Ginza at night time!

After our pass down Takeshita street - that will never get old - Darren took us to another shopping district as apparently he is still upset with me for not selling more when I worked for him… geez Darren, it took me 26 years to break Denise from her shopping addiction and in 3 days, 3 days!!! I can already see her starting to get the shakes….

Again, maybe not completely true, but not all false 🤪. Ginza district though would be Connor’s hang out, for sure. If you are looking for a name brand, they have it. And on the weekends, they block off the street from cars, so it gets even crazier. That being said, Denise behaved herself pretty well and we only got a few things and they are all Japan specific things so it’s hard to say no.

Of course, we did pass up on one item that we may regret a little later. There was a watch in the Citizen Flagship store that had a katana as the dial hand and it was slicing through the numbers on the radial. It was very cool and looked quite slick. It was funny as it was a watch that Darren had just read about. It’s a limited run with only so many being made, so to find it in the shop like this was kind of luck. As we were looking for something special for Connor and he is a watch guy (and Darren is a watch guy), we almost pulled the trigger, but decided we’d wait and check out some other options. We can always come back Sunday or Monday.

We finished the night at a conveyor belt sushi place on the top floor of a retail store, where the line was an hour long to get a table - yes, I said an hour long! Fortunately we had reservations, but we still had about a 30-40 minute wait. Once at our table, we were in for a treat and a lot of fun, at least for me. We had a little tablet and you could either wait for the sushi to come by on the conveyor belt, or you could order what you wanted on the tablet and it would come to you on this special “express” conveyor belt - right after a little ring in your booth.

Well, my middle name is Pavlov, so the bell was constantly going off in our booth and weeeeee, he came my sushi! All the fish has been excellent, but I’ve been most impressed with the Salmon. Talk about silky and creamy! Not sure what the rest of our meals will hold for us, but looking forward to a special sushi night when we see Darren again right before our flight! We’ll see how they all stack up after that meal.Read more