March 21
Mitzi’s eldest brother and his wife came over to see Nancy’s new apartment and visit for lunch. Jill, Miwa and I went out for a quick walk to get some groceries for lunch and to the local shrine to get some omamori, but the omamori shop was closed. However, we realized at about 11:30 that […]
March 20
After a fairly fuzzy start to the day, having been woken by the wind at 3, and the girls at 6, we manage to get out the door at 10 to head to Asakusa and Sensoji. Unfortunately, the rest of Tokyo appeared to have the same idea. The trains were crowded, the streets were crowded […]
March 19
We hung around the house until 11, then wandered through Kodaira Raien to the family lunch at a restaurant in Kodaira. We ate, talked, made speeches, exchanged gifts and posed for the obligatory picture at the end (not on one of our cameras, so no copy here). Nancy’s boyfriend Bobby arrived around 4:30. We had […]
March 18
We headed out for Kawagoe this morning to visit Kashiya yokocho. It’s a little neighbourhood in the style of old Edo that specializes in traditional candy, though that was only about 5 of the 200 some-odd shops aimed at selling things to tourists. It was a fun walk with lots of interesting things to see. […]