Sunday, April 8, 2012

Japan Trip - April 6, 2012 - Yukata search


Friday – April 6, 2012 – Yukata search

Kana spent the day with her niece and nephews, and James came out to mom and me at the hotel. We went to the Brother’s Café for breakfast and enjoyed pancakes with coffee.
Mom and James at breakfast




Pancakes, eggs and we think it was spam...

..but it was still good! :)

Then we took the subway to the Senba center, which was like an outlet center for clothing and other items. Crazy times trying to keep me on task – which was to find a yukata, or casual kimono, for Josie. Super excited when we finally found just the right one. There was a young boy outfit too, but it was too small for Peter.  We’ll find something else for him later.
Subway (cute bear picture over James' shoulder, but I have no idea what it says)

However mom found something for herself – a very nice, comfy yukata for her to wear at home.  The lady at the store even demonstrated how to put it on for her. After walking around quite a bit and exhausting ourselves, we headed back to Namba on the subway for dinner. 

The large Takashimaya mall really has everything anyone could ever imagine needing; including numerous dining options. We headed to the Dining Maison floors – 7th, 8th, and 9th floors. We decided on a dumpling style restaurant – where the food is wrapped in dough and steamed in a bamboo box.  It was so good - we ordered so many different types - shrimp, pork, veggies.
Shrimp
Yummy green stuff :)
I like the kanji characters on the box (Din Tai Fung)
James and me in front of a big mural in mall
We headed back to the hotel (connected to the mall), put some stuff down in the room, and then went out to find some sweet snacks for later (chocolate craving). James headed back to Yao shortly after, and we tried to get to sleep although I think both mom and I ate too much!

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