I woke several times in the night but got up about 830, had a shower and went down for breakfast. After breakfast Kaoru and I started packing our bags as we were checking out of “château Yoneda” today.

We left our bags behind (as we were coming back later this afternoon) and Mio drove us to the station. It was still raining from yesterday – nothing major, just a constant rain. We then went to yokohama again – this time to see Hiro and Yasuko.

We found Kiyoken restaurant which Kaoru had booked. It’s a famous Chinese food restaurant. They were waiting for us out the front. We had a great meal and lovely chat about old times. Bob and Irene Nelson, for example, and trips to lake massasecum. Their english is still very good considering they haven’t really used it in over 20 years.

We paid for lunch and took a photo outside to send to mum and dad. After a long goodbye we parted ways at the station and caught the train back to Tokyo. Because it was rainy and Kaoru was getting tired we got Mio to pick us up from the station.

Yoichi was having a sleep and after a cup of tea i had a lay down too. A beer as a jump start and we were ready to go for dinner. We put our suitcases in the back of the car and said goodbye to Yoichi as he was off for nomikai. Mio, Kaoru and i went to town and i went in to pick Arisa up again. We then went to an Italian restaurant for dinner. Near the end of the meal we got a message from Michael and Leila. They had landed and were just going through immigration.

After dinner we dropped Arisa off as she wanted to watch tv. Mio then drove us to Meguro station as that was jr and close to Shinagawa. Kaoru and i said goodbye and left. Once at Shinagawa we checked in at Shinagawa prince hotel – our residence for the next few days. We went up to our room and to our surprise we were in the same room i was in on my very first trip to Japan!  I know because it was the corner room.

We spent a bit of time unpacking and getting the place under control. We then went down to reception to await Michael and Leilas bus. We saw them at the checkin counter. So said hello and once they had finished we arranged to take 5 minutes to drop their bags off and then we went out for food.

The rain was getting heavier just as we crossed the road to the station. We crossed the tracks and went to the same restaurant i started at on my June trip. We ordered some food and drink and caught up for a bit but were all pretty tired. We went back about 1145 and called it a night.