Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

30th December Sunday was spent yet again with Vijay, my Indian colleague from Hyderabad. The day went like below.....
11:30 met up in Shinjuku station
13:30 reached Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Yokohama
13:00-17:00 Had a look in the aquarium and dolphin fantasy, but we could not try the free fall since it was too windy! Vijay will have to come back before he goes back to India at the end of January 2008 to try the free fall from 160 metres high!
18:00 moved to Sakuragicho
18:30 climbed to the top of Landmark Tower, had a cappucino while enjoying the view from the highest observatory in Japan at a mere 273 metres from the ground (Tokyo Tower is the tallest building in Japan, at a height of 333 metres), surrounded by loads of Japanese couples - also Vijay had a composite drawing done by an artist called Kazufumi Matsubara at the top of Landmark Tower. And I became friends with him, and invited him to the next home party to be held at Taro's flat....incredibly this Matsubara-san has been involved in creating art displays at ”Exhibition of Global Harmony" (Ai Chikyu-haku) and has been doing some work for Disney as well. Mainly involved in creating designs and paintings on the walls inside the buildings such as restaurants. Very interesting!
19:30 moved to Motomachi Chuka-gai (Chinatown), and explored the area.
20:00 had buffet dinner at a Chinese restaurant.....

And below is an interesting video taken at the Sea Paradise.......enjoy!