Before I headed to the airport for South Korea, Paul and I took a short trip by train to Yokohama, the second largest city in Japan. Yokohama boasts of having the largest building in Japan called the Landmark Tower from which you can view a 360 degree panoramic view of the city.In less than a minute we got to the top traveling at approximately 1 floor per second... it's one of the fastest elevators in the world!
OK, this is so touristy, but I had to take a picture of a bottle of maple syrup from Elmira Ontario! There it was sitting close to Werther's candies in one of the huge import markets located at the bottom of the Landmark Tower. I recognize the label but definitely not the writing or price (1100 YEN is approx $10 CAD). Apparently a hot item here in Japan.
For those who crave statistics: Japan's annual imports of maple syrup have doubled since 1999. In 2003, Canada exported 1531 tons of maple syrup to Japan, valued at $13 million!
