On a damp and decidedly chilly afternoon, I took Emily to play at the jidokan in Hamamatsucho. This is definitely our favourite: it has a huge range of toys and books and Emily has a whale of a time there. She got very rosy cheeks, rushing around and crawling after toddlers (to their annoyance!). There is a giant white teddy and a huge panda there, and she kept going over to them and laying down in their lap, which was incredibly sweet. They have a great walker, a wooden steam train that choo-choos as the wheels power a bellows. I stood her behind it and she took four little steps before dropping to the safety of the floor. A group of mums came in with some similar-aged babies and she was by far the most confident and sociable. She is quite happy to be away from me as long as she can look round every now and then and check I am still there.
One of the mothers had a sweatshirt on with a good example of Japlish - it said 'multitude sentry'. Just what is that supposed to mean?
Though I always rail against it at home, it is quite nice to see some Christmas decorations going up in the shops and malls here. No doubt the desperate retailers in the UK have long since put theirs up. I'm glad we will be able to decorate at home a bit, though not until after the 22nd, of course.
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