Well, as I knew, today was not looking good from the start… 🙂

Kaoru got up, saw Julie off (who wasn’t very good either), and saw Aunty Linda and Uncle Owen arrive.  They went in to Mum and Dad’s room.  Then she had to go off for some wedding things.  I got up and had a shower, and gave Simon a call to arrange breakfast.  So he came to my hotel and I took him to the cafe we had been to previously.  We then walked in to Shinjuku station, and caught a train to Harijuku – I wanted to show Simon the walk he would be doing on Thursday, to the wedding place, as he has to get there early and will be by himself.

We continued the walk down Takeshita street, and then turned around, and went back to Shinjuku.  Kaoru was in the lobby waiting for James, as we knew he would be there soon.  I arranged to meet Simon again at 5.30, and went up to get some sleep.  Not long after, Kaoru brought James in to the room, so I met him.  He dropped his bags off and then he and Kaoru went out for a bit.  They returned to the room as James was tired, so he had a sleep on the couch and Kaoru enjoyed some peaceful time.

At 3.30 Kaoru and I made a booking at the Korean BBQ for us all, and then she went to meet Leila so they could get their nails done.  I came back to the hotel, and as James was still sleeping, went up to the lounge for some peaceful time and snacks!  I went back to the room about 5 and had a bit of a chat to James – started to get to know him.  Then went downstairs to meet Brett and Naomi at 5.45.  Simon also met me down there, so while Brett and Naomi got checked in and sorted, Simon and I went to my room, and had a Beer with James.  We then all met downstairs for Korean BBQ dinner (Brett, Naomi, Mum and Dad, Aunty Linda and Uncle Owen, Aunty Lynette, Simon and I).  No Kaoru, so I had to do the ordering / arranging of things.

Brett, Naomi, Simon and I went out for a couple of drinks, to show Naomi some of Shinjuku.  By complete coincidence, Kaoru walked past the pub we were in, saw us, and came in!  So we stayed for another round, but were then ready to call it a night.