After the shrine, we got the bus to the area near the hotel.
We had a 2 oclock reservation for afternoon tea at the Former British Consulate.
Hannah wanted to eat takoyaki, which are ball-shaped snacks made of a flour-based dough cooked in a special mould, with tako, octopus, filling. She found a store that sells them at the wharf next to the hotel.
We had a wander around the wharf, bought the takoyaki and sat facing the sea to eat them.
You can see Mojiko on the opposite side. Here you can see a lot of ships going through the Strait.
Entrance to the wharf
Takoyaki
With the mascot of the area
The view from upstairs.
After that, it was almost time for afternoon tea. The tea shop is upstairs, downstairs is a little museum.
The Former British Consulate.
The street next to the Former British Consulate
The Union Jack and Peter Rabbit.
The museum was free to enter. Rather small but interesting.
Portrait of The Queen
The consul-general's desk.
Cute teapot
Peter Rabbit's family and friends, Peter's father is a pie!
I was surprised to find a portrait of The Queen and the chair with the inscription ER on it, as the consulate closed in 1940!
We went upstairs to the tea room, very nicely laid out, lovely quiet feeling.
The little room off the main room where we had our tea.
The view.
A tea cosy over the teapot.
The cakes to go with the tea.
Of course, scones!
And other cakes.
We spent about an hour there, just eating and talking! It was really nice. Even though it didn't look like much, we were stuffed after.
On the way out, I saw this, the first time in Japan to see the toilets referred to as WC.
After we had finished, it was time to check into our hotel for the night.
Our hotel for the last night.
I didn't take any photos of the room!
We rested for a while, then went for a walk to see a London Bus that has become a popular photo place.
London Bus
We also saw some lovely manholes.
Pokemon manhole
We had an early night. We were both exhausted, just one more day left, and we wanted to make the most of it!
We had breakfast at the hotel on the last day. We ordered the Japanese Set Breakfast.
The view from the hotel restaurant
Japanese Set Breakfast.
The breakfast was very filling!
There was fish cooked in mirin, a type of sweet sake that is used in cooking, Japanese rolled omelette. On the dish with the squares were a variety of different dishes. Hokkaido potato salad with mentaiko, a type of fish roe, spinach with a sesame dressing and whale flakes, fugu, pufferfish, which is very popular in this area, deep fried tofu with mushroom sauce and a few other things that I forgot to write down. Even though it doesn't look like a lot, it was very filling!
Just as we got back to our room, our suitcase arrived. We changed and got ready for our last day!
At checkout, we asked to send our suitcase home. We paid COD for that, as I wasn't sure if we had enough money left!
Across the road from the hotel was a building that Hannah wanted to check out. The building was the Former Akita Shokai Building, which was an office and residence for Akita Shokai. The building was completed in 1915 and blends Japanese and Western architectural styles. The building features a tower rising from the roof and a traditional Japanese garden and teahouse on the roof. Unfortunately, the teahouse was closed as the heavy rains had made the roof unstable.
Former Akita Shokai building.
You can just glimpse the garden on the roof.
On the way to the building, we passed these cute post boxes.
Cute.
Inside the building was a museum of how people, especially those with money, lived.
Lunch box
The silver thing was a washing machine.
A famous Japanese poet
The camera that was used to take the photo.
Hannah said that this poet was in the school textbooks. The photo was the last one taken of her. It was taken the day before she died, at just 26 years old.
I really thought I could finish today, but there are still a few things to write about but I'm making too many mistakes now!
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