We headed back in the general direction of Tokyo Station after our visit to Small Worlds, and reached it a short 28 minute bus ride later. We had a couple hours to kill before the winter illumination along Marunouchi came on, so hunted for a cafe to spend an hour. Despite the very large number of Starbucks outlets in the immediate vicinity of Starbucks: Google Maps showed twelve! – it was challenging to find sufficient available seating for the four of us. We did finally stumble on one at Otemachi Building which was about 5 minutes walk from Tokyo Station.
The Winter Illumination light-up is just across the road and the start point is directly facing Tokyo Station.
After spending an hour admiring the lights (and couples!), we made our way back to Suidobashi Station to grab a pasta dinner at Spaghetti Goemon. Continued in Day 09 tomorrow: our day trip to Kawagoe!