I used to think New York City was a large city. That was until I came here to Tokyo. This place makes New York City look like a small mid-western town. Tokyo is claustrophobic; 34 million people sharing the space of Hawaii. Guh!
Work picked up at the end of last week. We had visitors galore, so there was lots of escorting, meetings, and business lunches and diners that went along with those visitors. Tuesday night, we went out with our customers and had Shabu Shabu, a Japanese type meal where you cook thinly sliced beef (or pork) & vegetables in a hot pan of water. If your thinking... hey, that sounds like fondue, well you would be right. It is very similar to fondue, just with a Asian slant to it. It is also like fondie in that it is a very fun and social meal. I also discovered plum wine that night and am now looking for a bottle to bring back to the states with me. Yummy!
Thursday was a National Holiday here in Japan. It was the spring equinox and in celebration, everyone has the day off. And how was the weather on the first day of spring? Horrid. Cold, rainy, & windy! Welcome to spring everyone.... head indoors to your nearest mall. And man, they all did. I worked from the hotel that day and took lunch to walk through the mall connected to the hotel. Holy overcrowded batman! I couldn't even get near the Pokeman store. :-)
The weather got better for the weekend, but that is another post and hopefully it will come with more photos. The cherry blossoms are getting close to blooming.... one more week!!!!
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You know you can get plum wine in the States, right? I've had it lots of times, including at Teapot in Northampton.
Do they have Easter in Japan? I'm guessing not.
Cherry blossoms are already blooming here. Whoo hoo... however, we did have snow today.
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