Our original plan for today was for Brett, Kaoru and I to do some shopping for Brett’s girls.  He’s never had spare time in Japan, and as there was nothing planned for this morning, he was going to put the time to good use.  I was also asked to attend, to meet the management team at Konami.  I wouldn’t have been required for most of the discussions, so it was agreed I would turn up around 12.00 to meet them all.  This meant Kaoru and I could do the shopping for Brett.  So we went to Kiddy Land, figuring that would have everything we could want / need.  Unfortunately it didn’t open until 11.00, so I had Kaoru on a strict time budget – 30 minutes to get in and out!

I have never before been the first person to enter a store.  I felt like some mad shopper lining up to get in (although there was no line – just somebody standing at the door, with a rope across the entrance, looking at their watch).  We then did speed-shopping and managed to get all the presents wrapped, and walked out of the store bang on 11.30.  We rushed back to the hotel, I got changed, and then caught a taxi to Konami.  Couldn’t have timed it any better!

After the meeting we had lunch, and then back to the hotel for Brett to get the presents in his bag.  He caught the Narita Express to the airport from Shinagawa station, and I got some other work done.

Dinner was at Gonpachi – our first meal there for this trip.  Mikiko, Jack, Mark, Ange and I caught a taxi from the front of the hotel.  Kaoru joined us after work.  Miyakawa-san (from Kashiwa) was also there, to discuss a few things which have been outstanding from Sportainment’s end for a while, and also the use of Datascore.

After dinner, Mark and Ange invited Kaoru and I to a wine bar which a friend of Ange’s owns.  We had some lovely champagne and salad, wine, and some alcoholic sorbet.  It was a great end to the day.