Last day in Tokyo and in Japan :o(

Enough sightseeing! Time to buy everything we need to bring home!

Rica (my brother's wife) took us to a four stories grocery store, Jasco, in the morning. It had lots more than groceries though. While Rickard was going through the alcohol and food sections I had to convince myself not to buy one of those cute school backpacks for children in grade 1 to 6 that I really wanted to buy. What postponed the decision was the fact that it was to small for me to wear (and VERY expensive) … but I may ask my brother to buy one in the future just because it is sooooooooo cool! Well anyway, Rickard bought lots of groceries and alcohol to compensate for not buying the backpack.

After lunch together with Rica on the 16th floor of a hotel building Rickard and I headed to Harajuku, the center of Japan's most extreme teenage cultures and fashion styles. My two oldest nephews just loves this place, but it wasn't really for me. The only reason for going really was to finally find a 100 Yen store (one of the largest in Tokyo) to buy hair elastic bands for my sister Anna. To be able to say that we had been there, we also walked the main street for the extreme teenage cultures and fashion styles, Takeshita Dori.

Takeshita Dori in the background.

We then headed over to Ginza for a last visit to Ito-ya, our favourite office supply store that consists of eight storeys of everything you need when it comes to your office :o) I just bought a few things, but could have gone wild in there if I hadn't bought all my Starbucks mugs.

Ito-ya is in the narrow building with the large paper clip.

The evening was mostly spent packing. I don't know how but all those kilograms we brought over for my brother that we thought we wouldn't replace was very replacable after all. We ended up filling both our suitcases with just the weight limit we were allowed (23 kg each). Luckily I took all my heavy Starbucks mugs in my carry on suitcase.

Suitably for the last evening in Japan, we had sushi for dinner!