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Having a Walk with Coco in Tokorozawa

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We got away a little bit earlier than usual this morning. And could arrive in Tokorozawa about 30 minutes before our usual schedule. Before doing anything else we had tea and Japanese sweets.

In the afternoon I took Coco out for a walk in the beautiful weather. Blue sky and clear air. Coco was reluctant to walk at first, as he usually is. But then he started to sniff around and seemed to enjoy it.

Coco

In the evening we had grilled fish (焼き魚) with rice, miso soup and pickled vegetables. It was my favorite grilled fish called buri in Japanese but I have no idea what it is called in English or Swedish. I helped out making the pickled vegetables. And Coco wanted to help as well so he pressed his head between my legs.

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After the dinner he expressed his thanks for playing with him by pressing his butt into my face while we were resting.

Coco and Johan

National Holiday

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It was especially nice to wake up in the morning today and realize that you did not have to go to the office. National holiday in Japan.

At 9 am Coco was pickeup by his beauty salon to get a shampoo and a haircut. The rest of us stayed at home relaxing, enjoying the silence without Coco and missing him at the same time.

By 12 pm Chie and I got in the car to pick Coco up at the beauty salon. He was really happy to see us… Well most of all he was happy to see Chie. For some reason, well I can kind of understand it, he loves Chie more than anything. And everytime she is leaving him, even if just to go to the bathroom, he get anxious and want to go looking for her.

Coco and Chie

Once back home again we took Coco for a 40 minutes walk. And then we had to go back to Tokyo.

In the evening we re-packed our things for next weekends trip to San Franscisco. Shimura-san cannot make it to the game so we will not have a tail gate party, and thus do not need to bring so many things. After re-packing we went to Rosai. An Indian restaurant not far from the apartment. It was nice food.

Playing with Coco in Tokorozawa

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Another long weekend with Monday being a national holiday in Japan. We spent most of it in Tokorozawa playing with Coco. Both inside and outside. We arrived on Saturday after a 2 hours drive from Tokyo on some back roads to Tokorozawa. It seemed like most of Tokyo was on the expressway in a traffic jam.

Arriving in Tokorozawa we had tea and some Japanese sweets before I took Coco on a long walk. Just shortly after Coco and I came back from our walk we all went to Musashi for dinner. It was great as allways.

In the evening Coco slept in my bed at my feet.

Taiwanese Restaurant

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Sunday was a grey day. I had an hours walk with Coco. Stopping a lot to sniff some stuff. Not me but Coco. When we got back home he was tired but still wanted to play with his new toy, a stuffed pumpkin.

For dinner we went to a Taiwanese restaurant in Tokorozawa. I don’t know the name. And we were the only customers. But the owners were friendly enough and the food was quite OK. Although Chie’s Chinese dishes are better.

Enya in Tokorozawa

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This weekend we went to Tokorozawa again. Coco had been waiting for us since our last visit. On Saturday I went for a walk with him for 1 hour and 30 minutes. It was still warm enough outside to wear a t-shirt and use flip-flops. At first Coco didn’t want to leave Chie behind but as we left the house behind he seemed OK and even seemed to enjoy the walk.

We went to a small baseball field not far away. And took a dirt road next to it to get out between some fields where they were growing some vegetables. There were so many things for Coco to check out, stop and sniff. At the end of the dirt road were some chestnut trees. And two men were sitting under the trees relaxing, drinking sake. They waved at Coco and me to join them so we walked over there and had a talk before we continued our walk.

Next stop was the tea factory. Coco got scared of some big trucks passing by on our way to the tea factory. And he got scared again when we arrived at the tea factory since they have an old dog there. And it doesn’t matter how small or nice the dogs are… Coco is afraid of them all. Anyway, I bought a bag of green tea and then we walked home.

In the evening we brought Coco to the Enya restaurant in Shin-Tokorozawa. It’s a kushiyaki (Japanese BBQ) restaurant that has an outdoor area where dogs are allowed.

Enya in Tokorozawa

We had so much food there. For three people. Including ginger ale and and beer and a bottle of white wine. Still it was only 10000 JPY (660 SEK).

Chie and Coco at Enya    Enya personel serving salad

After the dinner we went back home. And I shared an ice cream with Coco. One bite for me and one for Coco. I think he really wanted to have my bite as well… But that was MY bite, so he could not have it.

Johan and Coco eating ice cream