Walks along the Arakawa River

Today we woke up to find the weather surprisingly milder than usual so we decided to go for a walk along the Arakawa River which was about a 20 min walk from the hotel.
There were a few people fishing and a number of people had set up barbeques underneath the bridge. The smell from the barbies was quite yummy.
The river was quite pretty if not a bit rocky. I was very tempted to jump into the cool water!

It was lovely & relaxing walking on the water though.

Later that afternon after refreshing up we headed back up to Dog's Nose again, this time by ourselves and to eat.

We started with a plate of olives & pickles and a plate of assorted cheeses & crackers.

For mains Mick decided to have Kumi's famous mustard chicken & I went for the deep fried chicken with blue cheese. YUMMO!

For dessert Kumi & Bob gave us a complimentary plate of sliced Japanese white peaches chilled on ice. OMG so good. So sweet & refreshing. It was a quiet night in the downstairs bar (upstairs a DJ hip hop party was rockin) so Mick got to have a good catchup with Kumi & Bob.

When it was finally time to say good-bye we exchanged emails & Bob & Kumi gave us a gift of a small bottle of champagne, a traditional cloth & a beautiful fan. It was just such a lovely night.
I am glad that we had a chance to say good-bye & thank you to them both.