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<\/a> Hopefully it doesn’t blow our luggage allowance! \u00a0 During this i remembered my bluetooth headset was playing up so thought it a good time to get a replacement. I had a look at a shop and Kaoru suggested another so we walked around Shinjuku. Then we saw it… So we stopped and took a couple of photos.<\/p>\nA bit more walking, and I was totally lost – despite having spent a couple of weeks in Shinjuku just 12 months earlier.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kaoru hadn’t been there for just as long, and hadn’t been seriously around the area in even longer, yet was walking around like she owned the place.\u00a0 I guess she’s done it so much that she knows it like the back of her hand.\u00a0 So we looked in Bic Camera for my earpiece, but it was WAY too expensive there.\u00a0 We then had to catch our train so rushed off, and thought we’d come up with a plan later.\u00a0 On the way to the train, Kaoru found an ATM and was able to do some banking she needed to do, as she has de-citizenised herself from Japan on this trip.<\/p>\n
We made the train to Yokohama, and then on the Yokohama subway 1 stop.\u00a0 We got up to street level and Ryu was there waiting for us with Haruka.\u00a0 Wow – I saw her briefly at our wedding but that was 12 months ago.\u00a0 She has grown so much!\u00a0 She turns 3 in a few months.\u00a0 She didn’t recognise us, and was very shy.<\/p>\n
It was less than a 10 minute walk to Ryu and Naoko’s new house.\u00a0 Still up hill all the way, but not as steep as their old one.\u00a0 So it certainly had a tick from me!\u00a0 Their old house used to kill me getting there!\u00a0 Naoko was there when we arrived preparing lunch, so we went inside and said Hello, giving Haruka her Australian toy for this trip – a kookaburra that makes noise.\u00a0 She was a bit freaked out by it – we’ll see what happens over time.\u00a0 Her possum (from the first time we met her) is looking well loved!<\/p>\n
Lunch was another fantastic feast.\u00a0 Prawns in a sauce, Tonkatsu Chicken, vinegared vegetables…a few beers for Ryu and I… :).\u00a0 They played a video Ryu took of our wedding which was great to see.\u00a0 I don’t think I’ve seen any footage of our speeches before.\u00a0 It was a fun afternoon – they are a great couple, and Ryu’s english is very good, thanks to his work, so I can communicate well with them.\u00a0 He likes to “cut corners” and get Kaoru to translate when she is involved in the conversation, but when it’s just the two of us talking, he does a very good job.\u00a0 This is something I see a lot of in Japan – male’s will talk fine in English until there is another person who can speak both languages.\u00a0 Then they freeze up and utilise the translator.<\/p>\n
Time flew and before we knew it, it was time to go.\u00a0 So they walked us to the train station, we said goodbye, and were on our way to Yokohama.\u00a0 Ryu had mentioned the shop we had seen for the bluetooth headset has a store in Yokohama so we went there to save going back to Shinjuku.\u00a0 The lady there spoke very good English (which I congratulated and thanked her for – we were just lucky to have her serve us!) and I picked a unit to buy.\u00a0 Then we caught the train back to Tokyo, and then subway to Nishikasai.<\/p>\n
We called Okasan and Ottosan when we got to the station.\u00a0 They walked down and then we caught a taxi to the restaurant we went to a few visits ago (sushi train).\u00a0 It was very busy, and we had to wait for about half an hour for a table to be ready.\u00a0 It may have been because of this being the end of Golden Week, so nobody wanted to cook.\u00a0 It was the usual feast and sensory overload.\u00a0 A nice last meal.<\/p>\n
Kaoru and I managed to pay this time!\u00a0 We then caught a taxi home and did a final pack, had a bath, and then off to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was a relaxing morning. Kaoru was already up by the time i awoke at 7.15ish. She had been shuffling our stuff around to see the best way to get our bags packed. We had breakfast of scallops and noodles and then i had some work to take care of. Kaoru came in and asked … Continue reading