I slept really well last night.\u00a0 No surprise.\u00a0 I went downstairs for breakfast – Yoichi had already left for work and Mio and Kaoru were chatting.\u00a0 So after a breakfast of scrambled egg on (ultra-thick) toast with a side of garlic prawns, I was ready to start the day.\u00a0 First thing was organise our bags a bit so we had some space in our room!<\/p>\n
Mio drove us to the train station at 10.30, dropping Arisa off at school at the same time.\u00a0 We started by going to Asakusa because there was a big festival there and Kaoru wanted to show me a big crowd.\u00a0 It wasn’t as crazy as I thought – I was expecting an extra 50% people at least!\u00a0 But we walked around and had some food.\u00a0 It was quite warm.\u00a0 We ate Takoyaki first, which were massive bits of tako, but wasn’t cooked well and, to be honest, not good at all.\u00a0 We went in to a shopping strip and bought Sakura Ice Cream Sandwich, which was nice and refreshing in the heat.\u00a0 I was still a bit hungry so we finished that off with Pork Kushiyaki (grilled on a skewer).<\/p>\n
We made our way back to the train station and then went to Akihabara for a massage.\u00a0 We managed to get in to the same place we went last time (and the time before – 3000 yen for 60 minutes) with just a 20 minute wait.\u00a0 We wanted to sit down in a cafe after that but they were too busy, so we went on to Shibuya and found a cafe there.\u00a0 I had an iced chai latte and Kaoru had a cafe latte; we also ordered an apple crumble (which unfortunately had walnuts in it so Kaoru had to eat it) and a strawberry cake.<\/p>\n
We went shopping at Bic Camera for some alcohol.\u00a0 Last time I bought a bottle of Nikka 12 Year whisky which I really enjoyed so needed to replenish it.\u00a0 Kaoru wanted a bottle of Bailey’s and a bottle of Yuzu.\u00a0 I also got a 6 pack of Suntory Premium Malts, which came with a top to the can, with a pourer that does frothing as well.\u00a0 Probably doesn’t work but a fun novelty.<\/p>\n
We looked further and I noticed some drones.\u00a0 I thought it might be a good toy and Kaoru really wanted one too.\u00a0 I found a unit for ~AU$150.\u00a0 It would be AU$168+shipping in Australia so despite the extra weight to have to carry, I bought it.\u00a0 That was duty free, plus a further 5% discount for paying by AMEX.<\/p>\n
We were pretty loaded up now so made our way back home.\u00a0 Kaoru spoke to Mio on the way and found out she had missed a number of messages from Mio during the day – we were going to be cutting it fine for our dinner booking.\u00a0 They met us at the station and we caught a taxi to the Kushiage restaurant.\u00a0 Ageru means deep fried, and Kushi is on a skewer.\u00a0 Note we had Kushiyaki for lunch (skewer but cooked on a grill – Yaki).\u00a0 We had a sauce to dip (no double dipping allowed!) the food in before eating it.\u00a0 Nice, but not as keen on the deep fried foods.<\/p>\n
Youichi left early to pick Arisa up from school.\u00a0 Mio, Kaoru and I caught a taxi back to the house maybe 15 minutes later, and we actually were back first.\u00a0 Kaoru had a bath, and I stayed to talk to Youichi and Mio.\u00a0 I then had a bath, and we packed our bags for the next part of our adventure, and were off to bed.<\/p>\n
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I slept really well last night.\u00a0 No surprise.\u00a0 I went downstairs for breakfast – Yoichi had already left for work and Mio and Kaoru were chatting.\u00a0 So after a breakfast of scrambled egg on (ultra-thick) toast with a side of garlic prawns, I was ready to start the day.\u00a0 First thing was organise our bags … Continue reading