Day 6 (Saturday): Ghibli Museum + Shinjuku
When I woke up this morning, it was the first time since I got to Tokyo where I actually got a good night's rest! So it took about 5 days for me to get over the time difference (compare that with the 2 weeks it took to readjust when I got back!) I was pretty excited because I had two things planned today that perhaps I had been looking forward to the most. That is going to the Ghibli Museum and having dinner at the New York Bar and Grill (the restaurant where they shot Lost in Translation ). For those who don't know, the Ghibli is a museum dedicated to the work of Hayao Miyazaki , famed animator/film maker whose movies include My Neighbour Totoro , Princess Mononoke and the Oscar winning Spirited Away . I like anime but have more of a passing interest than being an Otaku Comic-con costume wearing geek. Knowing that I was going to be visiting the Ghibli is what actually inspired me to finally watch some of Miyazaki's movies as I have to admit I hadn't seen any before...