After the boys had headed off for their school trip I failed to go to my Pilates class after failing to buy tickets for the Studio Ghibli museum, (see previous posts). Anyways, this all meant I had time to kill before meeting Dan for lunch in Minato Mirai, (the shopping district of Yokohama).

I found a floor of a shopping mall dedicated to awesome food shops. Here are some of my highlights:

The Tea Shop

Yes, you read that right, tea made from Job’s tears. (I know, I know, it’s a plant, but it did make me giggle); and also onion skin tea. And to think I’ve been composting it all these years when I could have been making tea out of it.

Kaldi

Kaldi is brilliant. It has lots of exciting Japanese products, such as these crispy items.

Are they sweet? Are they savoury? Who knows!

And also, some more western products:

Then there is the full-on supermarket that stocks loads of CHEESE and also the key ingredients for Tiramasu. I was so, so excited.