Sayonara
We've had our last supper, the boarding passes have been printed, and the cases are (almost) packed.
It's time to say a fond farewell to Japan for now, but we're leaving with lots of lasting memories of an incredible honeymoon.
Today was what we've been calling our "greatest hits" day - going back and revisiting places we want to go to again, or anything we missed.
Having spent nearly two weeks here already, there wasn't much we hadn't gotten around to, although there's a few things we hope to see when/if we get the chance to return.
One thing you may have noticed was that Lucinda was disappointed to miss out on her second Genki Sushi experience in Shibuya on Friday, so we went back for lunch today.
We had egg omelette, crispy prawn rolls and various nigiri (beef rib, tempura prawn, hamburger mayo, fatty tuna) with matcha tea and melon soda, all for just over a fiver each.
Whilst visiting Shibuya Crossing one last time, we were approached by a presenter from Fuji Television (one of the major channels over here) to film a bit for one of their shows.
Presumably it's a programme about stupid tourists, as we were asked why we came here and what our favourite bits were, before being challenged to remember a kanji (logographic characters used in the Japanese writing system).
It was harder than it sounds!
Neither of us can remember what the show was called but it won't be out for a month or two anyway.
Next, we went to Shinjuku, which is where we were for dinner and drinks the night before. We stumbled across a shopping mall which had a 100 yen shop with tonnes of bargains in it, and another of my favourite Japanese second hand shops.
My inner Del Boy came out and I bought a rare Sega Dreamcast game for a tenner, which will hopefully sell on eBay for fifty quid plus. Lovely jubbly.
I also took the opportunity to play Super Mario, mainly so I can say I played Super Mario in a shop in Japan.
With night drawing in and the lights on, we walked through Shinjuku to find the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, which has observation decks on its 44th floor with free entry.
The views were spectacular so we took some photos and had a mooch about in the gift shops.
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped off at our neighbouring district of Ryogoku, which is the home of sumo wrestling.
Sumo's "Kokugikan" grand hall is located here, and even the train station celebrates the sport and its past champions.
We had a quick look at the Edo "Town of Feasts" beside the station which preserves the atmosphere of the old station, and features lots of authentic restaurants, souvenir shops and even a sumo ring.
Speaking of feasts, we made one last pilgrimage to Life, the supermarket near our hotel. We managed to get rid of most of our coins and bought enough food to make a nice snack dinner and breakfast.
Tomorrow we're up at 6.45am but will have plenty of time to sleep on the plane, with a 12 hour flight from Tokyo to Amsterdam, a 6 hour gap, and then a further hour and a half trip from Amsterdam to Glasgow.
In the meantime, thank you for keeping up with our goings-on!
See you all soon.
George
It's time to say a fond farewell to Japan for now, but we're leaving with lots of lasting memories of an incredible honeymoon.
Today was what we've been calling our "greatest hits" day - going back and revisiting places we want to go to again, or anything we missed.
Having spent nearly two weeks here already, there wasn't much we hadn't gotten around to, although there's a few things we hope to see when/if we get the chance to return.
One thing you may have noticed was that Lucinda was disappointed to miss out on her second Genki Sushi experience in Shibuya on Friday, so we went back for lunch today.
We had egg omelette, crispy prawn rolls and various nigiri (beef rib, tempura prawn, hamburger mayo, fatty tuna) with matcha tea and melon soda, all for just over a fiver each.
Whilst visiting Shibuya Crossing one last time, we were approached by a presenter from Fuji Television (one of the major channels over here) to film a bit for one of their shows.
Presumably it's a programme about stupid tourists, as we were asked why we came here and what our favourite bits were, before being challenged to remember a kanji (logographic characters used in the Japanese writing system).
It was harder than it sounds!
Neither of us can remember what the show was called but it won't be out for a month or two anyway.
Next, we went to Shinjuku, which is where we were for dinner and drinks the night before. We stumbled across a shopping mall which had a 100 yen shop with tonnes of bargains in it, and another of my favourite Japanese second hand shops.
My inner Del Boy came out and I bought a rare Sega Dreamcast game for a tenner, which will hopefully sell on eBay for fifty quid plus. Lovely jubbly.
I also took the opportunity to play Super Mario, mainly so I can say I played Super Mario in a shop in Japan.
With night drawing in and the lights on, we walked through Shinjuku to find the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, which has observation decks on its 44th floor with free entry.
The views were spectacular so we took some photos and had a mooch about in the gift shops.
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped off at our neighbouring district of Ryogoku, which is the home of sumo wrestling.
Sumo's "Kokugikan" grand hall is located here, and even the train station celebrates the sport and its past champions.
We had a quick look at the Edo "Town of Feasts" beside the station which preserves the atmosphere of the old station, and features lots of authentic restaurants, souvenir shops and even a sumo ring.
Speaking of feasts, we made one last pilgrimage to Life, the supermarket near our hotel. We managed to get rid of most of our coins and bought enough food to make a nice snack dinner and breakfast.
Tomorrow we're up at 6.45am but will have plenty of time to sleep on the plane, with a 12 hour flight from Tokyo to Amsterdam, a 6 hour gap, and then a further hour and a half trip from Amsterdam to Glasgow.
In the meantime, thank you for keeping up with our goings-on!
See you all soon.
George
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