Day 28: The day I have been waiting for

Finally, the day I have been literally been waiting years for! We traveled to Yokohama to see the Yokohama International Port Terminal. I have studied this building for so long and have dreamed of going since I started school and I was so excited for this day.

What I didn't realize is that we were going to the terminal to watch another series of lectures, but nothing was going to ruin this day for me. It was a beautiful day as well with not a raindrop in sight. I spent awhile walking around the terminal getting completely lost. It was a really cool building and everything I had hoped it would be.

After we spent some time walking around we went inside to listen to the lecture. Not just one lecture, but 6 straight hours of lectures, ugh. But we did get to finally see Kengo Kuma with a good seat and the architect from SANAA, the architect who built the terminal itself and a lot of other influential architects as well so it was worth it to sit there. 

Once the lectures were over we finally got to go back outside! Yay!

From the terminal we walked to the Yokohama China town for dinner and I had some of the best food of my life. It was so cheap too! I had wanted dumplings for awhile so I finally got my pork dumpling and a custard dumpling as well. I wish I could go back here every single day. 

 

For dessert I got almond flavored ice cream and it was no joke the best ice cream I have ever eaten in my life. It does help that I love anything that is flavored with almond, but I have never seen this flavor anywhere else! I guess I liked it so much that I didn't even get a picture of it before I ate it all. After eating we walked around China town a bit and did some shopping because there were a lot of cute stores around. I got some really cute socks here that I had been looking for as well. After China town our night was still not over because we wanted to see the Tower of the Winds by Toyo Ito. Like the ferry terminal, I have been waiting to see this project for years as well so I was very excited.

We finally got there and it was soo beautiful. Not! They didn't even have it turned on! The tower lights up and lighting patterns respond to changes in the wind but there were no lights on what so ever. I was very disappointed, but nothing I could do about it. At least I can say that I've been there.