tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23575936356116000272024-03-14T00:50:39.213+09:00JAPANNIVERSARY!jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-60922251984370566372011-09-09T00:16:00.001+09:002011-09-09T00:52:46.183+09:00OMIYAGE<div style="text-align: left;">we've been back from japan for about a month now, but i wanted to do another post about something called "omiyage". </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">omiyage is basically... souvenir. in japan, anytime you go somewhere for a trip, or a special event, it's expected that you bring back something (or just bring something if you are going to visit someone). however, since most japanese homes are quite small, it's usually not something to be cherished forever, and it's almost always food because it can be enjoyed, and then disposed of. and if you are visiting someplace like an office, you should bring something for the whole office. this is why boxes of treats are commonly sold all over japan. and actually, the content inside doesn't even really matter so much, because it's sort of always, "it's the thought that counts". so you must always bring <i>something</i>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i wanted to do this when we traveled to japan because we were going to be visiting with a number of our friends. first was our friend lyle. now, in this case, i asked him if there was anything he missed because he used to live in america. i wanted to make sure i brought him something that he would want or need since he hasn't been back to the states in a really long time. and you know what he asked for out of all things? asprin! he explained how in japan, it's very expensive. they come in those "punch-out" tabs, and there are only like 10-20 in a pack for about $7!!! can you believe that?! and he said it's hard because he actually uses them quite regularly. so, no problem there! we went to sam's club and got him two 500 count jars. that should hopefully last him quite some time :) i also mentioned bringing reese's cups for fun because i know japan doesn't have them! he said yes to the reese's cups too because it would be nostalgic for him. for me, i cannot imagine what halloween would be like without at least 1 reese's cup! haha...they are my favorite :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xosYY4j8FCuX06LYVWfsUgpHKt-I3APe7Eodzm2rgMyyyBiTCoT1EPTSfOfFrAtcrVuTN9IHjSAtr_1sCxTnNY6_pmLEda15JbOkgyPZyfNd38JAHBraabMFHG7CycaCBqwRLm031WwT/s1600/IMG_1115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xosYY4j8FCuX06LYVWfsUgpHKt-I3APe7Eodzm2rgMyyyBiTCoT1EPTSfOfFrAtcrVuTN9IHjSAtr_1sCxTnNY6_pmLEda15JbOkgyPZyfNd38JAHBraabMFHG7CycaCBqwRLm031WwT/s320/IMG_1115.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was great the reese's cups came as a 4-pack because he was also able to share them with his wife and two kids who have NEVER had one before (or, if you can believe it or not, NEVER heard of them!!!!). i asked him later how they all liked them, and he said that he of course liked them, and his family sort of liked them. he said they thought they were salty! which i guess is true! i never thought of them as being salty, but it's true, they are! i thought that was so interesting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">next, we were going to be visiting 6 of the students i had when i helped teach english at our local college in fall 2010. i was SOOOOO excited to see them again because we became great friends while they were here in america. i wanted to do