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A girly chat in a cafe in Shinjuku station with Chie and her friend Kanako.
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Sunday 05 March
16:02
Kanako and Chie, in a cafe in Shinjuku station, where we went for a girly chat on Sunday afternoon.
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Sunday 05 March
16:02
Me, having enjoying a nice cup of tea, and some pear tart.
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A couple of random pictures taken at home.
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Monday 06 March
21:15
Chie's shoes - I'd been nagging her to throw these away for ages, and finally she caved in, but not without a photo!
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Monday 06 March
20:24
The Asahi robot - I really want one of these, but unfortunately the chances so not look promising. You need to drink 36 cans of Asahi (OK, so far so good) and collect the stickers - but that just gets you an entry into the competition. From then on it is a lottery.
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Out for okonomiyaki with some people from work.
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Friday 10 March
20:30
My colleague here is from Osaka - famous for okonomiyaki - and thus it seemed only right that he took control of the okonomiyaki-ing for this half of the table.
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Friday 10 March
20:30
A couple of the guys over from the US.
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Friday 10 March
20:31
Chie and another one of my colleagues.
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Friday 10 March
20:31
Me with the spatula things.
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Friday 10 March
20:31
Mid flip!
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Friday 10 March
21:30
Later on, despite us all being full, a round of yaki udon arrived...
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Saturday 18 March (afternoon)
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My lovely new whisky barrel.
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Saturday 18 March
15:39
One of the best birthday presents I have ever had arrived today. Chie had got me half a whisky barrel (from Yamazaki distillery) to use as a planter for the little trees on our balcony.
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Saturday 18 March
15:39
It actually smells of whisky, and I absolutely love it.
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Saturday 18 March (evening)
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Out for kushiage with Lorenzo and Marta, who were both in Tokyo on business.
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Saturday 18 March
20:26
Lorenzo and Marta in the Kushiage (fried things on a stick) place. Note the stylish aprons!
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Saturday 18 March
20:26
Lorenzo taking a picture of some kushiage in its raw form.
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Saturday 18 March
21:06
Here's Lorenzo admiring the deep fat fryet and the finished product.
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Saturday 18 March
21:06
...boy this was greasy!
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A day wandering around Shinjuku with Lorenzo.
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Sunday 19 March
10:43
I took this picture so Lorenzo could scoff at the stupidly named Italian restaurants but then forgot to show him.
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Sunday 19 March
11:25
So Lorenzo and I met up on Sunday, and kicked off the day with a spot of brunch at Afternoon Tea.
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Sunday 19 March
12:46
We then spent a while wandering around Shinjukugyoen, here we are inside the greenhouse...
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Sunday 19 March
12:54
....and outside again. The grass isn't looking particularly green is it?
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Sunday 19 March
12:59
I'm not sure if this was actually cherry blossom already - it could have been, as it definitely seemed to attract a lot of attention from the Japanese.
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Sunday 19 March
12:59
Lorenzo and the (maybe) cherry blossom.
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Sunday 19 March
13:00
Erm, trying to do something arty here. I think I failed.
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Sunday 19 March
13:07
One of the lakes in the park.
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Sunday 19 March
13:14
The Taiwanese (?) style tea house, which I rather like.
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Sunday 19 March
13:14
View from the Taiwanese tea house place.
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