Sean picked us up for an early lunch and then escorted us to his office. We got to inspect his desk (which was clean and pristine, but so were all the other desks) and met his boss, a couple of managers, and several co-workers. A lot of handshaking and bowing and nodding. They said nice things about Sean and we tried to say nice things about Japan, but kept mispronouncing every name and place.
After this excitement Dave and I carried on to the Edo-Tokyo museum. This required a change from a subway to a train, and the reverse on the way back. We managed the transfers but each time ended up going outside and walking a block. I'm pretty sure there was a more efficient manner in which we could have done things. Partly our inefficiency was likely caused by our efforts to avoid long flights of stairs, and we ended up doing stairs anyway.
The Museum is right beside the Sumo Stable. I think referring to a place where men live and work as a stable is dehumanizing and thus wrong, but it doesn't seem to bother anyone here.
The Edo Tokyo Museum is interesting, but we wore out after the Edo part and didn't learn about modern Tokyo. As we managed to enter for a half-price ticket (due to our senior status) we didn't feel bad about skipping a portion of the museum.
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