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Tokyo 16 (part one)

We took the Tokyo Sakura tram, a light rail train.

We arrived at the Arakawa Amusement park!

First stop was the carousel.

They have so many cute animals.

Ferris wheels are my favorite.

Having beers in a train car.

They even have model train sets with miniature towns.

The capybaras make the cutest noises.

Tokyo from the top.

The Sumida river.

Emma loved the caterpillar roller coaster and all of the animals including goats, sheep, rabbits, meerkats and ponies. It was a really fun outing for all of us. It was so hard to leave because we loved the Arakawa Amusement park!

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Dishes to thrift.

Ways to make coffee.

We visited an area for shopping called Kitchen Town known for its restaurant supply stores.

I am so intrigued by this place.

A cafe with kitties, bunnies and hedges! Oh my!

maiki went on the entire obstacle course without touching the ground. ^_^

Tacos in Tokyo?! They were good though (not like any taco I have had before) and made by one of the nicest people we’ve met. Plus they had a mini pool table. So fun!

Second stop on our date night was at a place called Flamingo. It was certainly one of the fancier places I have been in my life. They played jazz music and made a decent Aperol spritz.

Night time is probably the best time to visit a famous temple. All the crowds have gone away.

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The Miffy cafe is super cute. We did not hang out there because we did not have a reservation. Specialty cafes all need reservations but if one could plan ahead then the options are wild. Emma wants to visit the Kirby Cafe. I have seen animal cafes with cats, capybaras and pigs. There is an owl “experience” where you can pet and even hold an owl. Today I saw a place with tiny puppies that we so cute and you could see them in the window.

My goal was to visit the Mina Perhonen shop in Daikanyama.

Beautiful Mina Perhonen fabric.

The area felt the most like California in its layout and architecture. This building just looked transported and dropped here.

At the Conran shop.

I loved this bakery and market.

A lush plant shop.

The Tsutaya book shop is like heaven.

An installation of art by Suki Morinaga.

They have so many books that interest me that I could easily spend a month in this shop alone, and have a nice place to sit.

I found a shop that wants to be in Venice called Hollywood Ranch Market. It has cute clothes and lovely smelling incense. I did buy a branded bottle opener because the place where we are staying didn’t have a way to open my bottle of Hitachino Nest (owl) beer.

I love the rope curtain in front of this restaurant.

Sweater at Kapital.

All the stores I like have dried flower hanging in them. At the bookstore they sold dried flower arrangements.

Botanical prints at Caramel.

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In Asakusa is Tokyo’s oldest temple, Senso-ji, that was completed in 645.


Asakusa also has traditional shopping streets and many places to eat.

One of my favorite sweet snacks is this strawberry sandwich filled with whipped cream. I famously eat a third of it and pass it on to my family members.

Solamachi mall at Sky Tree.