It was a very beautiful day to be in Yokohama today compared to a few weeks ago. We arrived by 7am and I used our WIFI device while lying in bed as there was no urgency to getting up early as we didn't need to meet with our tour group until 8:40.
After a very easy disembarkation, we were met by our Tours By Locals guide for today, Art, who turned out to be a motorcyclist. We hit it off quite easily because of that common interest. We used taxies to drive about 20 minutes (1900¥) to the Sankeien gardens which were created in the early 1900's by a wealthy silk merchant. It took about 2 hours to tour these exquisite and tranquil gardens. Google it and you won't be disappointed. We then used the GD same two taxies to drive to a train station where we purchased train tickets to get to the Ramen Museum. With a couple of transfers, we were soon at the ShinYokohama Ramen museum which is a collection of little restaurants which sell various types of Ramen. One orders tickets using a vending machine at the respective restaurants (a bit of a complex procedure even for the Japanese). If you order in one restaurant, you are not allowed to eat it in another. It was very yummy, and I'd do it again. We then caught the subway back to the ship. I needed some more yen, so we walked back into town to the post office. It seems that in Japan banks, Post Offices, and 7/11 stores are the locations for ATM's for foreign transactions. We made it back to the ship within 15 minutes of the deadline for boarding the ship which was 3pm.
The muster drill occurred at 3:15pm, and afterwards I had the opportunity to confer with Debbie, the events coordinator about use of the Hudson Room for the interdenominational service on sea days at 9AM. I've volunteered to lead it.
Once again from the Crow's Nest, we watched the sail away out of the harbor and into Tokyo Bay amid the twilight sun. We took dinner in the Lido, and the prime rib was excellent.
As it's April 25, there was a very nice ANZAC memorial service with a reading of Flanders Field, a wreath laying, prayers, a moment of silence, and playing of the Last Post and the Australian and New Zealand national anthems.
For the 3rd time this cruise we watched the Listen to The Music program which introduces the entertainment staff. It's an upbeat production!
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