In the afternoon Chie and I went to Shinjuku to shop and to have a dinner. We met with Chie’s mother that wanted to join us. First stop was some department stores.

On our way to the Chakachaka restaurant we stopped by a gift shop – typical Japanese thing – where you could buy fruits, jam, and other things as gifts for your friends or, of course, for yourself. Here we found a box of 35 cherries for almost 27000 JPY (about 1700 SEK). Amasingly expensive! 770 JPY each (about 50 SEK per cherry).

We also found a mango for 6500 JPY (415 SEK). They, cherries and mango, aught to be pretty tasty to pay that amount for them. What about making a magno and cherry fruit salad? With some Godiva chocolate ice cream (1/2 liter for 1250 JPY or so)?

After our amazement over the very expensive fruit gifts we continued to Chakachaka where we had a great dinner. Japanese style. Yummy.

On our way home I decided I wanted to have a massage. Chie called for me and when we got back home our sensei was waiting for us. An hour later I was quite ready to go to bed.

Today I went to Todai (東大) again to have lunch with Mario-san – I also had a chance to see Professor Kimura (木村先生) for a brief chat. After the lunch (焼き魚 – yaki-sakana – grilled fish) Mario-san and I went to Starbucks for coffee and hot chocolate.

Before going to meet Chie at Kamiyacho I went back to Starbucks, had another hot chocolate and red a book for a while. Then I went to meet Chie and we went together to the gym.

After the gym Chie and I went to the Kinoetora restaurant to have a dinner. Japanese style dinner starting with sashimi. Then a lot of small and yummy dishes.

Chie also found a very special chochu (Japanese snaps) that cannot easily be found in the liquer stores. This restaruant could have it on its menu because the owner has a friend who owns a liquer store.

Today I finished the painting in Chie’s apartment. After that I had lunch and went to Ginza. just walking around, watching people, checking Bic Camera, and having a hot chocolate at Starbucks. Quite relaxing.

Then I met Chie in Naka-Meguro and we went to Tokyu Store to buy groceries for our dinner. Kimchi Hot Pot. Spicy and yummy.

Today was a whole-day-painting day. After that I went to the gym with Chie. And then we had a pasta dinner at home.

Met Chie in Kamiyacho after her work, which she quit a little bit early. Then we went to look at an IKEA exhibition. Kind of a promotion for the IKEA that is about to open here in Tokyo (on April 24).

They had decorated 14 4.5 tatami-mat rooms. 4.5 tatami-mat is the average size of a Japanese room and it might be about 5-10 square meters – estimated from the room at the exhibition.

After that we walked from the exhibition through Harajuku to Shibuya. Here we did some minor shopping before we took the bus home… Or almost home. We went to Yasaka… Again. And as usual the food was great.