Tokyo is full of hills

So here we are at 3pm on Monday, sitting around our house not doing much. Why? Well we just got back home after being out and about for 6 hours - most of that walking. But the good news is we have pictures this time!
Friday, we went out and decided to explore some of the city, starting with figuring out how long it takes to walk to Meguro Station (around 25 minutes). Meguro Station is on the JR Yamanote Line, which is the main JR line that goes in a loop around Tokyo, hitting all the major metropolitan areas. So basically it's the easiest way to get to most anywhere.
Well, we decided to explore the Meguro area and kept on walking... and walking... and walking until we got to Shibuya (about 2 miles away). Unfortunately, we took a wrong turn and completely bypassed the entire main shopping section and wandered around in what I guess is just the business district for what seemed like forever. Eventually, about a mile and a half later, we came upon Yoyogi Park, so we wandered through there.

We ended up in Harajuku where we proceeded to trek through Omotesando and Omotesando Hills (a very upscale shopping center), then through Minami-Aoyama (minami means south) before we finally got on a train to head back home.

These pictures were taken from a pedestrian crossover on... some street I don't know the name of. (Seriously, I'd say 75% of the streets in Tokyo do not have names. Makes it really hard to figure out where you are.)

This one is looking to our right.

And this is to our left. Also on the left and just off the very right side of this picture is a Japanese Subway sandwich shop. Only because it's Japanese, it's more than just sandwiches! It's a Subway Sandwich & Cafe. We didn't go in, but it looked like it had a juice bar and everything!

Needless to say, by the end of the day we were very hot and sweaty and tired from our 6 hour trek in the Tokyo sun. My poor feet did not take kindly to the hills - or my shoes- so they had blisters and were generally very unhappy. So we just took it easy on Saturday, only going out for dinner... where we had McDonald's. I had a bacon lettuce burger and Cinnamon had a chicken sandwich. Both came with lots of mayo, because the Japanese seem to really love the condiment for some reason. Also, compared to the US, the portions are quite a bit smaller. What the Japanese consider medium is what we would consider small. The price was about the same, though.
That sums up our first two full days here. I'll add the next two in another post so this one doesn't get too long. ^_^