Kichijoji and then Home

5/30/16

Today we took the eight hour train trip back to Tokyo, then the local to Kichijoji. 

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Kichijoji is a more or less suburban area of Tokyo though it is very much a city in its own right. There are department stores, a shopping street and wonderful restaurants and entertainment. Our hotel room was tiny. The bathroom was a pre-fab affair so small that I could reach across the room and retrieve a towel from a shelf on the opposite side of the shower. 

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 We met up with the Takanishis later for our last dinner in Tokyo. We had unagi (freshwater eel) at a nice place near our hotel. Yoshio had scoped it out earlier and then rented a small wheelchair ramp so Dina could access it.
After, we went to a little pub for Mojitos. In the morning the Takanishis took us to Narita. Our goodbye was bittersweet. We were sorry to be leaving Japan, but happy to be going home.
A great trip.