Whirlwind In A Mama's Head

Our second last day in Tokyo was a wet one. In the morning, we went to our favourite boulangerie: Jean Francois in Mark City Mall. They had a new machine there since we last visited, it was a cash register attached to a scanner. We placed our tray under the scanner and the cash register would recognise the items from their shapes and calculate the prices for the bread and pastries. The staff took our drink order and punched them in. We inserted our cash in the machine and it will spit out the change. No cash handling by the staff required! I sure love the idea! Our 'cashier' The scanner After breakfast we took the JR train to Nippori textile street. This was the first time I took miss Kiki to Nippori to go fabric shopping. I wasn't sure how that would have gone but it turned out that she was a really good sport and she even helped out with carrying and watching over our stuff. Have you ever noticed that in the train information screen they have ext...

When we were in Odaiba last Christmas holiday , we weren't able to explore a lot of the area. This time around, I planned a whole day to explore this man-made island in Tokyo Bay. After we visited Risupia Museum in Panasonic Center, we took the train again just one stop over to visit TeamLab Tokyo exhibition . Before that, we walked over to the Decks mall to have lunch.  Notice the white cardigan I was wearing? That's Miss Kiki's that she didn't want to wear nor carry. So apparently I can snug into a size 8Y. Hahaha... We got off at Tokyo Teleport Station and crossed the Teleport Bridge . We had katsu for lunch at Wako  located on the 5th floor of the mall. Miss Kiki chose the kids meal and grandma and I chose a set menu each. This was the time that Miss Kiki and grandma  got introduced to furikake . They really liked it and immediately bought some after we left the restaurant.  After lunch we spent some time at Daiso at the Decks mal...