Ueno Park and Dinner with Kenji's Family

The other day we found out that my friend Kenji's family were in Tokyo for the Obon holiday week. So we took a trip into Tokyo for the afternoon to have lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen located at the Tokyo Dome and then onto Ueno Park. Afterwards we headed to Meguro to meet up with Kenji's family.

We were kind of apprehensive about going to another US restaurant chain in Japan. Usually, like with Big Boy, they change the menu to adapt to the Japanese tastes. However, when we arrived at California Pizza Kitchen we noticed that the menus were exactly the same as in the states and they were still in English. Great for us but not for business here. There was a double header going on at the dome and there was absolutely no waiting at CPK. We ordered the California Club and the Thai Chicken Pizza. Both just awesome.

Afterwards we took the train to Ueno to spend the day at the park and zoo. There the temperature was in the lower 90's but with the trees and the breeze it felt like 89 degrees. Yeah, it was hot. There we saw this band from Peru again who seem to be a regular at the park. They are very talented.

Finally, we made our way to Meguro to meet up with Kenji's family in from Singapore. Luckily they gave us a private room where the kids could go just completely crazy. They probably should have soundproofed the walls a little better though. Kenji's wife, Asako his boy Kengo, and daughter Nanami had a great time with my daughter and their three cousins from Mito, Ibaragi. With that many kids, you can imagine the volume in the room.