Today, we met Miyuki, Mie and Takako (Emi’s old friends from the high school years). We decided to have lunch together at Capricciosa Restaurant near the Yokosuka Chuo station. It was nice to see them again and converse about the past times and the days coming ahead. Miyuki was pregnant and Mie and Takako continued to be living in excitement and marriage day in the near future. We spent all afternoon together, having lunch and also spending time at a vintage cafe where I thought it was such a cool cafe right in the outskirt of the train station. The contrast of high-end retail to classic mom and pops shops was absolutely amazing. You will notice a big price difference between the borders and how the pace of life is completely different. I find it more interesting seeing things not on the main street but in the back alley where you will find (if you are lucky) an old white haired oji-san smoking a cigar or a shop that sells osenbei/manjyus just for that day. Overall, we all had a great time and wished the day was longer.
View of the city from the Yokosuka Chuo station. As you can see the buildings do look modern but there were also the old architecture still in tact.
The department stores in Japan were so much fun as there were many outlet shops featuring various merchandises. Also, almost all the shop’s staffs greeted with “Irashai mase”. They all had their own pronunciation and some of them had a robotic musical tone.
At the Capricciosa Restaurant, we ordered this basil pasta.
This was the tomato garlic cheese pasta.
Basil & Cheese Pizza.
L-R: Miyuki, Mie, Takako, Emi and myself.
So after having a big lunch with everyone, we went to this vintage cafe called Tsuki Cafe. I really enjoyed the atmosphere of this cafe as everything in there were really old and nothing alike. Wooden chairs were all different and even the tables were different. The table I was using was an old Singer sewing machine. And nothing beats this – they were playing “I am Bad” by Michael Jackson.
I had a milk tea which was presented very nicely I thought. The cup was actually patched together (once cracked) to give it the vintage/classical look. It also came with a shortbread cookie and the brown sugar cubes.
View of the bus/taxi parking lot outside the Kitakurihama train station. We used to stand here a lot for the bus to take us home.
Right behind the bus stop was this bento shop. If you look closely, they offered not only the typical bentos but all sorts of deep fried food like tonkatsu and ebi fry. The smell was enticing and what a way to attract customers right in the front of a bus stop. I think that’s a great business concept!
And then for dinner, Emi’s mom prepared sukiyaki with raw eggs. It was nostalgic to eat like this for a long time. What a fun day!!
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