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.
Wow. These are fantastic snaps of Tokyo, almost like a photo tour. The traditional Ryokan breakfast was beautiful. So formal. I have learned that kids in Japan start riding the trains and subway at age 7 yo, and carry a light blue flag to make folks aware they’re newbies to the transportation system. Seems like a beautiful and family-centric culture. I love the way P and V are wearing their travel hairstyles!! However you’re doing super cuts traveling abroad it really suits them both. Also hope the kimonos will make the trip back stateside and can be worn at a future Asian world culture themed party! Take care and thank you for the picture posts.
Wow. These are fantastic snaps of Tokyo, almost like a photo tour. The traditional Ryokan breakfast was beautiful. So formal. I have learned that kids in Japan start riding the trains and subway at age 7 yo, and carry a light blue flag to make folks aware they’re newbies to the transportation system. Seems like a beautiful and family-centric culture. I love the way P and V are wearing their travel hairstyles!! However you’re doing super cuts traveling abroad it really suits them both. Also hope the kimonos will make the trip back stateside and can be worn at a future Asian world culture themed party! Take care and thank you for the picture posts.