

This is a delayed post.

The day before our arrival in Niigata we took in the sites in Tokyo. We figured out the whole subway thing and took a train from Narita to Tokyo. We went to a part of the city reminiscent of New York City, although even the Big Apple can't hold a candle to the type of mad rushing that goes on here.

When you exit the subway, you're immediately greeted by a wall of people. People are just eveywhere. Sitting, standing, running, riding their bicycles in business suits and balancing an umbrella. Quite a feat.

As you make your way toward the street, you come to a circle where like 5 or 6 sidewalks intersect. While you're trying to walk straight across, you have a throng of people trying to walk diagonally. You just have to weave through bodies until you get across.

Then we saw a giant sign for Starbucks amid the flashing lights. We shook our heads and walked on toward the dizzying lights and rows of restaurant and store-lined streets. Kenja had okonomiyaki on her mind after watching a competition on TV with chefs who tried to flip their humongous okonimiyaki without messing it up.

For those of you who don't know, it is a bowl of cabbage, an egg and whatever ingredients you want that you cook on a flat surface. The result? A thick-looking pancake. After it's cooked, you put a dark sauce on it,