Wonderful weather today 😎 Coco and I went for a long walk in the sunshine. And though it is in the middle of the winter the plum (ume) trees are in blossom, or what is also called winter sakura.
Though I enjoyed the winter sakura Coco was oblivious to it. Much more interested in sniffing the ground, and avoiding other dogs (yes, he is still afraid of them).
Took a trip to Tokorozawa by train after tea ceremony in Tokyo. Met with Chie and her mother at Musashi for dinner. As usual it was delicious. I ordered a buri-kama-yaki (grilled yellowtail head) to bring back home. Tomorrow’s breakfast 😛
After dinner we went home to say hello to Coco. He was as cute as ever… Coco is the one to the right in the picture by the way 😉
As always when we go to Tokorozawa to visit Coco we bring a lot of food for him, some snacks and toys. Today we brought him brand new socks instead of toys. Most of all the socks were for our pleasure. We wanted to see how he looked when he was walking wearing the socks.
We laughed our guts out at first. Coco did as most dogs wearing something on their feet… Lifting the feet as high as they can with every step 😀
But Coco is a pretty smart dog and he soon walked around as usual. And actually, to our surprise, seemed to enjoy the socks.
Between walking and playing with Coco we relaxed. Coco often took his favorite place which is on top of the reclining chair when Chie played Nintendo DS.
At some times he tried to squeeze his head through between my head and my arm so that he could get a better look at what I was eating. Mostly apple pie and ice cream 😛
A short weekend in Tokorozawa. We arrived quite late on Staurday. But I still manage to take Coco for a walk. And have dinner at Musashi.
On Sunday we took Coco to the veterinarian to schedule a surgery. He is going to get his balls cut out. Sounds tough but if not then there is a much higher risk for cancer.
After the visit to the doctor Coco and I went for a walk. The walk and the visit to the vet probably exhausted Coco because once we got home he took is favorite position (in Chie’s lap) and fell asleep.
Last day in Tokorozawa. Another beautiful day Coco and I took advantage of for a walk.
For dinner we had fried buri (fish related to tuna) and mabu-dofu (Chinese spicy meat dish). Yummy!
Coco was kind of tired after walking and having so much fun during a few days now that he slept through most of the dinner. Which is quite unusual.
We had heard on TV that some of the expressways was crowded due to everyone returning from New Year’s holidays. Some expressways had up to 30 km lines of cars moving slowly towards their destinations.
Our guess was that tomorrow would be even worse since it is that last day of the holidays. We drove back from Tokorozawa quite late, only the driver (me) was awake. Luckily almost all the cars were gone when we drove back 🙂