Not many pictures today. I packed and got a morning set at Doutor.

Then we drove to the JA Store to look for some gummy candies my sister wanted. The intarwebs say we can get them anywhere but I’ve seen them nowhere else. I think there’s a bunch that are supposed to be available but I could only buy six and that’s what I bought.

Then we went to eat a ton of sushi. The first store we went to had at least 100 people in line 30 minutes before opening. We went to another branch in the Favore shopping center and we only had to wait a half hour. They were quick serving the sushi so we were done in another half hour and we ate a lot.

After that we drove to the eldest Kawasaki sister’s house in Tsubame-Sanjo and then on to Niigata. I guess I ate an ice cream cone at a rest area but I never took a picture. Oh well.

Anyway, I’m on my own in Niigata for a bit but it’s raining. I went to the station on the recommendation of the elder Dr. Kawasaki and got tare katsu at Tonkatsu Tarou. It was another thin (but not that thin) katsu with tare. It was pretty good but I think I like the sauce version better. I’ll eat both. The store was kind of a mess, though. It was tiny and the cash register was out in the mall hallway. No one knew where to line up and I stood in front of the cash register for a long time before they told me to line up to the side and made a guy pre-pay for his family’s food. By the time they were ready to take my money, a line had formed in front of the cash register (I was to the side.) Anyway, a total shitshow.

I made it back to the hotel, borrowed a weird cordless iron and realized there’s a big bath in the basement. I took a bath and got back in time to eat a dessert I finally liked from the convenience store. I didn’t take a picture, though.

It’s late-ish. Time to hit the hay.