Kaelyn called in at 11am and they told her it was a day off (we found out later the main driving girl was sick). We took a quick trip downtown to see if we could find more clothes for Kaelyn. Not so much, very high end stores there. But we did stop to say HI to the robot at Softbank (a mobile carrier here).
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Today being Sunday was a slow start to the day. Pancakes and fried potatoes again. Around lunch we walked to the Apple store to pickup my laptop. Saw a neat car garage that stacked cars automatically. And some neat buildings. The good news from the Apple store was that they were able to repair it in house, vs shipping it out, reducing the cost by $250. They also...
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I did another quick check for nearby pizza places and found one not too far away. Figured we would walk to it, it’s almost at the Omote-Sando station (which is the next stop near our house but a ¥430 ride) and 1.5km away. It wasn’t that bad of a walk, in an area we haven’t walked in before. When we arrived, it was an AWESOME place with actual sit...
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Today was the day we ventured down to Tsukiji Fish Market. Although it would have been interesting to see the tuna auction, I really wasn’t up to being up at 3am to get a ticket. However, I did want to see the inner market before 11am, so we headed out around 8am (Kaelyn was not keen on waking up so early). The streets were pretty empty and the train ride just...
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Ya!!! Kaelyn had her first job today. We are so excited for her. Very different than Shanghai, CDU provides a sheet with all the work details, a sheet with detailed subway directions and a 3rd sheet that shows the google map on where to walk to the location with a picture of the front entrance. Wow, impressive. Kaelyn had to meet at the Subway entrance with another...
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