Wednesday 7 January 2015

Day 5 2015: Time to go...

Day 5: ...but not before the last feast

Well, lunch at least. We have, over many years, grown accustomed to eating lunch at Ikebukuro before I head to the airport on the bus. It is just what we do. 

New years decoration from the garden


Today was one of the restaurants in the hotel from where the bus departs. Sort of one of those Japanese restaurants for people who only eat at hotels I suppose but pleasant enough. Our waitress today was just so delightful and cheery, we all felt very cheery as a result. 

Starters...


With special new year gold leaf

Tempura for me...

The full set

detail...


and desert. 

Purin and frog near a pond

Then off to the airport for the usual 8pm departure for home. Well Sydney, then home to Brisbane. (They can't bring on that direct Brisbane-Tokyo flight soon enough...)

[Camera : iPhone 6, 11.00am, 1.20pm-2.03pm]