All the way to Asagaya

On Sunday we had a day of shopping, shopping, shopping.................a bit sick of the huge crowds at the major centres, we took the train out to Asagaya where Nick does dialysis.   We walked the length of a covered arcade.    There were hundreds of little shops here selling all sorts of things from food to clothes to souvenirs to umbrellas.  It reminded me a little of how Tokyo used to be in the '70's.  That's a tip for all of you who intend to come to Tokyo - head out to the 'burbs you never know what you will find.  The young girl at one shop (ok....Starbucks) who spoke excellent 'Eigo' with a strong USA accent wanted to know why we would come all the way out to Asagaya!  We had  a great day.   Nick and the kids had lunch at a little 'stand up' soba shop - delicious - while Linda shopped some more.   Late afternoon we returned to the hotel and Linda and Nick shot off to Shinjuku to check out the night life (well really we just went to look a the lights and only stayed there about 30 mins).   Dinner was more take away bentos at the hotel, then early to bed.