We went to see the Harry Potter movie and afterwards continued on to a Nepalese restaurant that I'd noticed advertised. It was nice to have some alone time as I rarely get away from the baby these days.
The next day we went to Ikebukuro and the Sunshine 60 building. It's one of the tallest buildings in Asia and contains the amazing Namjatown. What's that you ask? Well we barely knew ourselves even after having been there. It could be best described as a food amusement park. It showcases various food stalls along with having pantomime shows and some games of skill. It's divided into various themed 'worlds', and I really wanted to go to the Ikenukuro Gyoza Stadium. Gyoza are Japanese dumplings, and this whole area in the park was based on a stylised Chinese back alley maze of diners. There were a variety of different styles of gyoza on offer but it's so hard to read Japanese characters that I just ended up asking for 'fish' dumplings, or 'vegetable' dumplings. We ate cheese dumplings also, which were a highlight and quite unusual. I tried to use my bad Japanese and asked for some interesting tasting dumplings at one stall, however they just seemed pretty normal when I ate them.
Above you can see one of the characters from Namjatown. The park is actually based on the brand characters from a company whose name escapes me at the moment. Alice seemed quite afraid of this giant cat and not at all happy to be around it. The park had other areas such as a jungle themed area where they had a lot of massage stalls running, with various exotic types of massage on offer like Thai and Hawaiian.
Ice Cream City had an ice cream museum of flavours, and served various styles like rubbery Turkish ice cream and gelato. We ate so much that day. It's really a weird but terrific place.
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