Feeling a little sad today about leaving Kyoto, but we certainly don't feel like we missed out on anything. Our fantasy plan is to live here three months out of the year. I'm fine with living in that fantasy.
After a quick breakfast at the station, we hopped on the Shinkansen and headed back to Tokyo. Not before picking up a little bento for the trip of course! Perfectly grilled salmon over rice seasoned with seaweed and bonito, a hijiki salad, japanese omelet, and a sausage link. Yep, they put sausages in bentos too! Of course, all the portions are very small.
We arrived in Tokyo in the afternoon with some time to spare so we decided to walk to Roppongi, about a 35 minute walk from the Hanzomon Hotel. We walked toward Akasaka Mitsuke (which Hilary hears as "Saka Saka Jin Jin") and eventually I recognized where we were; Hie Shrine (Sun Shrine), near my old hood. We walked through Akasaka, past the US Embassy compound which looked so distant and so familiar, and headed towards Roppongi. We were getting pretty hungry, so we decided to go to dinner on the early side. We actually needed a break from Japanese food so where to go? I remembered an old family favorite.. MOTI! An Indian restaurant chain that dominates the neighborhood. We ordered a chicken sag curry and a chicken tikka masala, a mango lassi, and some nan. It was as rich and yummy as I remembered. Walking past all the places I used to go to so often but haven't been to in so long got me feeling a little nostalgic. It felt the same, but different.
After eating, we decided to walk off the meal by trekking back to the hotel. It had started to rain a little, so we opted for relaxing in the hotel and watching odd Japanese game food shows.
Shinkansen from Kyoto
Empty Station
Rainy Tokyo Traffic From Our Window
Roppoingi
Moti!
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