The group visited Nikko today, but we had our own plans.

We took the train to the suburb of Mitaka and visited the Ghibli Museum of the animation studio of the same name. For a ticket, you get a short strip of film from an anime (that’s what Japanese animated films are called). Unfortunately, taking photos wasn’t allowed inside the museum, except on the green roof terrace, where a huge robot from the anime Laputa stands.

Afterwards, we travelled to the district of Odaiba, an artificial island in the south of Tōkyō. Here you can take a rather special photo, namely of the Statue of Liberty, the Rainbow Bridge and the Tōkyō Tower, which looks like the Eiffel Tower.

It was pretty exciting to be out on our own for the first time, but it worked out surprisingly well. Tomorrow we’re heading out with the group again, specifically to the Fuji National Park.