TOKYO, JAPAN DAY THREE!
I woke up still stuffed from last night’s meal! John, on the other hand, was rip roaring ready to take on the food tour! We Ubered it to where we met up with our Culinary Backstreet tour guide for the day, Mairi. She explained that YANESEN was the area of Tokyo where we would walk today (and eat and walk and eat some more)! The homes were narrow (due to the taxation based on property frontage) and very deep. Most of the (typically three storied) houses had been in families for generations. Because of this, many of the current family members had no mortgages to pay, so they were free to work their passion without the worry or need of making a lot of money. The result was an eclectic area of whimsical shops and tiny, funky cafes. (And extremely happy owners!) Mairi further described YANESEN as an area that was comprised of three, quite different sisters. The first area, SANDAGI, was the quiet sister. We walked to a nearby cafe and wer...