One week down

It's been a week! The past few days have been quite busy with work getting a bunch of material together for several launches.
Thursday evening I went out with the other webmasters to a tiny tempura restaurant near Tsukiji. It was a tiny place, room for about 16 diners altogether. We sat at the bar and were able to enjoy watching the chef preparing each part of the meal - shrimp, fish, eel, soybeans, eggplant and mushrooms. It was quite lovely, tempura as an art form. I will have to get more information as it seems like a great place to bring guests to.
On Friday, a day after Google Japan posted a Doraemon doodle, big box of goodies arrived from the parent company chock full of Doraemon goodies. I ended up with two Doraemon manga in English/Japanese (it's set up to teach Japanese kids English and apparently you can go to iTunes and download some files so you can listen to it in English too.) The office is now filled with Doraemon plushies.
On Saturday, I moved to temporary housing at Oakwood in Aoyama. I also went around looking at apartments. My head is still spinning from the trip. We saw over a dozen places over the afternoon. I'm still going through and trying to figure out which ones I want to follow up with. I like the Daikanyama/Ebisu area and the Aoyama area, and Meguro is also not bad.
I also caught my first anime on Japanese TV: the new Jungle Emperor Leo movie.
Today (Sunday) I slept in late, then did a bunch of walking. First I walked from Aoyama over to Shibuya to get an idea of how long it would take if I decided to walk instead of taking the subway. Conclusion: definitely walkable. Plus, I need the exercise. I'll probably walk back and forth most days, unless there's some really bad weather or something. I also went walking around Aoyama, mostly up and down Ometesando. It's lined with shops, but of course, the one shop that enticed me was a Lupicia tea shop. So many tasty teas to look at! I need to get a nice little pot or one of those mugs with the tea filters first, but I will certainly be going back there shortly to stock up on delicious drinks. Everything else was window shopping. I also got a bunch of groceries at the supermarket so I can finally start cooking again! Speaking of which, I should start making dinner. Mmm...