Monday-Almost a full week in Japan

Hey,
Today we went swimming (That wasn't the inital plan we were going to go somewhere else but the forecast said it was going to thunder storm so we had to postpone). The swimming pool we went to was really cool; it was part of a sport and recreation centre (all indoors).To enter the pool you had to take a lift up to the third floor, buy a ticket (that told you what time to get out), give the ticket to the lady at the desk, take off your shoes and enter the changerooms so you can get changed. After you get changed you head out a different door from the one you came into the changerooms and walk up a spiraling staircase. When you get to the top you have to have a quick shower then walk through this thing that sprays water at you from all directions (it's a bit complicated if you just want to swim a few laps). When we'd finished with that mess we walked over to another desk and rented a boshi (bo-she), which is a Japanese swimming cap (in Japan you have to wear a boshi if you want to swim, even if you want to just muck around). After we finished swimming we went back to the changerooms and got dressed. We walked out of the pool reception area and near the lift we saw a vending machine (they are every where!!!!!) that sold ice cream, yes you read right, ice cream! We decided to try it out. After we left the sport place we went on the monarail and rode for a while (it has a cretain amount of stops it can go to). We rode back to the stop we got off at and had lunch. We had Takoyaki (Ta-ko-ya-kee)!!!!! We finished lunch and went home.

Enjoy the rest of you holidays,
Chloe.