The Original Hello Kitty on Takeshita Street aka “Cuteness Street”Loved the cat cafes! You pay by the minute to hangout and pet the cats.
Golden Gai neighborhood in the Shinzuku district of Tokyo.Paula and the kids trying out my capsule hotel in Tokyo. Really fun but I didn’t sleep so well. So strange to sleep in a tube.Sumo Wrestling. Loved it!
More of our favorite cat cafe.
Tokyo shoppingWaiting for the girls to finish shopping. A common situation for me & Paul.Took the kids clubbing — just kidding. This was a cool interactive museum called TeamLab in Tokyo.
Our first bullett train “Shinkansen” ride from Tokyo to Hakone.Formal Japanese breakfast at a ryokan in Hakone. A ryokan is a traditional Japanese house with tatami mats and sliding screens, etc.This is breakfast. For real.Mini octupus with a hard-boiled quail egg in the head. I had one. Was pretty good. Nijo-jo castle in Kyoto. With some students on a field trip. Mochi making in the little town of Otso, near Kyoto. Mochi is basically pounded rice. Sukiyaki lunch at Mr. Tsuji’s house in Otsu.
Victoria: “What is up with these construction pilons?”Pontocho alley in Kyoto.Getting ready for a Geisha makeover.
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Victoria as a Geisha.Dinner with a real Geisha. So much fun.
Me and the Geisha playing the “grab the bowl” game. She won easily. So tired after a day of touring in Kyoto.USA vs England Rugby World Cup game in Kobe. England won 45-7Takemashi Street in Kyoto.Victoria in Kobe.
