As our youngest appreciates postcards (I sent them to her while she was in the US at University and I was traveling) my payback for taking me to the airport at ungodly hours is re-establishing the habit of collecting postcards for her.
We are staying at the Prince Sakura Tower Hotel (Tokyo). Then it gets complicated. There apparently is a “Prince” hotel group in Japan. Apparently it is also an affiliate of the Marriott Hotel group. Now that it is daylight, it is easy to see that we are barely a block from the Shinagawa Train Station. Late this morning (seriously late morning since we woke up about 0300, breakfast wasn’t till 0630) we took a stroll around the area. It seems to be business oriented + a ton of quick food locations due to the proximity of the train station. There is a lot of steel, glass, and towering buildings.
There is even a 7-11. What there was not? Any location selling tourist type things. Specifically, no postcards. I didn’t even see a newsstand which would have been my other thought. However, I did find the StarBucks & obtained both the Tokyo & Japan thermos. Interesting that all the US and Canada ones are shiny silver while these
are obviously not. We gave up and came back to the hotel. An inquiry at the desk as to whether or not they had postcards featuring the hotel? No… I am hopeful that at least I can start tomorrow at the port since souvenirs, including postcards, can often be found at cruise terminals.
We skipped lunch and will have an early supper before heading to bed at a fairly early hour. I am close to exhausted and decided that cross stitch was just too complicated for me so sticking with knitting a small shawl in garter stitch.
(time here – 1630 on 29 Oct)
My favorite thermos is a Tiger brand one my daughter bought in Tokyo–where an earthquake went off and knocked the power out as she was checking out. They let her buy it anyway, writing down the transaction to enter later.
Have a great trip!