Whenever I go back home to Japan, I have a little routine. I like to go to certain shops and restaurants in Tokyo before I head to Shimane.

I had a favorite curry restaurant in the Shimokitazawa area of Tokyo called Yumeya. I was sad this trip when I went there and it was gone. It had become a clothing store. But the funny thing is that the store still smelled like curry spice. I think there is a curry ghost who will haunt it forever. If you buy a shirt from that store, maybe you will always have a spicy aroma.