Handicraft Center, and lunch with Sensei.

Handicraft Center was the last stop on our morning tour, a popular shopping spot for tourists, and it carries a ton of beautiful omiyage that is incredibly expensive. I did buy a pack of postcards earlier that day, though.




Now you can see why resisting to buy up every souvenir is quite a challenge for me.

We hopped on a little shuttle van to take us back. On the way, Sensei befriended our driver, who ended up dropping us off at this tiny little okonomiyaki restaurant that only locals would know to go.


Note to self: Continue tagging along with Sensei (the other half of our group was on a different shuttle and was taken back as originally planned -- missing out on okonomiyaki goodness).

Sensei also apparently likes chatting it up with youngsters walking home from school, who were quite surprised to see a large group of Americans following them down a narrow alleyway from where the restaurant was.