Pokemon and Sweat Water

I'm told there are more vending machines here than anywhere else. At one vending machine I meant to purchase water but purchased Pocari Sweat instead. The bottle says this is a "healthy beverage that smoothly supplements the lost water and electrolytes during perspiration." I'm not making this up - somebody in the marketing department needs to be fired or I'm missing something. It tasted pretty good by the way so I bought some more for me and the kids. 

This is one orderly country. The trains run like clockwork and everything is very efficient and uniform. Kind of gets on your nerves after a while. Like when you need to shift to the left every time you go up an escalator to let others pass, or when you see the business men all off to work wearing the same white short-sleeved dress shirt. I do appreciate the architecture and infrastructure though as we get around. Makes the journey part of the fun.

We took a mono-rail through the city and across the Rainbow Bridge to the Odaiba district, which is an academic and technology park built out into the harbour. I always enjoy the science and technology museums and the one in Odaiba called Miraikan is no exception. In the International Space Station exhibit we watched the live feed of the docking of a Soyuz rocket that launched this morning. I also liked the robot and android exhibits - the Japanese seem to be on the cutting edge of this technology. There was one android that was realistic enough to be a bit creepy. People were also wandering around the museum on these Segways that you sit on and move using your body weight rather than with your hands. And the kids liked the Pokemon exhibit with all things Pokemon.