Well we had an early start but the Sat Nav could only take us to an
area rather than a specific location as it would know appear that entering the
telephone number is fine, but if it is not in the database then the satnav can
only take you to the close area. So no problem leaving Tokyo on the Tomei
expressway and we headed west via the Shuto and then the Tomei and eventually
reached our first turn off as we were heading for the COSTCO Store at Zama
which we discovered is right next door
to a major manufacturing plant for
Nissan.
We could not find the store and went in to a 7/11 store and as we
started asking it was clear that we were not the first people to ask where to
go. Ten minutes later we were there and parking. The store is very large and
with an amazing choice of stuff and prices was so very low for many items. We
purchased some wine, a Kirkland own brand Malbec from Argentina at just over
1000 yen per bottle or about £ 6.00. It’s usually at least £ 10.00 per bottle
in Farnborough. Also the fantastic choice of meat is there no doubt for all the
Americans leaving around the bases.
So we bought some wine and cheese and some other items and then turned
south to Kamakura and again we had a telephone for the SAT NAV of a very old
Hotel but again the Satnav said NO, so we ended up a littler lost but after
following our instincts we made to the agreed meeting point on time.
We had a great stay meeting up with ex business colleagues for afternoons
of light refreshment on their balcony overlooking the ocean and of course some
wine was taken and then an excellent sashimi and sushi dinner before retiring
to bed at around 10.30. We both wore ear plugs as the house is between a main
road and a railway line but we had no problems sleeping and in fact woke early
the next morning.
A really nice day
