Snow Day

We seem to have escaped a ridiculously snowy winter on the East Coast so Mother Nature thought it would dump snow on Tokyo. The weather people said 5cm. It ended up being 28cm. Some weatherman on TV previously apologized for predicting rain when it didn't rain. I wonder how many gomennasais they uttered this time.

Before the snow got too bad last Friday, we decided to get Ippudo for lunch. We bundled up Simba and set out through Komazawa Koen...only to find Ippudo in the dark. The electricity had gone off just a few minutes before! The cooks invited us in for tea as they called the electric company. One woman got to leave without paying because the register wouldn't open. The conversation the cook was having with the electricity company seemed pretty bleak though and we began to bundle Simba up. But then suddenly the lights started flickering!! And the snow day trek was a success cause we got ramen and cha han for lunch!

We went to Tapas Tapas the day before the snow so we could hibernate

View from the second floor window

Ready for snow! Ready for Ippudo!

Snow wasn't sticking yet but very few people were in the park.

Gomennasai!! Black out at Ippudo!

No ramen for us??

Happy customers, although we couldn't get gyoza because the black out cooled the pans too much!

Snow is coming down after Ippudo

Gotta get a plow accessory for the "baby car"

Simba's first snowstorm