Saturday in Tokyo
Saturday 23rd December 2017
Explored the local area around our hotel a bit in the morning, then in the afternoon I headed over to Asakusa to meet Tanaka-san.
Japan Christmas and New Year 2017
John's Pictures

08:40:23
The view from our hotel in the morning.

08:40:33
We could just about see Mount Fuji!

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08:54:21
I picked up a jar of Marmite in Heathrow airport on the way here.

09:36:29
Chie and Erika in our hotel room. Not sure why this is so grainy.

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10:09:03
On our morning stroll.

10:19:26
Passage Coffee, near Keio univeristy. The espresso was very good here.

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11:01:49
Near our hotel there was some kind of local community event where they were making mochi.

11:02:43
Erika trying some of the freshly made mochi.

11:04:44
Chie looking incredibly happy for having some baked sweet potatoes.

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11:08:55
Erika with the sweet potato.

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11:55:30
Kamiya Bar in Asakusa.

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12:11:50
My lunch at a vegan / macrobiotic / organic cafe in Asakusa.

12:32:39
Had a bit of time to kill before meeting Tanaka-san so I went to look at Sensoji.

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13:09:48
The Sumida River and the Golden Turd.

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13:34:25
In Kamiya Bar now.

15:15:15
Tanaka-san and I made a new friend at Kamiya Bar and went on a tour of other bars in Asakusa (none were as good as Kamiya).

18:10:36
I took over parenting in the evening so Chie could go out with her friends. Here's Erika being indulged with one of these "gacha gacha" machines.