something special for them. i wanted to make them something. at the time, our gigantic mulberry tree in our backyard was ripening, so erik and i decided to make our own mulberry jam. it turned out really nice (had some ginger powder in it too), so i was really excited to give it to them. i wrote on the labels in japanese, and tied ribbons around the top to make the jars prettier (as you can see, there were 3 girls and 2 boys haha)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wqVFvfF6ndYG9dWksVdO9YO-DZy-rEeHXQapjinDKm4jaDSi2n2COIWI27imdfobRo5I4R6fvyOEa5IZwtrJKlaboeq5gCbNs2l3GGMODJjmzH9cS_AjoVwOeCNhGnjFn2tcM5eBoCZK/s1600/IMG_1112+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wqVFvfF6ndYG9dWksVdO9YO-DZy-rEeHXQapjinDKm4jaDSi2n2COIWI27imdfobRo5I4R6fvyOEa5IZwtrJKlaboeq5gCbNs2l3GGMODJjmzH9cS_AjoVwOeCNhGnjFn2tcM5eBoCZK/s320/IMG_1112+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they really enjoyed it :) made me so happy! i was worried they might break during travel, but i put them in freezer ziplock bags, and rolled them into the middle of our clothes in our luggage, and they arrived just fine :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and lastly, we'd be visiting our friend micaela and her boyfriend in fukuoka. a looooong time ago she had commented on one of my paintings on facebook about how she and her boyfriend were wanting art for their walls. so, i thought, i'll make a painting for them! and i did just that:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEEez2voTIzIU2yQl_v1aFVxGmfCxboODmv_lW8UjDIks93UmhMDsRrWYRmklKgSZzjjAJ6K0S7YF8AAOw5ac0EMhqOZrCDjtjH8iz9e3dSLJDXFy1x55pV1dqKA370ioikANr6GcF8an/s1600/IMG_1134+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEEez2voTIzIU2yQl_v1aFVxGmfCxboODmv_lW8UjDIks93UmhMDsRrWYRmklKgSZzjjAJ6K0S7YF8AAOw5ac0EMhqOZrCDjtjH8iz9e3dSLJDXFy1x55pV1dqKA370ioikANr6GcF8an/s320/IMG_1134+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's an 11"x14" acrylic painting of a mario scene :) 11,856 pixels hahaha....they LOVED it. put a huge smile on my face. i'm also happy this painting made it okay with all our traveling!!! i wrapped it as best as i could, and we definitely kept this in our carry-on luggage. almost 3 weeks later is when we finally got to give it to them, and it still looked great! even with all the moving to different hotels! i was relieved to give it to her haha...and now it's happily on their wall :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so that's what omiyage is all about! gift giving :) during long train rides you will often see people with BAGS of beautifully wrapped little treats to give to whoever it is they are going to. it's a nice way of saying, "thank you for your hospitality".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-54257116963525056162011-08-19T11:34:00.001+09:002011-08-19T11:38:53.913+09:00DAY 20: LAST DAY IN JAPAN AND COMING HOME!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">sigh.....last day in japan. one last early view out our kyoto hotel window</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugS607hj8N3JNFHUKDmFInuy89hbAJo8bCNh2Xs2A1tFgblhCsvpwS0feSxZHrVTN8AMenLaP3WipL-ct_byA3VODgC-JkzbAEEvmcJWg7Ptvk4SGR2crpcg6rJTa1GKhDgrBXOMrFjld/s1600/IMG_4348+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugS607hj8N3JNFHUKDmFInuy89hbAJo8bCNh2Xs2A1tFgblhCsvpwS0feSxZHrVTN8AMenLaP3WipL-ct_byA3VODgC-JkzbAEEvmcJWg7Ptvk4SGR2crpcg6rJTa1GKhDgrBXOMrFjld/s320/IMG_4348+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we woke up at 6:30am so we could leave our hotel