Leona, a local university student and daughter of one of Noriko’s friends, graciously offered to show us around Tokyo for one day. One of Yen’s top wishes of things to do was to go to a cat cafe, so that was what she told Leona where we wanted to go. After meeting Leona for lunch and eating the best ramen we have ever had, we headed for the cat café. We spent one hour at the café drinking tea with 23 cats. I don’t think the cat café is marketed toward men because I was the only man there and the toilet paper in the bathroom was pink.
After the interesting experience at the cat café, we went to the Yebisu Beer museum. I don’t usually drink beer and don’t know much about beer in general, but the Yebisu amber beer we tried was very good. Yen said it was the best beer she ever had, but she is not an expert either.
Later on in the evening we met up with Leona’s mom for dinner for another delicious meal at a restaurant where we had some panko crusted pork (tonkatsu) and the best steamed eggs we have ever tasted. We had a really good time with Leona and her mom, who are both are very nice and genuine people.
To summarize, in one day we hung out with cats; had the best ramen, beer, and steamed eggs we ever tasted; and made some new friends. It was a good day.
Yen, Leona, and two of our hosts.
