ikumi mama's doughnuts

At the JR Kawasaki station, they have an area for pop up stores.

Ikumi Mama's Doughnuts was there this past week.

I've often seen them at JR Shinagawa station, and thought we tried her doughnuts, but I guess I never wrote up about them.

Satoshi said he saw this on his way home and had to get it...Neko monaka 

How cute is Japan's packaging...

Inside are 2 cat shaped wafers (neko monaka) and sweet bean paste to fill the two…oh and a wooden spoon

How cute is the monaka (wafers)....

There is more than enough sweet bean paste for the two

The monaka is so fresh! crisp and light

I'm glad we got to try this and these are perfect for gifts.

ps today’s the day they install the door phone, supposed to take 4 hours…hope they’ll finish early, please send good mojo

cat cafe nyankuru

On Cat Day, we visited a cat cafe for the 1st time, Nyankuru

We were greeted by this furry one
 

For 1100 yen (tax included), you get one free drink and 30 minutes with the furry ones

I had a glass of green tea while Satoshi had melon soda

Most of them were sleeping...it was really warm inside the cafe

The furry ones weren't too active, most people visiting either watched tv or read a book

Children are asked to keep their voices down and not chase the furry ones.

It was an interesting experience and we were glad to be able to visit this cat cafe.

Nyankuru

7-4-6 Nishikamata, City Kamata 4F

Ota, Tokyo

Hours: 11:00-13:00 & 14:00-20:00 (weekdays), 11:00-20:00 (Saturdays & Sundays)

shinkamata

There is a shop called Ogawa in the Shinkamata area.

It's about a 20 minute walk from where we live.

We've had them on our "to try" list since the pandemic, and recently learned they will be closing their doors on June 28th.

There is a huge open kitchen with counter seating for regulars going around the kitchen and there are also tables to eat at too.

I ordered the chicken katsu don...600 yen (tax included)

So ono! the chicken was cooked perfectly 

Satoshi had their ebi fry teishoku...750 yen (tax included)

He enjoyed this as well.

Everything was super resonable, even the alcohol! though we didn’t order any on this day

Their cat was so well behaved.

It was nice to listen to the conversations of the regulars as we ate.

Sad to see them close, but glad we got to have a meal here.

As we walked home, we ran into some friendly feral cats in the area.

Glad the rain stopped for just a bit too

Ogawa

1-15-8 Shinkamata

Ota, Tokyo

Closed Thursdays

Lunch: 11:30-14:00, Dinner: 16:00-20:30

nya nya nya

February 22 is Nya-nya-nya Day...a day for cats.

Nya or nyan is the sound cats make here.

I thought I had wrote about this but hadn't so I'm posting about it today.

Apparently nya/nyan sounds similar to ni (the number 2 in Japanese) and it is also the goroawase (word play) for the number 2, which is why 2.22 is the day for cats...

Thinking about this one today.

Miss you Malia