Very interesting: The sushi bar in Ochanomizu that has become our 'favorite', here in Tokyo, serves very noticably larger pieces of fish at dinner time. They've got to go through their inventory, reducing the supply in order to re-order, fresh, the next morning from the fish market......no longer will we plan lunchtime at the place - dinner is far more filling!!
Nakano Broadway, the retro shopping mall is a very dangerous place, indeed: too many desireable items for sale for which I really don't have a need but a desire.......happily (especially as far as my wallet is concerned), I have had sufficient will power to resist......and with a choice of either a Grateful Dead T shirt of a Woody Allen shirt, I opted for the latter (as I already have 4 Dead shirts).
Maru, the jazz cellar in Ochanomizu, is the ideal way to spend an evening. The cover charge is not too costly and the music is good - a two set evening, without either dinner or drinks, will run $US26.25.
The dental clinic at Tokyo Medical and Dental University is, perhaps, the best deal in town: my daughter needed a filling and it cost $US79. There was no wait (10 minutes is not a wait!), the place was comfortable and spotless.....but Joanna can speak Japanese and I could not.....so I guess that I'm going to have to stick with my annual visits to Bumrungrad in Bangkok.
Two more days here, then home and a return to communicating with the world. Practically zero connectivity and living without email or the phone is pretty bleeping nice!!!
Nakano Broadway, the retro shopping mall is a very dangerous place, indeed: too many desireable items for sale for which I really don't have a need but a desire.......happily (especially as far as my wallet is concerned), I have had sufficient will power to resist......and with a choice of either a Grateful Dead T shirt of a Woody Allen shirt, I opted for the latter (as I already have 4 Dead shirts).
Maru, the jazz cellar in Ochanomizu, is the ideal way to spend an evening. The cover charge is not too costly and the music is good - a two set evening, without either dinner or drinks, will run $US26.25.
The dental clinic at Tokyo Medical and Dental University is, perhaps, the best deal in town: my daughter needed a filling and it cost $US79. There was no wait (10 minutes is not a wait!), the place was comfortable and spotless.....but Joanna can speak Japanese and I could not.....so I guess that I'm going to have to stick with my annual visits to Bumrungrad in Bangkok.
Two more days here, then home and a return to communicating with the world. Practically zero connectivity and living without email or the phone is pretty bleeping nice!!!
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