by 7:30am, and catch our 8:30am shinkansen back to tokyo. we wanted to give ourselves plenty of time so we could get manneken waffles one last time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2a6_4AVIKusOnBLf-zoY_mPEFLQTgI3z8OE44V-ER6V4u5STbD6DmUErljDaCOv0iy8aa7-LAnXPH1o3Xv4UzBSOlhJBVfLZTyEpgl82jXA2qbHoG1imhpgwcSuASMjLtZ4tcU6UNE7Ka/s1600/IMG_4349+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2a6_4AVIKusOnBLf-zoY_mPEFLQTgI3z8OE44V-ER6V4u5STbD6DmUErljDaCOv0iy8aa7-LAnXPH1o3Xv4UzBSOlhJBVfLZTyEpgl82jXA2qbHoG1imhpgwcSuASMjLtZ4tcU6UNE7Ka/s320/IMG_4349+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">YUM. this time i got almond (on the left) and a custard filled one, and erik got strawberry and citrus filled ones. great for the ride back to tokyo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9Tj85If6BWvAk8vmYnN1fUbuFl5TCMJA0S_3a_UoK2ghnvfpRbyIhKsTulFQqKUptIZqZ7f2VwxkqOCEnxCux9psHRn4iC3W8_oPFCBNQyngztNJ6MMS13AUAcw-0TfVU_H_EPaPqW8j/s1600/IMG_4350+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9Tj85If6BWvAk8vmYnN1fUbuFl5TCMJA0S_3a_UoK2ghnvfpRbyIhKsTulFQqKUptIZqZ7f2VwxkqOCEnxCux9psHRn4iC3W8_oPFCBNQyngztNJ6MMS13AUAcw-0TfVU_H_EPaPqW8j/s320/IMG_4350+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">oh, we also chose this tea to drink for our "beauty feeling" hahaha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKfoNhyr7B85zpXJEXJStKDH_QkfWvHXzttOpdu6JS27Xw6z7itcfyyzOQEo4gOW-aVvG4CiFQfK7uYgBVQiw1ksuuJf6mFLAFXYRHHo4Kg-9BPKg554Zmg9kx6v3sE8j6UQgDBrWZQT8/s1600/IMG_4351+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKfoNhyr7B85zpXJEXJStKDH_QkfWvHXzttOpdu6JS27Xw6z7itcfyyzOQEo4gOW-aVvG4CiFQfK7uYgBVQiw1ksuuJf6mFLAFXYRHHo4Kg-9BPKg554Zmg9kx6v3sE8j6UQgDBrWZQT8/s320/IMG_4351+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">beautiful scenery flying by as we go back to tokyo...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP5-iHs4wijBX7rf0T5IRrscNiAD7LvNtXBYNXbD6LsPwkJP7_E0gAdz2jbc7spHs8FmCguij7HlEw30lVKWXQQFta6PWriCZEVlQj0yucW9rvTuF9EP7lWEgglowcD_IamFoABqdE0k5/s1600/IMG_4353+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP5-iHs4wijBX7rf0T5IRrscNiAD7LvNtXBYNXbD6LsPwkJP7_E0gAdz2jbc7spHs8FmCguij7HlEw30lVKWXQQFta6PWriCZEVlQj0yucW9rvTuF9EP7lWEgglowcD_IamFoABqdE0k5/s320/IMG_4353+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we got to our tokyo hotel at around 11:30am, so we headed to yoshinoya for lunch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqpA5p1C6_Cz8KxXb1S-YaXi-DJUrJBL-XkAwPfYTIBG4A1AZTnpZHpPzG-Lyl_go1yP1rgc1YK49Fwrup8ayGceclvlJgE2Ekda_EkBw_vl4tNnp8HwEZdvFxhBWOyucUvHHRDGjXbID/s1600/IMG_4356+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqpA5p1C6_Cz8KxXb1S-YaXi-DJUrJBL-XkAwPfYTIBG4A1AZTnpZHpPzG-Lyl_go1yP1rgc1YK49Fwrup8ayGceclvlJgE2Ekda_EkBw_vl4tNnp8HwEZdvFxhBWOyucUvHHRDGjXbID/s320/IMG_4356+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">LOVE this place. we have frozen versions of the meat/onion mix back home (yoshinoya brand sold at our asian market) and it tastes JUST like this! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzcAjLVYCUkb_P8KAHgK7DY3srCL2RSZgS7Lg6tEtZD_X6XA9sOZh8pmE4jRVgAcc15S9h8r7vb1rQkWhsknpfUcNgxm4ojACHVY4HUvnkyApdYEwS_-HNV5WaRsxgFaMxJgy2cYYP7jm/s1600/IMG_4357+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzcAjLVYCUkb_P8KAHgK7DY3srCL2RSZgS7Lg6tEtZD_X6XA9sOZh8pmE4jRVgAcc15S9h8r7vb1rQkWhsknpfUcNgxm4ojACHVY4HUvnkyApdYEwS_-HNV5WaRsxgFaMxJgy2cYYP7jm/s320/IMG_4357+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards we did some more last minute shopping, and saw this cool bug at harajuku