We spent most of the day out and about, starting in Akihabara, then Asakasa, Meguro, and finally back in Hiroo.

Akihabara is a center for Manga, Anime, and electronics. There are mega-stores and shops filled with books, videos, TVs, cameras, etc. It was raining so we stopped for a quick snack at Mr. Donut. We brought our donuts and coffee upstairs to eat. When the coffee got low, a coffee girl came by and gave us a refill with a smile. Just like at Dunkin’ Donuts.

We’d been to Asakasa before to visit the temple and Kappabashi, the street that has all of the wholesale culinary stores. But last time we were there it was a holiday and many of the stores were closed. This time we got to see more and bought an inexpensive chef’s knife. The good knives were beautiful but over-the-top for chopping the occasional onion.

Back to Tonkatsu Tonki in Meguro for dinner, our second (but certainly not our last) visit. Supposedly the best tonkatsu in Tokyo so maybe the world? Crowded with all locals except us. We might even go back on Monday and take a friend who is visiting Tokyo.

Our nightcap event was a viewing of the 1937 musical ‘Shall We Dance,’ a George and Ira Gershwin musical screened in a meeting room at the Tokyo Jewish Community Center. We were invited by a marketing professor at Waseda University that Amy had previously met. He’s been having ‘movie nights’ every summer for many years and is very knowledgable about the industry and history. The Center is only 5 minutes from the apartment…we can see it looking out the balcony window.

Our previous meal at TAC was ‘new’ cuisine. Very unusual techniques and flavors. We were joined at the meal by Nargis and Atul, two new members like us recently arrived from Switzerland.

A couple of weeks back Amy was a guest speaker at an MBA class at Waseda University in Tokyo. She was invited by Sean Hackett who teaches MBA classes there in both English and Japanese (this class was in English). The students presented test cases and Amy gave feedback before telling them about Marketo products and solutions.