Yesterday, after the sumo slam and water goblins, I dragged Ella to the famous Ginza strip. The street was closed off to all traffic permitting only pedestrians. It was like walking down the La Rambla in Barcelona only instead of stalls there were luxury department stores.

I had looked up a conveyor belt sushi restaurant that had good reviews that was in the area, so we followed the blue Google bubble which led us to what looked like a seven story camera store.

We walked inside. Cameras, laptops, washing machines, but not a restaurant in sight.


Nevertheless by now we’ve gotten used to Japanese dining appearing on any floor in a department store hidden behind any number of glittering merchandise displays.

