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Feb. 9th, 2010 12:20 pmWednesday last week was pretty average. I went to the gym; I hung around in work getting frustrated, then I went home.
Thursday was consider
ably more exciting as I had a visitor from England! The sister of my high school boyfriend's friend (yeah, you can work that one out) came to Tokyo by herself so I offered her a reprieve from the dizzying heights of Tokyo by showing her around the harbour area in Yokohama. She said it was the first time she'd seen blue sky and a horizon all week.
We met at Sakuragicho station, then took the scenic route to the Redbrick Warehouse then along the harbour front to Yamashita Park and China Town. In China town we ate lots of street food - goma dango, hana maki, niku man. Cate had spent all week trying to get herself a niku man or "fluffy cloud with meat in" all week at the convenience stores but kept being given the an-man - fluffy clouds with sweet red bean paste in - which she detested. I think they're brilliant, but then I am a strange foreigner according to one of my Japanese friends.
After sampling the delights of China Town, we headed back to Yamashita Park and took the Sea Bass (or should that be Sea Bus, I've often wondered) back to Minato Mirai, where we wandered through the closed fairground and then had lunch in the (on the Sea Bass - Cate's only touristy photo of the whole trip) Landmark Tower. Cate managed to almost snap her credit card in half by being forced to use a Japanese-style toilet by a persuasive old lady. Here's a picture of me brandishing my chopsticks at a bowl of vegetable tempura:
Right, off to work, so I leave you with a piccie of one of the temples in China Town:
Thursday was consider
ably more exciting as I had a visitor from England! The sister of my high school boyfriend's friend (yeah, you can work that one out) came to Tokyo by herself so I offered her a reprieve from the dizzying heights of Tokyo by showing her around the harbour area in Yokohama. She said it was the first time she'd seen blue sky and a horizon all week. We met at Sakuragicho station, then took the scenic route to the Redbrick Warehouse then along the harbour front to Yamashita Park and China Town. In China town we ate lots of street food - goma dango, hana maki, niku man. Cate had spent all week trying to get herself a niku man or "fluffy cloud with meat in" all week at the convenience stores but kept being given the an-man - fluffy clouds with sweet red bean paste in - which she detested. I think they're brilliant, but then I am a strange foreigner according to one of my Japanese friends.
After sampling the delights of China Town, we headed back to Yamashita Park and took the Sea Bass (or should that be Sea Bus, I've often wondered) back to Minato Mirai, where we wandered through the closed fairground and then had lunch in the (on the Sea Bass - Cate's only touristy photo of the whole trip) Landmark Tower. Cate managed to almost snap her credit card in half by being forced to use a Japanese-style toilet by a persuasive old lady. Here's a picture of me brandishing my chopsticks at a bowl of vegetable tempura:
(yes, I am threatening those vegetables quite violently)
It was nice to have someone from back home come to visit. Being able to talk about things and people you have in common, sharing a similar humour and a familiar face to talk to is a welcome treat. You should all come and see me, English people. Right, off to work, so I leave you with a piccie of one of the temples in China Town:
