{"id":7559,"date":"2012-11-25T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=7559"},"modified":"2012-11-25T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T01:21:00","slug":"japan-day-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=7559","title":{"rendered":"Japan Day 57"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, I&#8217;ve been back for over a week and I&#8217;ve been ignoring my blog.<\/p>\n<p>Last day in Japan, and it&#8217;s only a partial day. The plane from Narita to Portland leaves about 2PM (I never remember exactly when) but that means it&#8217;s easy to get breakfast, do some last-minute shopping, take a late-morning train to Narita, and then some quick shopping at Narita. I even got to see the beer machine.<\/p>\n<p>We started out the day by heading to the Paul Bassett coffee shop to get a breakfast set. Paul Bassett is an award-winning barista from Australia and he has a coffee shop in Shinjuku. They tend to be a bit less customer-oriented than most Japanese stores, but the coffee is great.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2329.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7560\" title=\"IMG_2329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2329-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2329-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2329-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2329-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On our way out of Shinjuku station.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7561\" title=\"IMG_2330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2330-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2330-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2330-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2330-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For lunch we went to the Fujiya &#8220;family restaurant&#8221; in Narita airport. My sister and I always seem to go there on our way out of Japan and we like it. It&#8217;s Japan&#8217;s take on a Denny&#8217;s-like restaurant and tasty. I got their anniversary set (this also came with coffee jelly). Hamburger steak with beef stew sauce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7562\" title=\"IMG_2331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2331-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2331-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2331-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2331-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My sister got a ladies&#8217; set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2332.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7563\" title=\"IMG_2332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2332-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2332-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2332-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2332-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I pay a lot of money to American Express every year for a Platinum card and the only real reason is so I can go to the Narita Delta lounge and see the beer robot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7564\" title=\"IMG_2333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2333-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2333-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2333-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2333-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, two pictures and both fuzzy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2334.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7565\" title=\"IMG_2334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2334-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2334-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2334-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2334-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a long day (I think I calculated that I was up for 32 hours?) and I had dinner at the Industrial Cafe. I think that&#8217;s the end of food pictures for a while.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2335.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7566\" title=\"IMG_2335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2335-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2335-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2335-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2335-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, I&#8217;ve been back for over a week and I&#8217;ve been ignoring my blog. Last day in Japan, and it&#8217;s only a partial day. The plane from Narita to Portland leaves about 2PM (I never remember exactly when) but that means it&#8217;s easy to get breakfast, do some last-minute shopping, take a late-morning train to Narita, and then some quick shopping at Narita. I even got to see the beer machine. We started out the day by heading to the Paul Bassett coffee shop to get a breakfast set. Paul Bassett is an award-winning barista from Australia and he has a coffee shop in Shinjuku. They tend to be a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=7559\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Japan Day 57<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7569,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7559\/revisions\/7569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}