16 November 2009

Pam and I took Emily to see Nick at the office for lunch, first stopping off at Appi in Azabu for a bit of play.

After returning home for Emily's nap, we walked up to Roppongi Hills, where we went straight up to the 52nd floor observatory level. The light was already fading at 3.30 as the sun was in a bank of clouds, but there was some attractive orange light in the sky, over towards Fuji and surrounding mountains.

We had a smoothie at Sunset Cafe, and kept an eye out for the cone to appear, enjoying the odd golden ray appearing through holes in the cloud.

As the city's lights began to spark into life, we thought we could make out the vague shadow of the volcano. We waited to see Tokyo Tower light up then headed back down to look at the pretty trees down Keyakizaka.