Takadanobaba!

Thursday was kind of a catch up with the girls day.
We had dinner plans with Izumi at night, and during the day we managed to catch up with Crystal over coffee at Lumine, before she headed to Hong Kong on vacation.

This was my lunch and it was delicious
We picked up Izumi at her office, she works for Tattoo Burst (our favorite tattoo magazine) and their company apparently also published... well, smut!
Which explained the random piles o' porn
Izumi wore purple shoes, something her co-worker was convinced gave men the wrong idea (really? probably only in Japan)
This is Mimi-Chan, the office kitty
Such a sweet kitty too!
Here she is again, pre-collar
We were supposed to eat in Takadanobaba (i just love saying that) but ended up in Shinjuku anyway, at a place Izumi's boss recommended*
This was the first time we ever had Kushi Age, but certainly not the last
The sticks just kept coming, so you had to let the chef know when you were full
Some were a little hard to eat but they were all so good!
This is actually garlic
Our modest trophies
Ceramic hedgehog dude


Lots had happened since we saw each other in November, of course, but the biggest surprise was that Izumi almost quit smoking.
A pretty big deal.
I'm so proud!

*Allan and Izu are sitting underneath the hall of fame, the people who've eaten the most sticks at the restaurant, that is.
To even be considered, women had to eat 70 sticks and men 80.
I ate 17.

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