Again, the sun woke be up – but this time it was 4.00!\u00a0 So I went back to sleep.\u00a0 We had breakfast at 8 (similar to yesterday’s), and a nice relaxing morning.\u00a0 It was a beautiful day – sun was shining and definitely shorts and T shirt weather!\u00a0 After some cleaning up, we left the house at 11ish and went for lunch. We ate at a Chinesey restaurant. Kaoru wanted ramen so we ended up at this place.\u00a0 I had an assortment of gyoza and Xiao Long Bao, which was delicious!\u00a0 We managed to pay for this meal with Okaasan and Ottosan.<\/p>\n
After lunch we walked to the station – because of the roadworks near the station it would be difficult to drive through, and it was < 5 minutes away.\u00a0 So we said goodbye and made our way.\u00a0 We had about 10 minutes to wait, which gave us time to buy a beer and some chocolate, and then caught the train to Nasushiobora.\u00a0 There we had about 6 minutes before the Shinkansen left, to change platforms.\u00a0 We were still walking to the “non reserved seats” section as the train pulled in.\u00a0 We had to go all the way up to car 2 in order to find 2 seats next to each other, but eventually we were seated and on the way.\u00a0 I worked the whole way to Tokyo unfortunately so didn’t get to enjoy the trip.\u00a0 Kaoru managed a bit of sleep.<\/p>\n
We went to Daimaru, which was quite a mission.\u00a0 We had to go to the 13th floor to get a 5% off coupon (for travellers).\u00a0 Then back down to the 1st floor to buy some sweets as gifts for people.\u00a0 The 5% doesn’t work on food though.\u00a0 Once we had bought it all, we had to go back to the 13th floor to get the GST refund.\u00a0 So a bit of stuffing around, but all worked out in the end and killed some time.<\/p>\n
We then went to a cafe and had an iced macha while I tried to finish the work I had been doing on the train.\u00a0 We realised we didn’t have time to go back to Mio’s before meeting up with Mikiko and Yoshi for dinner.\u00a0 So we went to Shibuya to get some of our shopping out of the way.\u00a0 Kaoru wanted to buy some cosmetics, and then we went to Don Quiote where I decided to buy a USB Type C => Ethernet adapter for my laptop, and a USB hub.\u00a0 I also got Darren a micro SD card.<\/p>\n
We met up with Mikiko and Yoshi just after 6, and had a fantastic dinner with them (and beer, and sake……).\u00a0 They had moved to Japan in August.\u00a0 So we had a great catch up with them.\u00a0 We were told last drinks, so it must have been a sitting that we were there for.\u00a0 So we paid the bill and said goodbye.\u00a0 We decided we could have a few drinks in Shibuya and then pick Arisa up from Juku on our way home and give Mio and Yoichi a night where they don’t have to go out later.\u00a0 So we called Mio, but Arisa was already at home and in bed!\u00a0 So instead we caught the train back to Sakura Shinmachie, and met them at the Italian restaurant for a couple of drinks and some food.\u00a0 We then went back to their house and had several whisky’s, and Youichi showed us a number of the watches in his collection.\u00a0 There were some amazing watches in there, and hearing the prices he paid just blew my mind.\u00a0 We went to bed way too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Again, the sun woke be up – but this time it was 4.00!\u00a0 So I went back to sleep.\u00a0 We had breakfast at 8 (similar to yesterday’s), and a nice relaxing morning.\u00a0 It was a beautiful day – sun was shining and definitely shorts and T shirt weather!\u00a0 After some cleaning up, we left the … Continue reading