Last Day in Japan
Friday 14th February 2014
Last full day of this trip - got the shinaksen to Hiroshima through a snowy Japan. In the evening met Tanaka-san and Yuka-chan at our hotel - the Okura - and went for drinks at Bar Highlander, followed by dinner at a macrobiotic restaurant called Chaya.
Japan February 2014
John's Pictures

08:30:24
Chie eating an Amaou strawberry.

08:30:28

10:05:23
Erika saying goodbye to Jiji and Baba (Grandma and Grandad).

11:35:35
Getting on the shinkansen at Hiroshima.

12:04:52
Snowy landscapes seen from the window of the shinkansen.

12:05:01

12:16:41
Chie and Erika having lunch on the shinkansen.

13:32:17

14:04:16
A shot of the three of us (and the salaryman across the aisle!) as Erika had her afternoon nap.

14:41:53
Me and Erika on the shinkansen.

16:18:21
Chie and Erika enjoying the ceiling in Tokyo station.

17:00:52
In our room at the Hotel Okura, where we met up with Tanaka-san and Yuka-chan.

17:01:27
...same with me and Yuka-chan having swapped places (hard to get the white balance right in this room!).

18:05:26
In the Bar Highlander in the Hotel Okura, here's their own bottling of a Lagavulin 12 year old.

18:42:41
In the lobby, Yuka and Erika.

18:43:17
Tanaka-san and Erika having a goodbye hug.

18:45:23
Tanaka-san playing peekaboo (inai-inai-baa as they call it in Japanese) with Erika.

18:45:26

18:45:32

19:40:21
Chaya, the macrobiotic restaaurant where we had dinner.

19:53:29
My dinner, involving some fritters made with seitan which were quite good.

19:53:50
The cocotte which had a bit of soy meat in it. This was quite good too.

20:49:21
On getting back to the hotel, the snow as seen from the entrance. Did not bode well for getting to the airport tomorrow!