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l33tminion) wrote2026-04-24 05:56 am
l33tminion) wrote2026-04-24 05:56 am
Family Time in Tokyo
On Wednesday, we took the bullet train to Tokyo. Erica helped choose the afternoon activity, so we ended up going to Capyneko, a cat and capybara cafe in Harajuku. Beforehand, we had a snack of some very elaborate shaved ice (kakegouri) at PAP Coffee.
For dinner, we went to Denny's, which is mostly notable for the trivia that it's an entirely different restaurant chain licensing the Denny's branding. It's a good time, though, and "family restaurant" is a thing for a reason.
On Thursday, we went to visit my host parents, Kyoko and Isamu, in Shisui. Was really lovely catching up (making the most of my somewhat faded and not that strong in the first place Japanese language skills), and I'm so glad Erica had the chance to meet them in person. They took us out to a really nice lunch nearby.
On the way back, we stopped at Tokyo Skytree Town. Erica didn't want to check out the observation deck of the Skytree itself, the view from the floor 30 lounge in Skytree Town was high enough. The lower floors of the mall there had a lot of pop culture focused shops, among other things. Erica was very excited about the Pokemon Center and we had dinner at the Kirby Cafe, which was definitely very cute.
For dinner, we went to Denny's, which is mostly notable for the trivia that it's an entirely different restaurant chain licensing the Denny's branding. It's a good time, though, and "family restaurant" is a thing for a reason.
On Thursday, we went to visit my host parents, Kyoko and Isamu, in Shisui. Was really lovely catching up (making the most of my somewhat faded and not that strong in the first place Japanese language skills), and I'm so glad Erica had the chance to meet them in person. They took us out to a really nice lunch nearby.
On the way back, we stopped at Tokyo Skytree Town. Erica didn't want to check out the observation deck of the Skytree itself, the view from the floor 30 lounge in Skytree Town was high enough. The lower floors of the mall there had a lot of pop culture focused shops, among other things. Erica was very excited about the Pokemon Center and we had dinner at the Kirby Cafe, which was definitely very cute.