Tokyo - Day 4

A big reason for coming to Tokyo was to do the International Bazaar at the Tokyo American Club and today is traditionally the busiest (and longest) day. I got to the club at 8am ready to set up my stall which was luckily in a new and busier place.

I'm so proud of how the stall looked and love how my bags all work together. I also got to see a lot of familiar faces, old friends, return customers, as well as new customers.

The show finished at 8pm and I was ready for some food and something cold and alcoholic to drink. I still hadn't had my sushi fix so we headed to a kaiten sushi (conveyor belt sushi) place in Shibuya.

I loaded up on a massive selection of sushi all washed down with a cold beer. Yum!

I'm here!

Yes I'm here! Back in Tokyo and loving it. Staying in a fab little Airbnb apartment in the heart of Shibuya. We didn't get here until 9pm, so dumped our bags and then headed out in search of food.

Shibuya was busy as ever with people out and about, enjoying themselves. There are so many food options in Shibuya, but we headed to a little ramen place I know of that has a limited but tasty menu.

You choose your food at the vending machine at the front of the restaurant. Once you've paid for it, it prints out a ticket which you give to the chef. He then cooks it up and brings it over. Washed down with a nice cold beer.

As we meandered back to the apartment we came across one of these photo booths and had to try it out. Not sure about the dubious name though! We've come home with some strangely digitally enhanced cutesy photos of ourselves!

Tokyo trip - Day one

Well, after quite a while of not posting on my blog, I should have quite a lot to talk about as I am now on my annual trip to Tokyo! I really have hit the ground running, and with limited time to fit in everything I want to do, it just has to be done. I easily found my way from the airport to my new home for the next week, a lovely little apartment in Shibuya found through Airbnb. 

I dumped my suitcases, had a quick shower and then headed out to Roppongi Hills to meet up with my friend Tatsuya to see an exhibition of Takashi Murakami's work. He is heavily influenced by anime art and works on grand scales and in vibrant colours.

After a scrumptious meal of juicy tonkatsu (deep fried breaded pork) we headed over to Blue Note, old school-style supper club, to see the wonderful Kamasi Washington and his band play a mix of jazz, funk soul and all sorts in between!

The evening ended with the obligatory bustle through Shibuya where the hordes came out en masse to celebrate Halloween. It was fun to see all the random costumes but I have to say, I was glad to get back to the safety of my lovely little apartment and the comfort of my bed!