Christmas Date In Shinbashi

With Anna away with her grandmother ahead of us in Matsusaka, Hiroko and I had a chance to go on a date on the Saturday the 27th. Hiroko had to work at Eddie Bauer until 3 so I left the car at home and took the bus to Inzai Makinohara Station right next to Big Hop. This was so we could go drinking in Tokyo and not have to worry about driving home from the station.

First we took the hour long train ride into Tokyo where I took Hiroko to Takashimaya in Nihonbashi. This is the first department store for Takashimaya in Tokyo. The building has that old feel to it. They even still have elevator attendants who are there just to tell you what is on what floor and press the buttons for you. There Hiroko tried on some eye shadow that made her eyes sparkle like morning dew. Ah.... so beautiful..... I kept thinking... what a lucky guy I am.

From there we headed to Shinbashi station for dinner at a great little Spanish restaurant called Venga Venga. The tapas there were great and the paella was just the best. From there we headed to a little bar I know next to the Concorde Hotel called the Drunken Bear. Unfortunately it was closed so we headed up to the 41st floor of the Shidome City Center Building in Shimbashi to a bar called the Majestic. There we had our own sofa and a great view of Tokyo tower and the night lights of the big city. We had allot to drink and headed home late that night. The next morning we were off early for Matsusaka.