Takashimaya

Yesterday was a cold and rainy day, and I have caught Connor's ailment now. I never get sick - we are talking like once/year or less and usually I just feel uncomfortable for a day or two, no big deal. This cold is not a fun one, and I am in awe that my trooper of a baby toughed it out liked he did. Hope we are both feeling 100% for the flight home and that Dylan does not succumb!

We donned our rain gear and took the subway to Takashimaya, another huge department store in downtown Yokohama. It was really the best thing we could think of to do since it was pouring outside, and we had also heard that the food floor was even better than Sogo, and it will never get old to explore the food floors of these places. I have to say that I like the layout and the selection at Sogo more, though we have heard that Takashimaya has slightly better food vendors and a more experienced green grocer. We picked out fish to go with our bok choy, and also two small French cakes for dessert. Japanese desserts are really nothing to write home about in my opinion, so the few times that we have wanted sweets, we look for the French patisseries in these department stores. French desserts are never a mistake :)

We also made our final trip to a Japanese toy department and ended up buying a few more things for Connor. We are all kind of crazy for Anpanman at this point, as we started watching the cartoons at night and I now know the names of all the major characters. It is hard not to love a series where the characters heads are made of bread and can be replaced by a baker when something goes wrong. Connor got to add to his toy collection an Anpanman shovel and bucket for the beach, and the most awesome toy yet - an Anpanman firetruck with lights and sirens, and an Anpanman fireman who yells out things in Japanese as he saves people from fires. I never want to forget Connor's face when he first sat down to play with this toy.

We visited a well-known stationary store and picked out a few souvenirs, then made our way home through the wet and the cold streets into our cozy little apartment for the third to last night in Yokohama.