station! so colorful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aFByY1W56lCULS9cQXClyHnHqFd61goXhCAOhvYENcj7qjDWJ5lpgO9gk1lGL9s8wlA8jWiOoHnl9KDQHSJL8QjKYkRu4ac-A0iFsnJKDE3ife_PBqPMPli_bPG8Ws7cM3H4XhwzgkXD/s1600/IMG_4360+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aFByY1W56lCULS9cQXClyHnHqFd61goXhCAOhvYENcj7qjDWJ5lpgO9gk1lGL9s8wlA8jWiOoHnl9KDQHSJL8QjKYkRu4ac-A0iFsnJKDE3ife_PBqPMPli_bPG8Ws7cM3H4XhwzgkXD/s320/IMG_4360+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and erik got this interesting pepsi flavored pop. pepsi is another company in japan that changes it's flavors multiple times a year. really fun to try them! this one sort of tasted like cream soda</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky6rT6xrQlUQ5SUiM5Vf7X_HysQBQbZdZadgquq_RxFrEplDqdqcXUfBfpYTdc78mPuPphzOM4D4DpadhfNnKpnBV138WfAb1zvfEfdRLDJ8_7yWfAxUXwrl438aZ2p5R127bSjRpyGhk/s1600/IMG_4370+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky6rT6xrQlUQ5SUiM5Vf7X_HysQBQbZdZadgquq_RxFrEplDqdqcXUfBfpYTdc78mPuPphzOM4D4DpadhfNnKpnBV138WfAb1zvfEfdRLDJ8_7yWfAxUXwrl438aZ2p5R127bSjRpyGhk/s320/IMG_4370+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">the next morning we woke up at 5:30am to finish last minute packing, and got to shinjuku by 6:45 to catch our NEX train back to the narita airport. we of course had another wonderful flight with ANA! here are the meals! so great!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHvDeHLKDKl_hgbZ0IGvYrH6SxAfqYqdzm2kihqt323nWho95G3PaeiOZfkUA0yRl457plQVNU7X4oPwbioqmlw-TCD3pGO0PAj0eF9Ob7te3O18DEtQPpF_YnMj9fsvjCHDBBas79paF/s1600/IMG_4380+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHvDeHLKDKl_hgbZ0IGvYrH6SxAfqYqdzm2kihqt323nWho95G3PaeiOZfkUA0yRl457plQVNU7X4oPwbioqmlw-TCD3pGO0PAj0eF9Ob7te3O18DEtQPpF_YnMj9fsvjCHDBBas79paF/s320/IMG_4380+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">yum! we were ready to get home though to see our kitties! missed them very much!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> also, here is all our luggage that we took home. STUFFED with souvenirs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIhfepPhmc4u3JU4XlQZRmd9_eUUbXlhf9OQE1KphjniFqy9nzBuJbLOD29xz4v3ghdcLRb-vSPpvHC3QXU_VvpWn4o5pMPdgJkWtLUP5iu9IUP14zzz_JofAqkzi9ZWzwwsiccylBwIH/s1600/IMG_4395+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIhfepPhmc4u3JU4XlQZRmd9_eUUbXlhf9OQE1KphjniFqy9nzBuJbLOD29xz4v3ghdcLRb-vSPpvHC3QXU_VvpWn4o5pMPdgJkWtLUP5iu9IUP14zzz_JofAqkzi9ZWzwwsiccylBwIH/s320/IMG_4395+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">see? this is our family room with our bags unpacked haha...these aren't only for us though! some are for other people too ;) but i was impressed with my packing abilities to fit all this into our luggage along with other random things like bathroom stuff and clothes! everything is in great condition too! nothing broke! yay!!! not even our new plates/bowls, or the wine :) happy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtKjC_bgwcdaXzK1VIPsQxTU8n-09GmnW8MkhJny_YR2Ch33s7yIZLV9ng7mSmtQLwNn4rv5e3K0slchPPYVGOHfjN7o0eWTc_iw9Cp-NMpsr6FV5hlAGJaxCDhVCbV8FAhN7oOSFsQus/s1600/IMG_4397+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtKjC_bgwcdaXzK1VIPsQxTU8n-09GmnW8MkhJny_YR2Ch33s7yIZLV9ng7mSmtQLwNn4rv5e3K0slchPPYVGOHfjN7o0eWTc_iw9Cp-NMpsr6FV5hlAGJaxCDhVCbV8FAhN7oOSFsQus/s320/IMG_4397+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #391c01; font-family: inherit;">and we also made some mashed potatoes in a special way! my friend sara made a blog post about this and we HAD to try it because we love these things! jagariko are potato sticks. sort of like...potato chips, but in french fry form. SUPER good. they come in many flavors, but this one is "salad" and really yummy. anyway, in her blog, she told of how to turn them from sticks to mashed potatoes!