After our excursion in Japan, we already felt like we had gotten our money’s worth and we hadn’t even begun the actual voyage yet. My new friend Pam and I had breakfast a Dennys where we met two lovely Australian travelers.
And did a little shopping before getting packed and ready for the actual cruise.
The department stores had some absolutely stunning textiles and kimonos.
The presentation was gorgeous and the textiles amazing!
This was one of the dazzling kimonos we saw at Takashimaya.
We also saw a lovely Painting exhibition with images inspired by Noh masks. We got to meet the artist, who posed for us humbly outside the gallery.
The store was full of enticing items from carefully crafted samurai dolls to housewares to stationary.
Thanks to our Concierge at Hotel Mercure, we made it safely to the pier via taxi and Natalie and I found our room which was roomier than we had ever expected.
The rooms were surprisingly large.
...and It was a room with a view (sort of). This is Harumi port in Tokyo.
Of course it didn’t take long for Pam, Natalie and me to find the buffet!
This is the Panorama Room where we tend to take our breakfast. Yes that mountain of food is my plate! (Sheepish grin!) It is really hard not to go overboard (haha) on the food when it all looks so good!
Outside the window we could see some kind of Japanese fashion photo shoot taking place.
Here is a slightly closer view of one of the shoots.
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Leave it to the Japanese fashion moguls to combine pink and blue wigs with 18
th Century, British inspired uniforms.
Our ship is small for the Cruise set, but has many interesting nooks and crannies. The top deck has a pool and hot tubs (although as you can see it was a bit wet as we left port and no one felt like a swim.)
It was getting dark as we left the harbor and we coud see the big Ferris wheel in Odaiba (not shown) as we followed the pilot boat out to sea.
1 comment:
That's cool. I love those kimonos. I hope you bought me one.
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