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Yesterday, was a work day but Satoshi took the day off so he could go holoholo (galavanting) with his tour guide friends and I had an errand to run.

From Iidabashi station, I walked along the Outer Moat

Bought some arare from Sakaguchi for friends and family that we will meet up in the coming days.

Then I made my way down to the Chidorigafuchi Moat area.

 

My pictures uploaded wonky, so this part is out of order...

I bought kintsuba from Ichigenya...they've been in business since 1955

Kintsuba is a piece of sweet bean paste one side is coated with a thin batter then cooked on a griddle...this process is repeated until the whole thing is covered with the batter and cooked...162 yen (tax included).

Not sure why I had this shop bookmarked but I'm glad we got to try this.

Le Grenier à Pain, a french bakery originally from France that has several shops in Tokyo

I bought a selection of items...salmon spinach quiche, pain au chocolat, oatmeal cookie and chocolat epi with lardons.

Everything was so delicious!

The chocolat epi was a surprise to find bits of lardon and chocolate in the dough!

The pain au chocolat was so flaky and could have had a little more chocolate

The quiche was delicious but a little too small for my dinner.

The oatmeal cookie had lots of hazelnuts and almonds in it...love!

I’ll be back to try other items

Had to check out Mannekin Pis...he was dressed up for Children's Day.

Interesting water spout near Shinbashi.

near the interesting water spout were these faces on the skyscraper

Hibiya park was having some kind of food event.

Nemophila 

Roses

more roses

Giraffe objet at Hibiya park.

Was nice to be outside and away from the crowds.

Le Grenier à Pain

1-8-8 Kojimachi

Chiyoda, Tokyo

Hours: 8:00-20:30 (weekdays), 9:00-20:00 (weekends)

Ichigenya

1-6-6 Kojimachi

Chiyoda, Tokyo

Closed Sundays

Hours: 8:30-18:00 (Mondays-Fridays), 8:30-15:00 (Saturdays)