I saw this article in the Sunday Times sometime back, about Yanaka. What caught my attention was there were many cats there. Billie and me loved cats, so this is a place to be at. Heard there were nice snacks too - another plus point.
When we reached there, we were on the lookout for snacks and cats. To our disappointment, we didn't see many cats. Believed could be due to the cold weather.
Seems like this town is cat-themed, even the snacks had cats' paws on them.
One disadvantage of not knowing Japanese would be you might be eating something you didn't fancy. The pancake in the shape of a cat was Billie's and mine's favourite. We did not know which flavour/fillings to order and we ended up with Pizza fillings. That was a disaster. So, at least need to know how to read Romanji, Hiragana and Katakana before you go there.
In the evening, we had another sushi dinner. This time round, we had to talk to the chef directly, ie. if we did not find the sushi we wanted on the revolving belt. Instead of speaking, we chose to settle with whatever we can find on the revolving belt. Noticed that we actually ate alot, as compared to the locals. I guessed it was just the attitude - must play hard and eat hard while on a holiday. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the sushi, though we still missed the one in Osaka. Cannot remember the name but should be able to remember how to get there.
The rest of the day was spent shopping, shopping, shopping again. And packing, packing, packing.
Packing was a challenge because of big stuff - model kits, and heavy stuff - CDs, books, etc.
We had to ensure each bag was manageable so we packed and re-packed. We even had to dismantle some of the model kits to make space.
I remember I won a huge stuffed dinosaur for Billie at a carnival in Hong Kong around 8 to 10 years back. And this monster was stuffed in ONE BIG bag. I loved that monster and Billie enjoyed sitting on it for sometime.
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