Aimee Weinstein, Tokyo Writer

It’s about that time of year again, when I do the list of things I miss about my adopted home when I am away from it for so many weeks.  So here we go!

1. Walking everywhere – I spend so much time in my car in Washington DC – even living right in the city!
2. The drinking culture – because everyone drives, fewer people have a smaller number of drinks – I do love my drinks!
3. My favorite sushi restaurant – Fukuzushi.  In Roppongi.  I never eat sushi in the U.S.
4. Mount Thabor bakery in Azabu Juban – there is truly no French bakery quite like that here in DC.
5. Using my iPhone like it was meant to be used – I do as little data roaming as possible here in DC, and I miss just pulling out my smart phone at will.  I use a cheap, old, little Nokia phone here in DC.
6. My tiny little car – I’m driving a rented Chevy Impala here in DC, which is 1.5 times bigger than my little BMW 318I in Tokyo.
7. The service – I like American restaurants just fine, but the service in Tokyo is white-glove perfect, all without tipping.
8. May’s Garden Spa in Roppongi.  I have a pretty good hairstylist here in DC, but even if the cut is nearly as good, the experience of the salon in Tokyo is second to none!
9. Japanese TV – those advertisements are a stitch!!!
10. My TOILET – for reasons I will not enumerate – but suffice to say, I miss its “functions”!!

I’ll be in DC for a little over two more weeks.  I love it here, but I am looking forward to going home to Tokyo.