News to me

How do you make French toast 'premium'?

I didn't travel halfway around the world for this

Kirin Ichiban beer garden complete with oompah music.

Kitty scratch

Hello Kitty nail stickers.

Taking notes

But do cats know anything about wine?

Especially when they're English schoolgirls.

Cats like coffee and cake

As well as soup, obviously.

Froth

There wasn't much in the way of food, so I settled for photos.

Cheese and Kitty

My eye was initially drawn by the fondue place, but look what else there is!

Nyan invaders

A very big Muji

With an equally large Loft at the back.

Devil wax

Synaesthesia?

As far as I could figure out, this plays music into your eyes.

Steam me, bunny

Apparently you need this because your eye area is dehyhdrated. The bunny says so.

Beauty help for men

Although the Dandy House ads are much funnier - guy in a tux with enough hair product to catch fire and a tagline that approximates to "because you want to be cooler tomorrow than you were today".

All this from just insoles

Right: insoles and dieting. Left: insoles togive you a six-pack?

Gods of Loft

Statue outside Loft in Shibuya.

Never mind the Shibuya scramble

The late-night post office might just be busier. Love the Tokyo design on the Yu-pack bags! Never seen anything like it before.

Penultimate

Made it to the hotel with all my luggage. There was no elevator or escalator at Shibuya due to works, and an amazingly stylish white-haired older lady offered to help me up the stairs. ^__^;

Now off for a final wander around Shibuya. I've also figured out the way to the monorgail station, which is thankfully around the corner as advertised. I need to drop this phone in the post tonight, so that will be that from me until I get back.

Steel flowers

Manhole covers in Ueno Park.

This too

I've kind of wasted my last morning - I hauled out to the National Museum in Ueno, on the far side of the Yamanote loop line, to see the special exhibit of national treasures. It took nearly an hour to get to Ueno and I had promised to be back by 1 pm to have lunch before leaving for the hotel. I came out at the wrong exit and ended up walking for ages before I was able to cross the tracks and get into the park. It did leave me closer to the museum, but with not much more than half an hour before I needed to leave again. Queuing time: 50 minutes. I should have known. These special exhitions are always rammed, and people were being bussed in to see artworks that hadn't been displayed in seven years.

Now heading back for lunch and then to haul my two pieces of hold luggage to the hotel ready for an early departure tomorrow.