Captains log, stardate 20080131. The final blog entry from Tokyo. Today was busy because I had lots of things to sort out at work. After work we went to Sugamo to a temple. In the bottom picture you can see Nicola pouring water over the statue. She then ran her hand over the statue to clean it. The idea is if you have a problem then washing the statue in this way will wash away the problem. Then we went to Shinjuku for a farewell tempura meal with Takane. This is seafood and vegetables fried in light batter with dips. It was delicious. We had fried shrimp, fried mushrooms, fried fish, fried eel (which was very tender and delicous). The one part I was not so sure about was fried flower bud (I kid you not!). This was very bitter and even some Japanese don't like this; a bit like marmite in dividing opinion. We rounded off a very nice meal with some miso soup with mini clams in. Now we have to pack and tidy the apartment and the Liverpool vs West Ham game is on TV. Anyway, we'll be very sad to leave Tokyo but very happy to get home to see our friends and family.
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