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April 14

Shopping in Odaiba / Mexican Food Party

Kyoko headed out early, so I put together my bike, had Jen ride on the back rack, and went over to Aqua City Mall, the large mall in Odaiba (next to the Daiba stop of Yurikamome Line). From Kyoko's Dorm it is about a 5 minute ride - although we took the longer 15 minute scenic route.

At Aqua City we mostly just did window shopping, jotting down a bunch of ideas that presented themselves in the merchandise. We also witnessed a little performance. A Brazilian-Japanese guy was doing all sorts of bike tricks, on all sizes of bikes, the most impressive of which was riding a miniture bike.

We ate in one of the restaurants on the top floors, where I ordered unagi (eel), and Jen, ramen, but the memorable part for my tongue was the tea. It was some brand of gen mai cha which is mostly green tea leaves and rice. It was super scrumptious.

We headed back to Kyoko's dorm for a Mexican food party she had planned a while back. From the U.S., we had brought the cans of Rosarita Refried Beans (it's hard to find refried in Japan), and corn tortillas (also hard to find), taco mix, as well as some salsas: Herdez salsa verde and Tapatillo. We made ground beef tacos with all the fixins, with the help of Kyoko's friends who joined us: Ken, Tanaka-san, Kanako-san, as well as Miho, Tomomi, and Kyoko's brother Takuya.