Meguro

Saturday
Didn't get round to trying aerial yoga unfortunately, instead the main activity of the day was volunteering at a school for the visually impaired. The students who are of high school age were absolutely fantastic. They are lovely characters with a willingness to learn, a fearlessness to try, and confidence in their own abilities, it was a breath of fresh air from what I usually have to deal with at work. Their English speaking skills are impressive, their pronunciation and intonation are almost native-like. On meeting these students, my initial impressions were that they were returnees - native Japanese people who had spent a long period of time abroad, their English was that good - but that was not the case, as I soon realised after speaking to them and getting to know them a bit more. Their vocab range and frequent pausing during conversation soon gave it away, but still, I was nothing short of impressed. A pair of students gave a rakugo performance, a comedy sitcom usually performed solo, in English of a story called 'A Tale of a Dream' which was highly entertaining. I had a lot of fun, and it was certainly very fulfilling for me to have spent time with these students.

Sunday
Went to explore Meguro City in East Tokyo. There's not much in the way of touristy places, we only really visited the Wedding Hall and the Parasitological Museum and ate, but I liked the character of the place ;)
 

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[A bride and groom getting reading for a photo shoot at Meguro Wedding Hall.]

[Dinner was at Junkadelic which does some decent Mexican food. The frozen margarita and this flan really do it for me ;)]