Day 19 July 6

From Osaka to Tokyo for the last leg of our holiday. Full of stations to cross through it actually runs a lot smoother than I thought it would except when we get to the next apartment and we're confronted by stairs at the station and the residence.
Anyway is was cool gliding across Japan in a bullet train.
We arrived in Shimokitazawa around 3 pm just in time to check into our Air BnB. It's up a hill which is painful with all our bags. The place is so small it beggars belief. But the beds are the most comfortable we've had here. And real pillows! Most pillows over here are terrible and have a sense of nothingness. These are comfortable. We park our stuff and go for a wander around the neighbourhood which turns out to be pretty funky with lots of retro shops. Liz buys a few clothes here. It's very cool. We go to Freshness Burger for dinner. Burgers but not as we know them. But very tasty and I'm sure the bun is not bread. We all eat well except for Ruby who is not doing well out of the lack of vegetarian dishes in Japan and Liz whose wedges are eaten by Ruby.
More wandering and looking at shops before we drift home. We were thinking of having an early night but the trip is all over so we push ourselves to visit Shinjuku at night and I'm so glad we did. Just walking around the busiest train station in the world is something but then you get outside and there are so many people on the street at 9.30pm at night. And the place is lit up like Bladerunner. Fascinating. We stand there soaking it all in. Well Liz and I do. The kids not so much.They're not sure why we want to stand there for a while. We try to explain that we may never be back again and we're filling up our senses. I won't repeat some of the answers to that! But wait ! There's Godzilla above the buildings.

We make our way back to Shimokitazawa for the most comfortable sleep of the trip.