Tonight we are settled in our cosy (tiny) AirBnB house in Ikebukuro - once we finally found it (see Japantrums from previous post) it seems like a great place to explore from and handily located a couple of steps from one of Japan's fabulous supermarkets selling all manner of gorgeous bento and meals.
Today we took an adventure on the train to meet Russell's language exchange friend Sayu and two of her three children (oldest one was at cram school). Sayu took us to a family restaurant for lunch where we had a lovely time - the children using google translate to ask each other questions about games they each liked.Read more