Although Emily seemed to be on the mend, I did not think that she was up to Tim's birthday party as she was still prone to tears and being quite clingy. If she could not enjoy herself I would not be able to relax and have a good time either.
Instead, we walked to Arisugawa Park and strolled around there for half an hour or so. Emily toddled some of the time but Nick had to carry her as she got tired easily. We finished up having coffee, shunning Starbucks in favour of a little upstairs Japanese cafe (the drawback being, as is often the case here, that smoking was allowed and it is a small place so it is hard to avoid breathing it in). I hadn't been to Hiroo for months, and took the opportunity to pop over the road to National Azabu supermarket, dodging through the milling Hummers and Chelsea tractors trying to park in the tiny car park. It was a fruitful visit as I managed to get custard powder, baking powder and 'proper' sausages. I drew the line at Duchy Originals chutney as it was about 1,600 yen. No chutney is worth ten quid. I shall harvest a few such goodies when we go home.
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