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #391c01; font-family: inherit;">"obon" is when the spirits of deceased family members come to this world. it has been going on in japan for about the past week, so a lot of festivals have been happening all over the country. daimonji is what we saw tonight, which is the closing of obon, and 5 large bonfires are lit in the mountains surrounding kyoto. when this happens, the spirits return back to the spirit world. it was AMAZING to witness!!! i purposely chose the hotel we're staying at right now because they allowed guests onto the roof to see the fires :) </span></div>
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<br /></div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-88451602392304726972011-08-16T13:35:00.000+09:002011-08-16T13:35:57.930+09:00DAY 18: DAY-TRIP TO FUKUOKA!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">today was our day-trip to fukuoka to meet with our friend micaela! here is where fukuoka is:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIn3JSA5Y7CX3f7nrjYXODmZ_h57pY_Oo_UW9jLg1X3dCriHNREGjWzb3IcBLNByqqWqAJaVb1YUtdVqAYmVjQPeZFxW8iHdU62ckPv94mUH8UmiTozlxcBLhrhIPS4CnrWrgQOuWTYFN/s1600/fukuoka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIn3JSA5Y7CX3f7nrjYXODmZ_h57pY_Oo_UW9jLg1X3dCriHNREGjWzb3IcBLNByqqWqAJaVb1YUtdVqAYmVjQPeZFxW8iHdU62ckPv94mUH8UmiTozlxcBLhrhIPS4CnrWrgQOuWTYFN/s320/fukuoka.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">far from kyoto, right? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it takes 3-4 hours to get from kyoto to fukuoka, so we woke up at 6:30am to get our day started :) while waiting for our shinkansen to arrive at kyoto station, we stopped at the WONDERFUL manneken waffle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXUA4aYSR5NSm0uiLxMkdRRmuBb7bxiBcdTMpairWGDsgYvCt340HDku2oJ5mUBvSq9D5_tL9hrLa1wjgIRq1e-u9NEbpo5wzX12xAABOW-wOsqTMMD-S3UOMyjNI4MVrRPeFgTC-ajB_/s1600/IMG_4148+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXUA4aYSR5NSm0uiLxMkdRRmuBb7bxiBcdTMpairWGDsgYvCt340HDku2oJ5mUBvSq9D5_tL9hrLa1wjgIRq1e-u9NEbpo5wzX12xAABOW-wOsqTMMD-S3UOMyjNI4MVrRPeFgTC-ajB_/s320/IMG_4148+s.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">these waffles are amazing!!! we got them last trip at shin-osaka station. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4V6kPnvqcIVTskshx18Y9l5GNS6ttWEIDTDzZB9J03QX3lCaxCQlpB3a8ggRnE1PjvJZs8FRkvleFxFh27rOB9GGQGhJUNXuOyDREUXT1bgEnVWtrxbuv__dtiyTpJgCEKq9ByMS3_HeV/s1600/IMG_4151+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4V6kPnvqcIVTskshx18Y9l5GNS6ttWEIDTDzZB9J03QX3lCaxCQlpB3a8ggRnE1PjvJZs8FRkvleFxFh27rOB9GGQGhJUNXuOyDREUXT1bgEnVWtrxbuv__dtiyTpJgCEKq9ByMS3_HeV/s320/IMG_4151+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we got "plain" flavor (even though they have many other flavors like chocolate, almond, etc) because it was recommended to us by my friend sara. SO glad she told us about this because i would have never chosen "plain" on my own! IT WAS SO GOOD! i don't know what they do to it, but we loved it! