Day 260: Squad’s Last Day in Shinjuku

The best things can’t last forever and our friends eventually need to go back home to real jobs and boyfriends. We would celebrate their last day in Shinjuku.

The team woke up a bit hungover from the karaoke, yet we made our train and slept the 2.5 hours back to Tokyo. We got lost in Shinjuku Station which is a real thing. On long trips you are bound to get some tension and getting lost definitely put everyone on edge. We made it to our apartment and got some down time.

The team split up to execute last minute shopping: Hannah, Madison, and Laura went shopping for soy sauce, Catie and Kieran went to the Nintendo store to pick up the new Zelda game, and James / Mary stumbled upon a weird rooftop chicken beer bar that we pretty sure was a front for prostitution. They had really good olives though.

For dinner, we ate at the chain Ichiran ramen which is where you can eat alone and interact with no one . They only serve pork tonkatsu ramen. Before heading home, we visited the Shinjuku Golden Gai which has at least 100 tiny bars in a small square area. It was going to be hard to fit 7 but we did find a bar that could accommodate our full group and we got plum wine, whisky high balls, and a martini.

Food:
Ichiran Ramen

Spots:
Shinjuku Golden Gai
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