Day 76: Coffee Dates
Ahhhh, just an easy day today. Coffee with Vivian and Anri at this great little cafe called Sarutahiko Coffee in Sengawa followed by spending a tonne of time in the chemist picking up "cult" Japanese beauty products.
After spending the afternoon with them I headed home and did my usual thing – look for jobs online (the hunt is real), watch either Jane The Virgin/Suits/Terrace House and eat something along the lines of Japanese curry and miso soup. This is my life now.
Sarutahiko Coffee is one of the many new coffee shops that have opened up in Tokyo in the last year or so. Tokyo used to be a deadzone for good coffee, but in typical Japanese fashion, a few people decided to take on the world of coffee and get as close to perfection as possible. Now you can get cold brews and pour overs alongside your super sweet caramel lattes (which I'm into) and seasonal coffees. Sarutahiko Coffee roasts there own coffee beans and you can kind of see it up the back of the photo.
This is me awkwardly holding a coffee cup.
This is me awkwardly holding a baby.
I laughed at first when I saw this on the menu. It was called Sarutahiko's Slut. I thought maybe it was a mistake but apparently they were inspired by Eggslut in LA and tried to do their own version.
After coffee we took a walk to the chemist while passing this cute kids' play equipment. Now if you've been to a Japanese chemist you know how amazing they are. Vivian took me around and showed me the various cult beauty products and I stocked up on a bunch of "very necessary" things.
Vivian lives on the same train line as me so we jumped on this horse train (they are really pushing the horse racing here at the moment) and headed home.
