Purrfect Pitstop

So as a panacea for all the visual noise and smut of Akihabara, we took a chance and checked out a Cat Cafe.

It's strictly time-limited, but you get a free drink and unlimited pats of the indifferent fluffy staff members. Poor Paulie was such a champ, given his allergies. It was a little quiet oasis that filled our cups and stoked the entrepreneurial fires of "yeah, why don't we open a cafe like this at home?"

We then headed off on an adventure for more shopping through the markets and scored some cute overalls and silver-tabbed jeans for the kids. These huge markets stretch out in all directions as trains clatter and bang overhead. We saw our first few glimpses of fruit at the market stands. It is interesting that fruits are not more ubiquitous given the healthy eating culture here. We wondered about that as we caught the train direct to Sumo.Read more