I just returned to the JNTO NY office yesterday and brought back an omiyage (gift) for my colleagues. I decided to buy monaka, a Japanese desert (the outter shell is a wafer and it is filled with red bean). This monaka comes from a store called Kozasa, which had an extremely long line down the block. I also had a chance to visit the new spectacular and newly opened on March 31, 2007, the Tokyo Mid-town http://www.tokyo-midtown.com/en/. I am the first in the JNTO NY office to see this buildling! It was exciting trip back home to Japan. K. Maratea
