We had the breakfast at the hotel which had quite the smorgasbord (they call it “Viking” in Japan because who can be bothered to say “smorgasbord”?) There were even more options like curry, an omelette bar, and the local rice dish but this is what I got. Sadly I couldn’t finish it all and left the soft-boiled egg.

And now it’s off to take a bullet train to Tokyo! I passed out for a while.

Google says it’s quicker to take the rapid express for the last bit, so we did.

For lunch we went to the Keio Department store restaurant floor where Mariko and I were about 20 years too young. Since we had giant breakfasts we thought we’d get a sandwich and thought we were just getting Croque Monsieur but we got gratin as well. Which is good because the gratin was way better than the Croque Monsieur.

Mariko forced me to eat dessert (I was stuffed).

I opted for something with a lot of fruit.

As payback I made her go with me to look at wristwatches. Instead of taking the train a couple of stops, we decided to make it an adventure by taking the bus. What I realized is that Rolexes are ridiculously expensive and I have not won more than $5 in the lottery. what I thought was $5000 looked like more like $50,000. There were too many zeroes to really comprehend what the price was.

And after the news of the evening, we decided to head out and wander for a bit. We found a candy store nearby and went to Mos Burger.

As usual, I was still hungry and went up to get a hot dog and ended up with the seasonal focaccia sandwich instead. The hot dog I wanted curled around barbecue sauce with an egg on top (signifying the moon, since it was moon viewing season in September, right? That’s not a holiday I keep up with.)