We caught the Shinkansen back to Akihabara today. As usual it was a comfortable trip, and both of us may have even dozed a little.

Ten days ago when we did this trip in the other direction we went through a blizzard, but today the weather was clear. It looks to be the same for the remainder of the trip, so we’ve been lucky!

There’s our train lunches. Which one would you eat?

Our Akihabara room is large by Tokyo standards, which is good since we’ve got a mountain of luggage to pack. The view outside the window looks onto the train track and we can see the trains going all day long, which is cool.

Dinner was Sushiro with the touchscreen wall. It’s a dazzling display of technology miles beyond anything the USA has, which is another thing I like about Japan. We only ate 8 plates (which cost about $16) but the table across from us – 4 young men – ate over 50!

We’ve got no plans for Tokyo, aside from just enjoying the familiarity and the vibe and filling up our suitcases. I’m sure we’ll fit something else in one of these remaining days.