There was a very long line for this room, as they only let a few folks in at a time for a couple of minutes. (They were serious about herding folks out before letting the next batch in). But it was totally worth the wait, and nice to have it not be all crowded. (There were windows facing the line so that you could watch people walking through it). So the wait wasn't *too* boring!
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Sometimes projected characters would move through the rooms, and would even move from room to room.
Some of the projections you could interact with. Like touching a wall would cause the flow of flowers to change direction, things like that.
This area, you colored a picture, then gave it to a worker to scan, and then it would show up, animated, on the wall. It was pretty cool!
That's my fish with the purple snout.
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There was even one room that very effectively simulated a storm without any actual water.
The last room I found was definitely my favorite. This room had beautiful, crashing, stylized waves. They completely encircled the room. You could walk around, or there were beanbags in the center of the room that you could recline on and just take in the motion. I’d have stayed there much longer, but they were starting to shoo people towards the exit as they were getting ready to close. It was SO soothing and beautiful. I really loved that room!
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By the time I got out, it was dark, and I was hungry. I confess, the Wendy’s right down the walkway looked pretty appealing at that point. The burgers were pretty good, and it really hit the spot. I then cut back through the Toyota exhibit (a bit more slowly this time) and headed back to the train station to catch the train back to the hotel.
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James had told me that if I got off the train on the exit before the Peninsula, that it would drop me at the top of the Ginza district, which was the very expensive shopping area just past our hotel. Imagine Tokyo meets Rodeo drive. It was a very brightly lit, very lively area. I mostly window shopped and took in the atmosphere. At this point, a lot of the shops were getting ready to close down anyways. I had made plans to hit this area the next day during our OYO afternoon.
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I finally made my way back to the very welcoming Peninsula Tokyo (and the very fun jello parfaits that had been left for me in my room).
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Tomorrow would be more of Tokyo, and, inexplicably, our farewell dinner already!
Up next: Day 10: Tokyo in Color