After we woke up, we went downstairs for breakfast.\u00a0 This was included in the room cost, which was considerably cheaper than Shinagawa (where I normally stay).\u00a0 OK, it’s not a buffet breakfast – there are some rolls, egg, potato salad, soup, juice, tea and coffee.\u00a0 But it is enough to kick start the day.<\/p>\n
But today had to be an “all systems go” day for me.\u00a0 We’re intending to roll out Pracware today, but the team didn’t get enough done without me on the phone cracking the whip the last couple of days.\u00a0 So I had to pull it all back in line to get the release across the line.\u00a0 So most of the day was spent in the room.\u00a0 Kaoru went to visit her parents in the morning (they are about a 20 minute walk away), and came back for lunch.\u00a0 We went to get a Bento Box from a place across the road, and brought it back to the room to eat.<\/p>\n
In the afternoon Kaoru had to go to see her Facial Massage teacher, to say goodbye.\u00a0 So she caught a train out, and we planned a place to meet near Tokyo station.\u00a0 On my previous trips I had my own Japanese phone (that Dai-san had given me to use).\u00a0 But I had given that back to him, and Kaoru was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to follow her directions, so she called me through the afternoon and gave me a new meeting place (without the walking from the train station gate).\u00a0 I made it there no worries, and after looking for a present, we caught the train to Yokohama to see Rou and Nauko (and Haruka) for dinner.\u00a0 I still don’t know how they do the walk home each day from the train station to their house.\u00a0 It’s an amazing view from up so high, but it’s quite a challenge!<\/p>\n
We had Tako-yaki for dinner.\u00a0 Now that Kaoru and I have our own Tako-yaki maker, we were paying more attention to the finer arts of Tako-yaki.\u00a0 Haruka couldn’t work out if she was amazed by me, or scared of me, so would stare for a while, cry for a bit, then go back to staring again.\u00a0 She’ll get used to it sooner or later.\u00a0 Ryu explained that his job has changed, and he is not getting to use his English at all at work these days, so enjoyed the experience of using it again.\u00a0 It’s very easy to talk with them.<\/p>\n
It was a longer train ride back to the hotel than it used to be to Kaoru’s flat in Fujisawa.\u00a0 Luckily we had a seat for it.\u00a0 We got back to the hotel and called it a night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After we woke up, we went downstairs for breakfast.\u00a0 This was included in the room cost, which was considerably cheaper than Shinagawa (where I normally stay).\u00a0 OK, it’s not a buffet breakfast – there are some rolls, egg, potato salad, soup, juice, tea and coffee.\u00a0 But it is enough to kick start the day. But … Continue reading