Today was supposed to be our last day at Tokyo Disney, but DH was exhausted, and had seen enough of the parks. I could have happily gone again, but agreed to have a lazy day.
We slept in until lunch and then decided that wed try and get our laundry done, as we were running short on clean clothes.
DH went down to the lobby to get some directions and came back with some photo copied maps, with some directions written in red pen. I couldnt understand them, so hopefully DH knew where to take us.
So we took all our clean clothes out of the suitcase, and piled the dirty ones in, and set out to find the Wash & Fold. Turns out DH didnt really understand the directions
I think we basically circled the Laundromat in a spiral until we eventually realised we were standing next to it. It was fun to wander what looked like a residential area of Shinjuku for a while though.
We went in and loaded all of our clothes into a machine, and then looked for one of the detergent dispensers to buy some detergent. Couldnt find one
We asked the girls behind the counter who spoke a little English about where we could find some, but they didnt really understand me. I spotted some bottles on a shelf behind the counter and pointed to them to see if we could use theirs, thinking that maybe youre supposed to bring in from home. She nodded and passed me the bottles, but they were just fabric softener
I ended up typing Detergent? into my phone translator and passing that to them. Turns out the detergent is already in the machines! Which was nice and handy.
I then sent DH out to find some food, while I took a pic of the washing machines and posted it here.
He came back with some convenience store sushi and a round cake like thing. Sorry I dont have a photo of the sushi, but heres the cake like thing!
It was all pretty good, I had some inari (fried tofu pouches filled with rice) and DH had some pickled vegetable sushi rolls and a triangular shaped thing that was full of rice and cooked tuna, and covered in nori. Im not sure what theyre called
We used 2 washing machines to do the wash, but the dryers are massive, so we were able to combine both loads in the one dryer. So all up we only spent about an hour at the Wash and Fold. It also spent that hour to bucket down with rain, and then cleared up in time for us to leave with our nice clean and dry clothes!
We headed back to CST and dropped off our clothes. We decided that we wanted to try and find a supermarket. Not for anything specific, I just like supermarkets
There was supposed to be one not too far from where we were, I cant remember what it was called and in any event we didnt find it (I left my phone in the room
again
) We did find Isetan which I had been told about. On one of the bottom floors is a place called E.A.T Paradise. This place was like a huge fresh food market, its sort of indescribable, so I took some photos, but they dont really do it justice either. Its just cases and cases of food as far as you can see!
Isetans with E.A.T Paradises are everywhere, so if youre interested in food (or just shopping) head on in and have a look around.
We were hungry, but for a big meal, so we decided wed find somewhere else to eat and come back here for lunch on another day. Its not that you wouldnt be able to fill up on this food, but we sort of wanted to order something and know that we were getting a full meal with it, not just pick a few things at random.
We walked around for a while and eventually decided to head back into Takashimaya to find a restaurant in there. We walked around the top 3 levels a couple of times before deciding on the Indian Place Sitaara Grove.
I had tandoori chicken with salad, and DH had some large prawns, I cant remember what flavour they were, Im thinking they were also tandoori, and we shared a curry, which I have no idea what type it was
Umm, I remember it being good
I cant believe I didnt write down more about this meal, because it was really good!
DH is showing the size of the prawns
It wasn't exactly the same as Indian food that you get in Australia, or rather it's the same, but with lots of extra coriander and lemon grass.
I picked up some ice cream from another one of the restaurants on our way out. DH didn't want any dessert, but some how managed to share mine...
For some reason Japanese ice cream tastes awesome.
We then headed back to CST for bed and TV.
but can you tell me if three days will be enough at the parks or should I allow four?
