Mama Wu 2

Day 3. On Sunday we ate brunch at Beacon near Shibuya. I highly recommend it if you are ever in the neighborhood. We then walked to Shibuya and Anne took a picture of her mother next to the famous statue of the dog located there. Why is there a famous statue of a dog? Well, I don’t know. I am sure I could find out online, but everyone is always taking pictures of it, both locals and tourists alike so that is good enough by me. The picture of Jenny and the dog is actually the second one Anne took. I found the first one far more entertaining, but since it was not a very flattering picture (basically Jenny making a face of why on earth are you taking a picture of me and this dog) I did not include it. We then went to Shibuya’s Foodshow. This is not actually a show on TV or a public performance, but it can be just as entertaining. It is a huge underground … well it’s a… okay so I haven’t yet found an English word or comparison that does it justice but the closest thing would be a really nice food court / grocery store. It’s not like the food courts in the US with a bunch of chain fast food joints. There are no chain restaurants, the food is all very high quality and well made, the vendors are so close to each other you feel like you are in a food maze, and everything, literally everything, looks very good with the terrible effect of every food item you see looks better than the one you were just looking at. We find that it usually becomes very difficult (or expensive) to decide what you want to eat after entering. Oh and yes, regarding the melons for $50.00 US and mango sets (of 2 mangos) for $100.00 US that Anne talked about in a previous entry, that was not a joke. Though most fruits are about $4 to $5 a fruit, melons are ridiculous and gift packed fruits like the mangos mentioned above are obscene.


Day 4. On Monday Mama Wu needed a break from all the walking so we hung out in the apartment all day.


Day 5. On Tuesday we went near Asakusa to Kappabashi. Kappabashi is basically four very long blocks of stores consisting of various cooking supplies. Much of it is for restaurants, but there is also a lot of household items too. One of the cutest things we saw there (outside of the big chef's head indicating that you have arrived) was a rice mold of Winnie the Pooh, and various other kid friendly molds. We then walked to Senso-ji Temple and made a brief stop at Sumida Park where another variety of cherry blossoms are blooming, the trees of the main variety now look indistinguishable from any other green leafy tree. After a long day of walking we let Anne’s mother rest her feet while we went to Roppongi to bring home some burgers from Sasebo and some flavored french fries from the First Kitchen