End of the tethers...

So it had gotten to the Sunday before we were going to leave. But we needed some space, after having been with other people for nearly 3 weeks.

Paul and Zoe weren't use to our pace and just wanted to sleep in/hotel bludge. We (my family and I) wanted to hit up Yaesu, as we hadn't really been, due to staying in another part of the city. I think that's one thing I'd do if I came again... stay closer to Tokyo station. I like knowing the area, the eateries and such. Over in Shinagawa, there isn't that much to eat for the traveller, unless you feel like staying at your hotel to eat. Anyway, we pottered around Yaesu, including our favourite bottle shop. We had intended on staying dry, but when time slipped away and we knew we wouldn't be getting back in time for the meeting, we decided to sample things. I ended up buying a 30 yo bottle of scotch, and 17yo cognac, to add to my already purchased 14yo Clynnelish.

By the time we were done shopping, it was getting on to 3pm, so we headed back to the hotel to freshen up, before heading out to dinner/dessert at the Alice Cafe. This also included another trip to Donki, as Zoe had some more stuff she wanted to get, and we had wanted to get some more things as well.

The Alice Cafe was a surreal place. It was a Japanese combination of the Disney 1960's version (with some of the songs playing of the stereo) and the Tim Burton version. The waitresses were dressed in blue alice dresses, while the menu had Alice themed drinks and desserts. There was a cover charge to go in, but the food and drinks weren't badly priced, and it was something different that we'd not done before. It's really hard to describe all the features (plus I'm writing this 5 months down the track..) but it was a pretty cool way to end our trip... Or was it...