My two-day saga of searching for a large number of clothes hangers finally ended today, and I managed to unpack all our clothes and get them stored in the closets and all the suitcases stashed away out of sight. One thing I have learned is that it's hard to find a specific location in Tokyo because I can't read Google maps and I can't always find a good list of a specific chain of stores to see which is most convenient to me.
Today we walked to the Midtown Tokyo development, which includes high rise offices and apartments as well as a shopping mall and outdoor park/entertainment area. The walk was very nice, along narrow hilly streets near the U.S. Embassy residences. We went to the Muji store, where I wiped out their inventory of hangers and we picked up a baking dish and a measuring cup. We walked through the Dean and DeLuca store, which was very stripped down and expensive compared to what one would expect if you've been to the store in Manhattan, but we picked up some nice olive oil, parmesan reggiano, and crusty bread along with a salt and pepper shaker. Then we went to a regular grocery store and managed to find everything we need to make our special Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookie recipe. And I learned that rice is really expensive here! I can't believe how the cheapest 2-pound bag of rice can cost 1200 yen, about 12 bucks U.S.
After we finished our shopping, I realized I didn't know how to tell a taxi driver where we live, so we lugged our shopping bags back to our temporary apartment, about a mile away. I love all the walking, but the kids weren't enthusiastic about the return trip.
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