After an amazing day at Tokyo Disneysea and a good night sleep at a Disney Resort Hotel, I planned for us to take the long way home via Tokyo. Layla placed Pizza de Michele at the top of her “must go to” list during her visit. So, we went for lunch.
The staff was so friendly and allowed us to take pictures while we waited for our pizza. They even let Layla help cook!
It was delicious! Check out that pizza!
One final shot of the kawaii jack-o-lantern pizza.
Here’s more great news. I had train books ready for Nina and Noah when they arrived. We were able to start their stamp collecting as we explored Tokyo!! I was even able to get a few new ones!
After lunch, we went to Shibuya Crossing. Here we saw the Hachiko Statue and crossed through the crossing three times! Yay, tourists!
After collecting another station stamp and a couple Hello Kitty stamps, we headed to Harajuku. We stopped for the mandatory Takeshita tourist photo. Do you see the spelling mistake on the marquee? Wabi-sabi in real life!
Our first stop in Harajuku was at Cafe Mocha, a fancy cat cafe. Nina and Noah put cat cafe high on their “must do” list. I’ve been wanting to visit this cat cafe because it looks pretty cool from the street. We planned to stay 20 minutes. It easily turned into a 30 minute visit. We just needed a little more time to give all 16 cats enough love.
This cute kitty reminded Layla, Nina, and Noah of their cat Simba. Kawaii!
Perhaps the furriest cat in Japan!
Cat in a bowl.
The cafe had two rooms connected by a hallway. It was decorated in an Alice in Wonderland theme.
Cat ears were available if you felt felined… I mean inclined. We did.
Treats were available for purchase so you could feed the cats. The cats went crazy for the lollipop! We asked when we were leaving what it was made of. They were frozen chicken broth lollipops! Who knew?
My favorite kitty was Pumpkin. He was a real life Grumpy Cat. Although he did seem a little happy to lick the lollipop!
We had to tear the kids out of the cat cafe. We reminded them there was still cotton candy to eat and a toy store to shop!
After a quick stop for a pair of cat ears, we made our way to the cotton candy place – Totti Candy Factory.
Let me make a promise to you. When you visit me with your kids, I will spoil them with a HUGE mountain of cotton candy.
All I ask for in return is a cotton candy face plant photo! This was a highlight to my day!! Pure sugar happiness.
We finished walking down Takeshita street (so much kawaii) and worked our way to Kiddy Land.
Kiddy Land is a four story toy store in Harajuku. It has every imaginable Japanese and U.S. toy. From Star Wars to Hello Kitty.
We shopped until we dropped. On Pusheen!
By the time we made it home the train count was up to seven. Seven different trains in one day! Some were pretty crowded. Especially, during rush hour. Nonetheless, we were all smiles!
I had a great time sharing the Tokyo experience with this crew. They were flexible, inquisitive, and excited! Once again, I want to give photo credit to Layla for helping me document our day. And props to Dave for having dinner ready for us when we finally got home at 8:00pm!