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Shopping in Ginza

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I have started to exercise at home rather than at the gym. It works quite well with only a 15 kg weight. Today I put it on my back and climbed the stairs down-and-up 10 rounds (if you didn’t know our building is 12 stories). It took about 40 minutes so it a nice exercise that gets your blood pumping and keeps your legs strong 🙂

After a shower and some rest Chie and I visited our friend at the Toranomon hospital again. Just a few more days now before his surgery.

The we went on to Ginza for some shopping. I had a visit to the Apple store and bought a new activity monitor. My Nike+ Fuelband got broke a while back so it was an opportunity to try something new. Misfits’ activity monitor Shine. I also bought Phillips Hue lights.

The shopping made us hungry so we walked to Sicilia just off the beaten track in Ginza. It’s a small Italian restaurant (one of the first in Tokyo).

Once back home I hurried to install and try the Phillips Hue light. It was fun though most likely we will go with a warm, relaxing light. An interesting thing is that you could change it to some of the preset lights optimised for e.g. reading or concentration. Suitable for our “library” 🙂


Phillips Hue light

IDC and Dinner at Pescaderia

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Back in Tokyo. We went to IDC showroom in Odaiba to look for a new bookshelf. The IKEA Billy one we have now has started to give up. The big Tohoku earthquake took a toll on it and the sides are now slowly “sliding” apart. As a result, some of the shelves are resting on the books below 🙂

Once we found the one we wanted and ordered it (to be delivered on January 25th, stay tuned for photos) we drove on to Toranomon hospital where a friend of us has been hospitalised since just after Christmas. He is waiting on a surgery to remove some malfunctioning parts of his digestion system. Though he had not had the surgery yet he still looked healthier than the last time we saw him.


Pescaderia

Then our “tour” went to Ginza for dinner at Pescaderia. To our surprise (positive) they had prohibited smoking in the restaurant, which made the evening even more pleasant than we had anticipated. Yummy!

RNJ @ Yoshiman

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After work I went to Yurakucho and walk to Yoshiman in Ginza. There I met with Chie and RNJ (Raider Nation Japan). They had already started eating and was already halfway through. I quickly tried to catch up with them but had to break at 7:30 pm as I had a teleconf meeting for 30 minutes (work again).



Then I was back with RNJ and we finished off with some tasty rice dish which is a specialty at Yoshiman.

The Peninsula

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Once we had slowly woken up in the morning we went to the Hibiya/Ginza area. We were a bit early to get access to our room so we just checked in and left our luggage at the Peninsula. Then we went out for some shopping. It is not that we usually stay at a hotel when we shop in Ginza, just when Chie celebrates her birthday, 18th I think 😉



After some window shopping we returned to the hotel and went to our room, a Grand Deluxe Room. Wonderful! Spacious and beautiful. Then we went to the gym where Chie was running and I went through the body in the different machines (using Peninsula provided sports clothing and shoes). We also used the pool where they, as soon as we entered, provided us with bathrobes, goggles and prepared reclining chairs for us. Once we were done with the pool we went to the spa facilities.

In the spa facilities I used the tropical rainfall shower with eucalyptus, the Crystal Steam room (with a faint mint breeze), and the Cool Mist shower (with mint) in that order. The rainfall was a hot wonderful shower that I could have stayed in the whole day, unless Chie was waiting for me 😉 The Crystal Steam room was a hot steam room that soothed and relaxed the body. To cool off I used the Cool Mist shower that sprayed a mist of water over you, feeling much like walking through a very thick fog… With mint to cool you and to please your nose.

In the evening we went to Toraji where we had so much yakiniku (grilled meat) that it must have come out our ears in the end. And so much garlic that nobody wanted to be closer than a 100 meters from us, which is quite convenient in Tokyo 😉



Back at the hotel we took a hot bath in our room to get rid of the smoke. Then relaxed, talking and watching TV before going to bed. Goodnight!



RNJ @ Yoshiman

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Rode my bike to Ginza after office today. There I met Chie, Mash-san, Black Panther-san and a newcomer. In other words… Raider Nation Japan (RNJ). We talked, ate, and celebrated my birthday. The 25th 😉



I left before the others since I had to ride my bike home and I did not want to be too tired doing that. I found my way pretty OK all the way through Roppongi. Then I took off towards Hiroo which was a little bit too earlier than planned and I had to improvise the last few kilometers. But I knew the general direction and I was back home within 35 minutes from leaving Yoshiman. Swoooooopsch!!!