It was a planned later start today so I got to spend the morning with my wife! We had breakfast in the room and after dealing with some work stuff I practiced saying my vows for the wedding. We went up to the lounge and had tea and some cake but only for about 15 minutes. We met Mum, Julie,  Aunty Lynette and David at the lobby at 11. Dad was out at golf.

Michael and Liela were waiting for us at the bakery and we got on a train for Yokohama. We walked through China town,  led by Kaoru with her flag, and got to a yum cha restaurant. We made good use of the “all you can eat”!  We then left and walked out of Chinatown and caught a bus to the cup noodle museum. This had a history of cup noodles and David got to design his own packet,  pick the contents and have it sealed.

We had to rush out at the end and made the bus with about 1 minute to spare. It took us to the station, and we comfortably made a train which took us all the way to Shimbashi.  We were there about 30 minutes early so we walked to the locomotive to show David.  Then it was off to dinner and for us all to meet Ken (Dad’s friend from Japan).  When Ken booked the table, he put us on a set menu so we didn’t have to think about food.  We were also on a drink menu, so it was unlimited drinks for 2 hours.  And did me make the most of that!!!

We caught a train back to the hotel and I went to see if Simon had arrived (staying in a different hotel).  He hadn’t checked in, so I left a message with my phone number and went to the 45th floor to meet up with Michael, Leila and Kaoru.  It was very smokey and drinks were very expencive so we gave it a miss and went to Mum and Dad’s room, where we continued drinking and making quite a bit of noise – I’m surprised we didn’t get a call from reception!  Simon arrived not long after and started working on catching up to us.

We left about midnight and I thought I should show Simon Shinjuku.  So Michael and Leila, Julie, Simon and I “hit the town”.  We went to a few small bars, getting a drink in each, and had a fantastic time.  Then we ended up in a bar with 2 hours free drinks (for a cover charge) and made the most of that.  We then walked home and got back quite late, knowing we weren’t going to be too good tomorrow!