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we also got this strawberry milk to go with it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2wxDiDZADy5h3EtBkD0Ork2lzbxDJXNdqU_S36GCUTXS64xcavh7ZiIWZEvqsMA2wwsbeOHGJNk0J2R6HMVUvZoN8zehmJm1bMbAfXlxS4qMbc4ohfPpYHtip6BOnKxnueoDeAxG-e8g/s1600/IMG_4150+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2wxDiDZADy5h3EtBkD0Ork2lzbxDJXNdqU_S36GCUTXS64xcavh7ZiIWZEvqsMA2wwsbeOHGJNk0J2R6HMVUvZoN8zehmJm1bMbAfXlxS4qMbc4ohfPpYHtip6BOnKxnueoDeAxG-e8g/s320/IMG_4150+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">by the way, since a ton of stores in japan sell the same items, when you buy something like a drink, they put a little piece of tape on it, like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP1oQPLVH5q-BcbehQYxTsiKIOjOZ84rQw6DwA6-BdA07oaBpRKMc_PuI31esse-KR82JDhrKm36XXZ_y3-F0HsxcgzgY4DvDo1LFFBIMPIF5fEYQ4Vp4hJOgpJYxLVlNdJAJq6NnE7kb/s1600/IMG_4149+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP1oQPLVH5q-BcbehQYxTsiKIOjOZ84rQw6DwA6-BdA07oaBpRKMc_PuI31esse-KR82JDhrKm36XXZ_y3-F0HsxcgzgY4DvDo1LFFBIMPIF5fEYQ4Vp4hJOgpJYxLVlNdJAJq6NnE7kb/s320/IMG_4149+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">it shows you already bought this somewhere else. very nice when going into a bunch of stores!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">anyway, after our first shinkansen ride, we had an hour layover at okayama, so we took a coffee break. or rather, a matcha latte break! YUM! i should have taken a pic of it as soon as i got it, but i forgot! SO YUMMY THOUGH!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HDVbo6XZRxWbiKVVSCblCTBpsprqxeKis16eKhtdZFee_Si0It9jT9GQIgboxUEUniMxqwwhuZHi11NsDFKBs6PEBENrAPKQI5k0rCuoD8S8sXWrb7DimFPH2CWrpXPRe-DStr9p8NL4/s1600/IMG_4153+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HDVbo6XZRxWbiKVVSCblCTBpsprqxeKis16eKhtdZFee_Si0It9jT9GQIgboxUEUniMxqwwhuZHi11NsDFKBs6PEBENrAPKQI5k0rCuoD8S8sXWrb7DimFPH2CWrpXPRe-DStr9p8NL4/s320/IMG_4153+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and a really cool aquarium! pretty fish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgCFDFSWshhQ0Pf2RowtPQ8ZCz8K9JncmSsMOKpz5TF_6rDR8OwK6tbuqfrPGn1jN_dCDSqoQFJoE2mYseH9ZPyNfg_7_2KaHb8V1z93pjBeYcrx15nzGtF8XPLZuVMOqxCwjGi34X5Jc/s1600/IMG_4156+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgCFDFSWshhQ0Pf2RowtPQ8ZCz8K9JncmSsMOKpz5TF_6rDR8OwK6tbuqfrPGn1jN_dCDSqoQFJoE2mYseH9ZPyNfg_7_2KaHb8V1z93pjBeYcrx15nzGtF8XPLZuVMOqxCwjGi34X5Jc/s320/IMG_4156+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we met up with micaela and her boyfriend ryuhei, and they gave us these amazing chopsticks!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wDFnxVMsrHeJKY_kXET_eTNh5iDkdfB-tDxVj4Ry2jXJnuv1jByaB56qZvGqUMZqoA7Lsdx4QCgFgnF5KrhZLkOQY5lI9gA7c-7H-DHTNZE64NH3l69aPVVFswbt2JNjPVdwQtLYYcAe/s1600/IMG_4248+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wDFnxVMsrHeJKY_kXET_eTNh5iDkdfB-tDxVj4Ry2jXJnuv1jByaB56qZvGqUMZqoA7Lsdx4QCgFgnF5KrhZLkOQY5lI9gA7c-7H-DHTNZE64NH3l69aPVVFswbt2JNjPVdwQtLYYcAe/s320/IMG_4248+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">so pretty and fancy! we love them so much!!! they have fabric on them! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">ryu drove us to this place called "round 1" which is FILLED with arcade games, sports, karaoke, and a bunch of other things! you pay a base price, and you have 3 hours of free play on anything!