Sea Change Okinawa: sushi

More snorkelling at Maeda Cape

A couple of days after I got back from my work trip, H and I decided to take a summer leave day to hang out together seeing as I pretty much missed the previous two weekends with her. We headed straight to Maeda Cape to snorkel as it's something we can't really do with the little guy in tow. The weather was beautiful and visibility was great! We may be ended up a little sunburned after it all though. Oops.

Snorkelling really took it out of us, so we decided to head to Hamazushi for 100 yen sushi goodness! It's cheap, but still one of my favourite places to go. On our way home we stopped in to Onna no Eki for obligatory date day kakigori. Mmmm.

Scroll to the bottom for some under the sea videos

Cheese!

Bubbles from the divers on the other side of the drop

Touch screen sushi ordering system. The best!

Best dessert ever!

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36 Hours in Tokyo (part 2)

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Even though we didn't get to bed until 3am, we were still up and ready to get out by around 9am. We made a special trip to Tokyo station to try T's Tantan, a vegan restaurant, specialising in ramen. This was a must for us because H is a vegetarian, and therefore, has never tried ramen. I did a bit of research and heard that T's Tantan was the best. It really didn't dissapoint, and for any vegetarians in Tokyo, I highly recommend this place. Another bonus is the fact that they are open from 7am, so you can get ramen for breakfast! Follow the signs for the Keiyo Line and you will find T's Tantan.

After filling up on Ramen we caught the train one stop to Yurakucho to go to the Muji flagship store. I LOVE Muji and the ones in Okinawa are very small in comparison. They had so much stuff on sale and we managed to get bed linen at 50% off to fit our bed, as well as new curtains to replace the old, ugly orange ones that came with the house. Shopping win!

After Muji, we headed back to Shibuya, so I could introduce H to my favourite store in the world, Loft. No trip to Tokyo is complete without a visit to Loft. We spent lots of time exploring, but actually only bought a few small things (unlike Muji, which we needed a whole extra bag to carry).

After Loft, we went to Uobei, for a little sushi snack. Mostly because I love the flying plates. There is no conveyor belt, so all the sushi is made to order and then comes out to you on this flying plate, all for only 100¥ a piece! I put up a little video of the flying sushi on Instagram, if you feel like taking a look https://instagram.com/rachiebee/

T's Tantan in Tokyo Station (in the Keiyo Street shopping area)

The tantan ramen

The shoyu ramen

The Muji flagship store in Yurakucho

Our haul - new bed linen and curtains

My favourite train - the Yamanote Line

Uobei flying sushi

Lunch beer

Crispy salmon skin nigiri

Shibuya lovers

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Weekends are not long enough!

beach

Now that i'm back working full-time for the first time in over 3 years, i once again realise that weekends just aren't long enough. I really enjoy my new work, but I also just want to spend all my time hanging out with my family and exploring my new home.

Friday night we finally tried out this pizza and wine bar we've been eyeing off since we got here, and it didn't disappoint. It's called Wine and Pizza 58, and the pizzas are tasty. The weird thing we've noticed over here though is all places we've been to so far serve their red wine chilled. I have no idea why. It's so weird!

We took the little man for a much needed haircut at a salon I had seen a few times in Okinawa City. It was great! He got to sit in a car and watch Planes (the movie) while a woman cut his hair. It was so easy and so cheap! The play was called Hair Boy or something, and you just turn up without an appointment.

I also got to go to Hama Sushi, which is a 100 yen sushi train in Okinawa City. Super cheap and delicious! They have a decent amount of vegetarian stuff for my lady, and lots of fish for me! I know it's like the McDonalds of the sushi world, but I could eat there everyday. Also, Griff thinks it's the best place ever having plates of food going around on a conveyor belt!

It's gradually starting to get warmer over here, and i'm really excited for beach swimming weather, but I know it will also quickly get crazy hot a humid, which i'm telling myself I will embrace, rather than letting the humidity turn me in to an irritable crazy grump like it does when I go to Brisbane. Hopefully having the ability to walk over and swim in the ocean will help!