Emily had a bad night again, and I was up three or four times.
We had another sunny day, but it was still really cold. We went to the Imperial Plaza, where Emily crawled on the now yellow and dry grass and watched the crows and seagulls. Japan's winter is so much drier than the UK, so the lawns seem to die back each year. We go home covered in grass that turns up all over the apartment for days. We are trying to get her to walk with only one hand held, as that forces her to have a more upright posture; with both she leans forward a lot.
We carried on to BIC Camera electronics store, to research a new PC. We need one that Nick can type Japanese on. Also, Emily bashed the keyboard so hard that the letter E came off, making typing very difficult.
On our way back home we met Nick's American mate, Aidan, in Tamachi and he came back to ours as he was staying with us overnight while on a trip here from Berkeley. I bought a New Year door charm so that we could enter into the spirit of the season like all our neighbours, and was taken with the white crane (a symbol of longevity, and also the name of the kung fu club we used to belong to). Unlike the glitzy Christmas decorations, these are very traditional, and usually made of rice straw, bamboo and paper.
Aidan and Nick went out in Azabu Juban for the evening, and though I knew he'd stopped being a vegetarian recently it was still surprising to hear that he'd eaten raw beef. No doubt he was emboldened by the many beers they drank.
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