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qZO5E1PAlByeRGmSNXsJHBGAxoTJEK8W67l9O5GyqZlVddnVGOvhR-1jecc3y7XImebOMKB4Y0DRlSUzX3AybnZM25ZN6ZyhX-CA_OyLH9A1saftaN4UmbFF3XOgOuiS7RDWVNoofugF/s1600/IMG_4163+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qZO5E1PAlByeRGmSNXsJHBGAxoTJEK8W67l9O5GyqZlVddnVGOvhR-1jecc3y7XImebOMKB4Y0DRlSUzX3AybnZM25ZN6ZyhX-CA_OyLH9A1saftaN4UmbFF3XOgOuiS7RDWVNoofugF/s320/IMG_4163+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we LOVE all the awesome games they have in japan that we dont have back home!!! you throw balls at the screen for this one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmG85GEO8LxnymDziO2x0vrQGiijHQNBta8uSpsMfHSz_EW3G6-ypbuDdXvNFGgjJ4Tv_mCRejRACrhdxAMNsayR0QaBMZuGn0vkSQ_JTFnqYUL1fu30Rbyw4y4g8BitoUJtfj9TbdPZb/s1600/IMG_4167+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmG85GEO8LxnymDziO2x0vrQGiijHQNBta8uSpsMfHSz_EW3G6-ypbuDdXvNFGgjJ4Tv_mCRejRACrhdxAMNsayR0QaBMZuGn0vkSQ_JTFnqYUL1fu30Rbyw4y4g8BitoUJtfj9TbdPZb/s320/IMG_4167+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">one of the floors was FILLED with shelves and shelves of manga to read and couches like these! it was a relaxation floor hahaha...they also had massage chairs!!!! it was so cool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02Q5QFVof61eU9yG6QF0lWfQNBeBT7CR_NgxAogzcoBkJM6T36qZGpZR2Vdlc7kQj3JQVa084Vs9iP5RXPJKvJ3TV97DeNNZgXgklN8mgmy0tla3CuIebgBiuLBKYGep4BGQGjGFUxEkW/s1600/IMG_4169+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02Q5QFVof61eU9yG6QF0lWfQNBeBT7CR_NgxAogzcoBkJM6T36qZGpZR2Vdlc7kQj3JQVa084Vs9iP5RXPJKvJ3TV97DeNNZgXgklN8mgmy0tla3CuIebgBiuLBKYGep4BGQGjGFUxEkW/s320/IMG_4169+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">on the roof they had batting cages, basketball, soccer, etc</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JNaLGtLbMYZZ1iS1HUlxa04e-N-bFJSvIAMu1PUXNCR3KJU78GC8CGIx-jGH5ScSOsab8s4V4FYYgP_I0Kkotvz0HUbEWSVCN6LdAA3R41iYT1PJW_1xGGYW0XOJ3WRiv5Hs5H0HZN7g/s1600/IMG_4170+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JNaLGtLbMYZZ1iS1HUlxa04e-N-bFJSvIAMu1PUXNCR3KJU78GC8CGIx-jGH5ScSOsab8s4V4FYYgP_I0Kkotvz0HUbEWSVCN6LdAA3R41iYT1PJW_1xGGYW0XOJ3WRiv5Hs5H0HZN7g/s320/IMG_4170+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we played soccer for a bit before we all got sweaty within 10 minutes from the heat/humidity haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-ng7LGg0xd4SWtjZU7PAlRiRrZdljQIKRBdRZCvXGyRrWhrSn5SZedNhA5iTlF45xa6hkiUF8ozjS7swut79ZyF-aO6qyWPs243N5CeGpxG3Fmt5r6Y5Yzf8Bpjqv1oHdPowtb3KZUdw/s1600/IMG_4171+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-ng7LGg0xd4SWtjZU7PAlRiRrZdljQIKRBdRZCvXGyRrWhrSn5SZedNhA5iTlF45xa6hkiUF8ozjS7swut79ZyF-aO6qyWPs243N5CeGpxG3Fmt5r6Y5Yzf8Bpjqv1oHdPowtb3KZUdw/s320/IMG_4171+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">back to the relaxation floor for some darts!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx0pVGsDzmq2sSq_TSjPVQb56fOmRy2m7ytqg7JiEf-wJPpxlK0Q4phdKuyuwj1t4Ja2-Qpw1oM-7ZskFX7yAIurjNX9j2gpkMda_A7LW_NNYry0B8fS_CPV6nmkF05_Vl1rvqM6estBP/s1600/IMG_4175+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx0pVGsDzmq2sSq_TSjPVQb56fOmRy2m7ytqg7JiEf-wJPpxlK0Q4phdKuyuwj1t4Ja2-Qpw1oM-7ZskFX7yAIurjNX9j2gpkMda_A7LW_NNYry0B8fS_CPV6nmkF05_Vl1rvqM6estBP/s320/IMG_4175+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this arcade game is literally "FLIP THE TABLE" hahaha!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZAAXqm-f29HGIIAJD0YSCIKcP-q1qabh0z3zZncuWPZCywdB0TGEcof9l7cHBZndghQmKKFCFulumYET5Cm6QrjZP2KWKJpeEh7IjgQDc8-Y3Th_3GM3FTvnh6kgvUKP6GTd86vTRGNE/s1600/IMG_4182+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZAAXqm-f29HGIIAJD0YSCIKcP-q1qabh0z3zZncuWPZCywdB0TGEcof9l7cHBZndghQmKKFCFulumYET5Cm6QrjZP2KWKJpeEh7IjgQDc8-Y3Th_3GM3FTvnh6kgvUKP6GTd86vTRGNE/s320/IMG_4182+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and of course we did purikura!