So this is our last complete day. . .

We ventured back to Akihabara for an awesome toy shopping spree. We found Gundam, r/c trains, action figures, vinyl exclusives, capsule toys and key chains for everyone on our list (not to mention a pretty impressive list of crazy goodies to display in our living room). We even bought our own mini-Gash-a-Pon machine! Yes – we will leave Japan with our own vending machine! We hit another Sega arcade and made it to another conveyor belt sushi place before heading back to the Hotel to figure out how the hell we were gonna transport our 12 bags (literally) of toys (Ha! Toys!) home. We joked about bringing an empty suitcase with us. No laughing matter…

So, after our insane and mature shopping spree we returned back to the Cerulean and caught a quick nap. We woke up energized and itching to explore s’more! So we did a quick test pack (we can buy NO more and will be leaving a number of toiletries and sundry products in Tokyo) and headed out to Shinjuku to Din Tai Fung on Mr. Jerry Ma’s recommendation. That man knows how to eat. Apparently there is one of these Taiwanese Dumpling houses in Taipei, one in LA and this one in Tokyo. Really, they need to get to NY. Beautiful! We ordered 5 bamboo steamer baskets full of dumplings. We had pork dumplings, shrimp dumplings, chicken dumplings, pork and shrimp dumplings and curry dumplings. And beer. So good!

We spent the rest of the night trawling the Shinjuku stores (yes, we bought more toys – but it only because Brian found the Ultraman & villians he was looking for and the Sgt. Frog characters we wanted. Although, I am still regretting that we didn’t get the Blue Ninja Sgt. Frog character…) Needless to say, our living room shelves will be gorgeous, GORGEOUS!!! I also finally worked up the courage to pick up a crepe. I went for the strawberry, red bean, vanilla ice cream version and was amazed. I ate four bites and was stuffed to capacity. I hope these never make it to NY. I will be 400 lbs. if they do. It was another ‘late’ night in Tokyo as Brian and I trained-it back to Shibuya for 1 last walk through the crossing and over the foot bridges. It was the perfect last night.