Nov 20, Mon (Part 2)

After that we went to the Cat Town Yanaka Ginza. It was very reminiscent of where we used to live in Yoshida. It had a very homely feel. All the locals are very sweet even to the point of chastising me for not wearing a jacket… I keep trying to explain that it doesn’t feel that cold to me but it’s impossible because most people around us are dressed up like Eskimos. They were interesting things all around including sculptures of cats on top of the roofs to wish the visitors good luck. We bought some long donuts called cat tails. After walking down the Main Street we finally saw a cat at one of the temples it was up in the eaves of the roof. We ended up going into the temple and found a cemetery. Again the difference between a graveyard in the US and Japan is striking. They also had buckets with family crest on it that were used when people came to clean their family graves.

Because it was still early we decided to go to Kameido to one of the Hobby Off stores. Between the three of us by the time we checked out we had pretty much filled up the entire counter with stuff. I was concerned we would run out of money but it ended up only costing us about $90.

We had Linner (lunch/dinner) at Jonathan’s. We were served by a cat robot. I freaking love the cat robot…. After a short trip on the train we were back in Akihabara. Greg had some shops he wanted to see so Kyrie and I found our way back to the hotel all in our own, thanks to the fact there’s a huge sign on top of the building.

Key and I hit the 7/Eleven for dinner supplies and then called it a night.Read more