Up at 08:30, getting ready for the last day, when we heard sirens and announcements from outside. Song said it could be earthquake warnings, but I said I didn’t feel anything. 5 minutes later, the room shook. It was quite mild and only lasted a couple of seconds, but was noticeable. I checked the internet, and found the information – https://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20181027001207393-27090813.html
Having survived a potential major disaster (I hear they’re making the movie), headed out for some shopping.
Walked outside to another crowd, the market in full swing. Set off along the main road and got the metro to Shibuya, where the pedestrian crossing is, tried to get a seat by the window but it was packed, but managed to get some photos – I’ve been uploading some to Flickr.
We’re going back to the sushi train tonight so I didn’t want raw fish again for lunch, but trying to find Western food is very hard. Found a place that did Japanese and some western dishes. Song had a mixture of a few dishes, pork and miso and other stuff, I picked a dish from the menu that had mince beef like a bolognese, and salad. It turned out that the minced beef was a thin layer covering a pile of rice, was very salty, the salad had no dressing and was tasteless. It also came with a cup of soup out of a packet. Worst meal I’ve had for a long time. I should have gone with the raw fish. The only redeeming feature was the ice cream at the end – but even that was a berry sorbet. I’m sorry, but the only acceptable ice cream flavour is chocolate, although I will allow pistachio under protest.
Went to a few department stores, Song bought a couple of tops. Thought about going to akihabara where all the gadget shops are but don’t need anything so didn’t bother. Walked back across the shibuya crossing and it was a lot busier than before, and now there were about 50 police around, several stationed at each crossing point and on top of trucks to give them a good vantage point, speaking through megaphones and blowing whistles to tell people when to cross and when to stop.
Got the train back to the hotel, and packed the bags, we need to leave at around 06:30 in the morning. Soon be home, but one last trip aboard the sushi train for dinner. I’ve eaten so much fish the last 2 weeks I think I’m growing fins.
So that’s it, up early tomorrow for the flight to Hong Kong.
Once again Song booked hotels within walking distance of the stations and attractions, making it easy to find everything.
Next year is looking like an organised tour of Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan and that area.
