We met outside our room again at 830 and went in to the station for breakfast. I had congee. After breakfast we caught the train to ofuna (where Kaoru used to work), and she changed her ticket to a one day for the area. It wasn’t worth it for us as we were on jr pass.<\/p>\n
The next train took us to Kamakura where Kaoru showed us a vegetable market, but it wasn’t as busy as she was hoping to show us. Then we went to a craft beer place for a late second breakfast.<\/p>\n
A bit of a wander around and we caught a bus to the bamboo temple. We paid an extra 500 yen to get the green tea as well. It came with a sugar lollie which improved the bitterness of it. Drinking the tea looking up at the bamboo was so peaceful. Pity about all the tourists! The whole area was crazy.<\/p>\n
A bit more of a walk around and then we caught the bus back to another temple. This is the one Kaoru and i saw the bride pass out at many years ago. We then walked back down the street to the station, stopping for a pork bun, matcha ice cream, beer and shopping along the way. We all had sore legs so stopped for a sausage and drink, and planned the rest of our afternoon. We decided we didn’t have time for the big buddah so caught the train to Endoshi island. We walked across the bridge and up the main street, and bought a squashed squid. …something. … basically there were 3 little squid with a small amount of batter, squashed in a sandwich press.<\/p>\n
We walked further up to the temple but after a number of steps decided we didn’t have time to go further. So we made our way back to the station and caught the train to fujisawa. We went to Kaoru’s old “OK!” supermarket where Kaoru showed Michael around all the food and Leila and i checked out the bottle shop and daiso to make some purchases.<\/p>\n
We got to “our restaurant” for our 7.00 booking. As usual they were happy to see us again. We ate and drank plenty and had a great meal. On the way out the master came from the kitchen and gave us a gift. A cloth each, like the ones we gave guests after our wedding.<\/p>\n
We walked to the station and caught the train back to Tokyo. It was a bit late and we were all pretty tired so we skipped late night drinks. I had a beer while getting some work done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We met outside our room again at 830 and went in to the station for breakfast. I had congee. After breakfast we caught the train to ofuna (where Kaoru used to work), and she changed her ticket to a one day for the area. It wasn’t worth it for us as we were on jr … Continue reading