First stop today was a return visit to Akihabara. You could see Ciaran blossom as soon as we came out of the train station. Akihabara really is a unique place. Ciaran headed off for some more merchandise shopping while Ronan spent his time getting his smashed phone screen repaired and new headphones to replace his broken ones.
After Akihabara, it was my turn. We were off to Café Little Bird for lunch. It is not easy to find. It is hidden away in a tiny building in a tiny street in a residential part of Tokyo. Even after we found the building and went to the 3rd floor in the tiny elevator, we still weren't sure if we were there. We opened a door to what looked like a storage cupboard and there it was. Imagine a tiny room with concrete walls, seating for 12 people all up and a kitchen the size of a toilet. It didn't look like we had found a great gluten free restaurant but, take it from me, we had. The food was absolutely fabulous: burgers, pizzas, fried chicken, waffles, crepes, pasta, ramen, even GF beer. It was heaven. We ordered big so that we could take our left overs home for dinner. I couldn't thank them enough. It was such a relief to be in a place where someone understood our condition.
We had eaten so much, we had to do some walking so we headed to the Imperial Palace gardens. They are in the fancy part of town, surrounded by very flashy buildings, shops and restaurants. Ciaran ran out of puff so he waited at the gate. The rest of us had a lovely walk around the gardens.
We had planned to tackle the infamous Shibuya crossing but we were pretty exhausted so we headed home. We have just enough time tomorrow to go to Shibuya before we head out to the airport for our flight back to Australia.
Last post tomorrow!
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