Due to our late night the day before, we had a bit of a late start on day 5. For lunch we found an unagi (eel) restaurant in Shinjuku before heading into the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. The only problem about Tokyo, all of Japan in fact, is that the sun goes down around 4 pm. So we didn't have much time to explore the National Garden before it got dark. What we did see was beautiful.
That evening we had plans to meet a friend of the family (thank you Bob and Barbara!), Yukiko. She asked us meet her on the 50th floor of an office building in Shinjuku, and we knew we'd be in for a wonderful time. We had dinner at a restaurant called Neboke, where they served kaiseki meals from Shikoku (where Yukiko is from...and where we're headed on this trip for a few days). The meal was at least 10 course...from soup to sashimi to grilled fish to more soup to pickles...it was incredible. So incredible, I forgot to take any pictures. Plus we had the opportunity to ask Yukiko all of the etiquette questions we'd had since we arrived in Japan (where do we place our hot towels, when do we uncap and drink our soup, when do you pour a beer for someone else). It was a fantastic evening...thank you Yukiko!
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I failed to post my comment yesterday again!
Beautiful chrysanthemum!
Have you seen little children dressed in tradition clothes? There is a cute holiday in November, called something like 3, 5, 7. It celebrates stages of children separation from their parents, sort of little steps of coming of age.
Olga
when we were in kyoto we visited the heian shrine...not during the festival...but there were a lot of children dressed in traditional outfits...even leo thought it was cute
I have a Cheburaska doll, when you press his tummy he sings in Russian. If you see any more Cheb paraphernalia bring me some. I really like him!
katie x
i'm about finished with my JET app.
katie, if you don't finish your jet application Cheburashka will not love you anymore!
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