I was done there by ten, which left the rest of the day to play.
My day was filled with some more secret squirrel business (which probably won't be so secret squirrel for much longer, and may not be so exciting to others, but I love saying secret squirrel business) and lots of fabric shopping.
On the train, having a bit of trouble with a couple of Japanese maps, I turned to the guy next to me. In Japanese I politely asked if he would mind reading a couple of the characters for me. He willing obliged. He was friendly, so I then asked about a particular train station that I couldn't find on any of my maps. By this time, he'd already switched to English. He not only told me which line it was on, where to change and how long it would take to get there, when we got to Tokyo station, he actually took me to the platform I needed to go to. How friendly is that!
Until today, I've been really impressed with fabric stores that have five packed-full floors and craft stores that are seven floors. Today, it went to a whole other level! Try a five building craft store! Between the five buildings, there were 15 floors of crafty heaven. Needless to say, until I almost passed out, I forgot to eat.
Do you ever have moments when you're wandering around and you see something that you know another blogger would love? I so wished Bec was with me today. I found the most scrumptious button shop you've ever seen. Close your eyes for a minute and image the candy store in Charley and Chocolate factory. Replace the sweets with buttons (and beads), place them all in jars and then organise them in graduations of colours. Decorate the rest of the area with button-made goodness. That was this shop. Sadly, I wasn't allowed to take a photo.
That was day two, one more to go and then back home.
