What more could a gal ask for for her birthday, but hiking between Kifune shrine and Kurama-dera temple and soaking in an outdoor onsen (public bath, separated by gender) in the mountains, followed by sushi train dinner?! Agreed, nothing! But Jim had something else up his sleeve, and he managed to hide it from me, even after the customs officer went through our entire bags in front of both of us! He had a pocket Bluetooth photo printer wrapped and zipped into the liner of his bag to surprise me with – and he was very successful in the surprise! Now I can print pics of our adventures straight from my phone. My Bestemor was also thinking ahead to surprise me – she sent Lego-themed Happy Birthday napkins from 6,000 miles away a month before my birthday to make sure we would get them in China before we left for Japan. $2 napkins (and much more than that on shipping!) can sure make a girl feel special!
A conveyor belt sushi restaurant is a dangerous place. As we grabbed color-coded plates of pounded bonito, scallops, roast beef, corn, ark shellfish, and all the tuna varieties (red bluefin, tuna belly, etc.), I had to keep myself in check of what is an appropriate amount of sushi to consume in one sitting. I measured my stack of plates according to how many plates the Japanese people around me had stacked up.
As we wandered in our sushi-coma in search of celebratory cake or ice cream, a place named Colorado Cafe appeared across the street. Coincidence, I think not! Definitely the first time I’ve had a chocolate ice cream parfait with layers of corn flakes and fruit cocktail. 29 is starting off with so many new things and firsts!
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