food....in Tokyo

We've been so busy I forgot the food (no we didn't stop eating!!)

We've had home cooked, cooked in an office, take away, eat in the street and in the restaurant. Last night we went to a disapointing contemporary art museum (They did sell Rodchenko bookmarks, diaries, cards and tea cups however!! as well as postcards from just about any photographer you could possibly know and many more besides) and then to a restaurant where there was no sign of English language or Arabic numbers, so we pointed at the display in the window and had Soba noodles (Maree's turned out not to be a soup and were cold and mine was piping hot and so I was able to make satisfying noises as I ate) Delicious and turned out not to be expensive

We have had white miso soup as well as brown, in a museum there was a cafe called Cafe de Musee which sounded promising but was tres ordinaire. We have Japanese breakfast at our hotel which sustains us well with its fish and rice and egg and miso soup. And we've had very filling fermented rice tea. Exploring food here would take a few months of focused attention.

This morning we did picket duty again at 8.00am (reminds me of those days in the 60s when I sometimes handed out flyers at a factory gate in Sydney). Tonight we are invited to a party a sort of farewell

We think it's going to be quite hard to leave, but at least we have a good grip on the amazing train system!!!

Another entry should focus on the clothing and the variety of dress of school kids but photos would be better I think