Went to the gym in the morning. In shorts, flip-flops and t-shirt. It was 28 degrees outside. Like a really good Swedish summer day 😎
After the gym I continued to scrape the paint off of the one of the windows in the living room. The plan is to paint all of the window frames and wood in the apartment white. In due time.
Last day of the summer season. At least if you look at the different beaches in the Tokyo area. But note that this is Japanese measures. In Sweden 32 degrees would mean a very good and hot summer day. Here… Well, end of beach season.
We celebrated by going to the Ishiki beach. Just as earlier this year. Why? It’s quite a nice beach. And convenient access by train and bus from Naka-Meguro.
We arrived at the beach around 10:30 am and spread out our blankets in the black sand. It was not so much people there at that time. They arrived later.
Past noon some time we got hungry and went to a small food stand. Same as we went to the last time. Again we bought a sausage and yaki-soba. Again, yummy!
By 3:30 pm we got on the bus back to the Zushi train station to get back in Naka-Meguro by just before 5 pm. Quite exhausted from a long day in the sun.
But one should not complain about good weather. Tomorrow a typhoon is arriving. Bringing rain, wind and probably thunder. So tomorrow afternoon I’ll probably wish I was exhausted by too much sun after a day on the beach rather than being wet to the bones by heavy rain.
40.9 that was the magic number today… Or the temperature of the day.
In the evening they had a 1.5 hours long firework (èŠ±ç« – hanabi or flower + fire) in Tokyo bay. Though we are far from Tokyo bay we could hear it and see it from our balcony.
It was quite beautiful and probably a lot of people watching it. I guess Tokyo Tower felt a bit lonely since the tower seemed to get attention by changing colors in pace with the fireworks.
Last few hours in Sweden for this time. Arlanda Express to the airport. Checked in. Walked around and did some omiyage shopping. Boarded. Read. Transferred at Schiphol. Boarded. Fell asleep. Dinner. Fell asleep. Breakfast. Arrived at Narita. Bus to Tokyo. Taxi home. HOME!