Tokyo Day 4 (the trip home)

We started the day by locating Japan Sword. Owl has wanted a sword since we came to Japan. I saw and mentioned the entry in the book and on the night before the last day, he finally figured out how to get us there. Unfortunately for him, they're closed on Sundays so all we could do was admire the outside of the building.

Then, we wandered to Roppongi. This is another high rent district - home of IBM Japan, Sony and a few others. The Sony building sits next to a Bentley dealer and no one, except us, batted an eye at the Ferrari driving around on Sunday morning. We found a bookstore that had a weird selection of English books intermixed with their Japanese titles. It made browsing quite an experience. Roo and I looked in another Mikimoto - never too early to teach quality. Chrys led us to the obscure and out of the way Hard Rock Tokyo (in case you haven't figured it out, we're collecting).

We stopped back at Shinjuku to go to the Takashimaya Times Square and Tokyu Hands. That was an interesting store - everything from toys to magic to nice gifts to stuff to rewire your house. I found some nice orgami paper to practice the "buhds" that Roo so often demands and a neat book with some more complicated designs (like origami kimonos - how cute is that?) It was crazy crowded and we decided it was time to head back and get ourselves some quiet.

Back to the hotel to veg for a bit, then the bus (that took almost 2 hours instead of the promised 1 - yikes!) and the plane home. Quite a worthwhile experience, but I'm peopled and noised out. The quiet of Isahaya was quite welcome.