{"id":1069,"date":"2017-04-01T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T07:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travlindaz.codersoft.com.au\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2017-04-01T17:17:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T07:17:11","slug":"thursday-march-30th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travlindaz.codersoft.com.au\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"Thursday March 30th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke early this morning – we had a travel day ahead of us so no time for resting :).\u00a0 After a shower we walked for about 20 minutes to a place Kaoru wanted to go to for breakfast, which was a bakery so had a collection of pastries, and also dining in.\u00a0 We grabbed a few and enjoyed our breakfast, but it was only “ordinary” – not as good as Kaoru was expecting.\"\"<\/p>\n

On the walk back we passed a place, the name of which pretty much describes its purpose…<\/p>\n

Back at the room we did our teeth, and packed our bags.\u00a0 We checked out around 10.30, and made our way to the train station.\u00a0 From there we got a “super rapid express” service to Shin Osaka.\u00a0 We decided against the gamble of getting unreserved seats, so booked reserved seats for the Shinkansen back to Tokyo (Shinagawa).\u00a0 It was free for me anyway with my JR pass, so we just had to buy Kaoru’s.<\/p>\n

\"\"It was early, but we needed to get some lunch.\u00a0 Our aim was to get Osaka-style Okonomiyaki in Osaka.\u00a0 \"\"But we still wanted to get back to Tokyo before peak hour.\u00a0 So we found a restaurant and placed our order.\u00a0 Because it was lunch time, we didn’t get to cook it ourselves at the table like most places.\u00a0 But it meant it didn’t get messed up when I attempted to flip it, so there was a good side!\u00a0 I managed to see the chef’s cooking it.\u00a0 Amazing seeing how many they were managing at once.<\/p>\n

After lunch we browsed around the Shin-Osaka, having a look outside to say we had at least *been* to Osaka (it doesn’t count if you don’t leave the airport \/ train station).\u00a0 Then we caught the Shinkansen back to “the big smoke”.\u00a0\u00a0 It was about a 2.5 hour ride, so a good chance to catch up on things.<\/p>\n

We got off the train at Shinigawa and changed to Shibuya, and then to Sukara Shinmachi. Mio had to pick Ar\"\"isa up from Juku and it was timed well for her to take us home as well, which saved us having to walk.\u00a0 Once back at the house we sat down and had a drink and a chat, while we waited for Yoichi to come home.\u00a0 Mio presented me with a new beer taste.\u00a0 I never thought I’d find something to equal the Premium Malts, but there it was!<\/p>\n

Mio had also done some shopping for us.\u00a0 There is a whisky brewery called Ichiro’s Malt, which has a very \"\"limited number of releases each year.\u00a0 Kaoru has looked for it in the past and been unable to find it.\u00a0 Mio found it at her local department store – they only had 12 that they could sell, and only one to each person at a time.\u00a0 So she went back a few times to get a few.\u00a0 She also got carried away and bought some other whisky’s, including a bottle of Hibiki.\u00a0 We had already purchased our duty free allowance (less one bottle), so basically we now have stock for our next couple of trips!<\/p>\n

Once Yoichi came home we went out to dinner.\u00a0 Now when we got to the door and I realised that’s where we were going, I must admit I was a\"\" little reluctant at first.\u00a0 But I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food.\u00a0 I had the salmon and Kaoru had hamburg steak.\u00a0 Both were delicious.\u00a0 They also had “make your own taco rice” at the all you can eat salad bar!\u00a0 Dessert consisted of profiteroles, jelly and ice cream.\u00a0 And for once I managed to get in first and pay!<\/p>\n

We walked home and decided we needed to sample the Ichiro’s Malt, so cracked one of the bottles open.\u00a0 Yoichi normally drinks brandy (Henessey) but he actually really enjoyed this and came back for more!\u00a0 However I was quite tired and struggling to stay awake – still on the tail end of this cold so not the best nights sleep, plus the travelling for the day – so I excused myself and had an early night.\u00a0 I later found that Mio and Yoichi enjoyed a couple more glasses!<\/p>\n

A few more photos from the day:<\/p>\n

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