Tokyo NYE Part II

We strolled back to Asakusa at about 7.30pm and wandered the laneways until we found a place we liked the vibe and the menu. We went in but the owner said "sorry sorry" because he was full. We went back out again and started to walk away when he opened the door and yelled out " sorry sorry, you come you come". An American family was just leaving. This restaurant only seats 16 people, so space us at a premium. We had an excellent meal if share plates if different sushimi, skewers, and cheese potato cod rice thing, the most delicious fried chicken and melt in your mouth prawns. Yummy.

We then came across a huge multi-storey Don Quixote, and since it was heaving with people and i hadn't been in one yet, and we had time to fill in between now and midnight, in we went! What a weird shop, but awesome in a quirky way you can only find in Japan. We bought a present for Finny, so worthwhile.

We then walked towards Senso-ji temple and there were loads of food stalls, many with very delicious looking okonomiyaki. Almost made me hungry again. Instead we lined up for some dessert ball things and waited, and waited, and waited. The line didn't move or get shorter whilst we watched granny and her old mate sun argue incessantly as he painfully slowly mixed the batter in a series of giant plastic bins with a giant electric drill and a piece of plastic tubing. Craig's notoriously short fuse for lining up was burning, so he wandered off and I ended up with an attack if the giggles, mainly because of the exasperated facial expressions of the guy in the line in front of us, and how ridiculous it was that we were still lined up more than 30 minutes later. Craig's ultimate appraisal of our dessert when we finally got it was "boring as bat shit", and both Kate and I were inclined to agree.

Since it was clear by now there was not going to be any huge hurrah at midnight, Katie relented on her desire to stay out til midnight, declared it was midnight in Australia, so we wandered back home via the waterfront for views of the skytree and our favourite giant golden sweet potato for a quiet drink at home.

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