A much better weekend (with photos)

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I had a much better weekend this week than last. It was actually quite fun. My wife and I went into Tokyo and first went to Ginza 銀座. We were walking through a department store when a coconut curry caught our noses and brought us to a soup restaurant. The curry was good, but the portions were a bit skimpy if you ask me! Anyway, next we went to the Apple Store and checked out the new iPod video. Pretty cool little gadget. Personally I prefer using PCs, but that store almost converts me. And as you feel yourself being converted, you know it's time to leave! On Saturday the Ginza International Jazz Festival was on so we heard lots of cool tunes. It was really serendipitous that were were there on that day. Pretty cool.

In the evening, we headed over to Shibuya 渋谷 to an Indian restaurant and had a mutton curry and a pumpkin curry with excellent naan. おいしい! Afterwards, we saw a movie called Millions (click to see a trailer), a British movie about a kid who finds a lot of money. It was pretty good. We don't often go out to see movies in Japan because they're pretty expensive and we can often get them on DVD from Australia or America before they're in the cinema here. It was fun though.

Sunday we got some shopping done -- persimmons, veggies... First we had lunch at our favourite kaitenzushi 回転寿司 (sushi train place) because you shouldn't go shopping on an empty stomach...and because we love sushi. I discovered garlic shoots at the market for the first time. They smell really nice, if you like garlic, and can be used similarly. We also sampled goat's milk at Seibu in Funabashi. It was great!

Something really shocking that was saw this weekend is that Japan is already decorating for Christmas! I guess in America the Thanksgiving adds a buffer and this sort of thing doesn't begin until the end of November.

Overall, it was a great weekend. How war yours?