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Day 37
Our objective today is to visit Gotukuki temple, known for its cat statues. A slight miscalculation (too many starred shrines and temples on our Gmap) takes us first much further. We realize too late that we are almost arriving at Okunimata shrine, another shrine in the list of important shrines, but one we had deemed…
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Day 36
The laundry of the day is hanging out, the dishes are made, the vaccuum cleaner is passed. Off we go. We take the subway, direction Omotesando. We walk around a neighborhood full of fancy boutiques, down a street in which the boutiques can be found into modern architecture buildings that catch the eye. But we…
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Day 35
The kids want to go shopping, alone, in Shin-Okubo this morning. We also need some postal supplies and to make Shinkansen seat reservations. After Noe is gone to Waseda, and once laundries etc. are under control, we split. The kids go with a little notepad, but no money yet, to spot what they want to…
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Day 34
Monday, July 18th. Marine Day in Japan, a public holiday. That is to say that schools are closed, but the rest does not seem too affected. The weather is nice and warm, we leave for a day with as first objective a shrine that is said not to be missed: Senso-ji, in the Asakusa district.…
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Day 33
It’s Sunday, but there is work to do. The sun is back, the heat hasn’t really left. All the reasons for an afternoon departure. We are joining Róbert in Yokohama. Yokohama is the second-biggest city in Japan in terms of population. It is 45 minutes away in subway. We exit the subway at our rendez-vous…
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Day 32
Saturday, July 16. The rain is still there, but it should be intermittent. We have to go and exchange our second coupons for JR passes, so we go to Tokyo station to do so. We then logically decided to stay in the area and explore the “fancy shopping” district of Ginza. We spent time in…
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Day 31, Jour 31, Dia 31
It is raining heavily. We join Noe in Waseda and pass the day there, only coming out to go for lunch then for dinner, with Róbert and Noe, and back home. Gadea borrows Samuel’s iPad and draws during part of the afternoon. Il pleut abondamment. Nous rejoignons Noe à Waseda et y passons la journée,…
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Day 30
The rain is here to stay for a few days. After finishing “dryable” laundries, Eyquem, Gadea, and Samuel get going, umbrellas is hand. We take the subway to Chuo city and arrive in Nihombashi. It is raining decently. The first small stop is to admire the Nihonbashi Kirin Statues, which ornate the Nihonbashi bridge. We…
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Day 29
Wednesday 13th of July. Today, it is really rainy. No way we can hang laundry on the balcony. A good day to wash bedsheets and towels, which are nicer machine dried. Within 15 meters from our apartment building, there is a 24 hours laundromat. Samuel washes one room’s bedsheets (the other room will be for tomorrow:…
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Day 28
It is raining today. The rainy season was the shortest on record this year, and records of heat were broken in the last weeks… but suddenly, a rarity for the season, a rainy front opened. After a studious morning, departure for Shibuya (and one more stamp). The rain has stopped. We walked in a section…