As usual, my jet lag is gone the day I am to leave. I planned to walk from Shinjuku to Shibuya but I slept in so I went to Harajuku instead. Sadly, the Harajuku SnoopyTown shop is gone.
I love the little Harajuku train station.
This shop is still there and gets a lot of attention.I headed to Shinagawa station to catch the Narita airport express train. I used to stay here when I worked at NEC. The station is very busy yet more luxurious and less chaotic than the Tokyo station. I bought this package for my trip to the airport.
I unwrapped the "una-jew" (grilled eel over rice in a box) and enjoyed a wonderful lunch. I typically get either a vitamin water or anything labeled lemon water since most of the other drinks are loaded with caffeine. Tokyo (and most of Japan) runs on very little sleep.
There is a shop at the airport selling specialty ice cream mochi. They have all sorts of flavors. She explained that I must wait for the outside rice wrapper to thaw before eating. They treat each one like a treasure. Being a novice, I ordered chocolate yet strongly considered rum raisin. She took my hand and gently placed the mochi into my palm and reminded me to wait 15 minutes so it would be perfect.
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The ice cream mochi looks so tempting! The ones we have here are the normal ones and I doubt I'll be able to find any with ice cream filling. Perhaps I haven't looked hard enough.
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