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuPcK9nlvTAFNc_9NtECduoOWhHqRNUez65Gz0dgVYRKCbpDwju64zeM3ISL99aNgIagdYOHqZhZNxu0wjDV-t4ziORz-hbV0uAEA2Ro71EXqSQMoA-fNh0_t6rZsR1Ba2j9_wrkCtDgY/s1600/IMG_4185+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuPcK9nlvTAFNc_9NtECduoOWhHqRNUez65Gz0dgVYRKCbpDwju64zeM3ISL99aNgIagdYOHqZhZNxu0wjDV-t4ziORz-hbV0uAEA2Ro71EXqSQMoA-fNh0_t6rZsR1Ba2j9_wrkCtDgY/s320/IMG_4185+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">while micaela and i were editing our photos, we noticed the boys had gone off on their own. we thought they were just waiting outside of the booth for us, but then we saw them editing in their own booth. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAz1UrBEVN9SM-53lGM4U-x1YEy7YJ0U-iiWJrmMCShLM_S3fJPN1v-wRFKJNGMIy-bmw5_10csbbzZ8pmvQ9E1X0bTFtEPFABQMOoB_hHaarKTUaBv3210kUplUw6krtXYqL1LvqcZ4y_/s1600/IMG_4188+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAz1UrBEVN9SM-53lGM4U-x1YEy7YJ0U-iiWJrmMCShLM_S3fJPN1v-wRFKJNGMIy-bmw5_10csbbzZ8pmvQ9E1X0bTFtEPFABQMOoB_hHaarKTUaBv3210kUplUw6krtXYqL1LvqcZ4y_/s320/IMG_4188+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we took a peek in and saw this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRIDAlfglCe0wb2BXIWZVSjzDTxvyWXljqLrhHXlgGzcuh79KeGaJOxsAk04uKhTYvWDcwU_NwhOijyBoxYlSN9K5jPdBPrKAV6Wr-d3SkKpRxm6O100C2zMCO0DopI8ZZPU3SFIYRNm-/s1600/IMG_4186+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRIDAlfglCe0wb2BXIWZVSjzDTxvyWXljqLrhHXlgGzcuh79KeGaJOxsAk04uKhTYvWDcwU_NwhOijyBoxYlSN9K5jPdBPrKAV6Wr-d3SkKpRxm6O100C2zMCO0DopI8ZZPU3SFIYRNm-/s320/IMG_4186+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">OMG. THEY TOOK THEIR OWN PHOTOS AND WERE EDITING THEM!!!! oh boys....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdkqQB_nLCXh-hNP8JJQNv1fYXGoN3N_ZcR-ZoAxPiIZkPu-Ft-5eQp29FEspf_HZArm_oWYpOp9ilLvTgVTLIge8-VSPdblRVbt2pHPuV1VfsrrXX7_R-AbTVbYxv3Av0lYAtDfakVQq/s1600/IMG_4187+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdkqQB_nLCXh-hNP8JJQNv1fYXGoN3N_ZcR-ZoAxPiIZkPu-Ft-5eQp29FEspf_HZArm_oWYpOp9ilLvTgVTLIge8-VSPdblRVbt2pHPuV1VfsrrXX7_R-AbTVbYxv3Av0lYAtDfakVQq/s320/IMG_4187+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">hilarious! here is a closeup of the ones we all took together (click for big version)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sxAodcrjdPyKvta0TIydskM2Gbh3wa9VlV4yDJ4875y22bDCI0Vj6DUvNt9FQHJBIl6siVy9M0Nlon7sdb_i0n21MJM2G9YFrqdv6rp99pceTgKnPudLQk1_xiSH9Bo-U9Y4_nTdjLZW/s1600/IMG_4268+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sxAodcrjdPyKvta0TIydskM2Gbh3wa9VlV4yDJ4875y22bDCI0Vj6DUvNt9FQHJBIl6siVy9M0Nlon7sdb_i0n21MJM2G9YFrqdv6rp99pceTgKnPudLQk1_xiSH9Bo-U9Y4_nTdjLZW/s320/IMG_4268+s.jpg" width="108" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">purikura is so much fun! afterwards we played more games. this one was pretty cool too! you put blocks on top of each other and the little characters climb the blocks and get fruit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzI2gNexu7DMMj66iJ8sPwFd9lo4duAqHGXn73WuO3RUYYu9W5mdEohLHAm1GAxYPaPqwMkx5iGh8v2fzshW9QcZFkFCgWq_pTOQRdxEdazIXVKqoVN-QJplz64j5iHgIcf9lr_ULJ0eC/s1600/IMG_4197+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzI2gNexu7DMMj66iJ8sPwFd9lo4duAqHGXn73WuO3RUYYu9W5mdEohLHAm1GAxYPaPqwMkx5iGh8v2fzshW9QcZFkFCgWq_pTOQRdxEdazIXVKqoVN-QJplz64j5iHgIcf9lr_ULJ0eC/s320/IMG_4197+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here is a ginormous tetris machine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXU-H_600p4JLKtYT3tCJyDDb5KKn5-A7iRKWOSo9uFGnxvgyHq26zCWPlwFJx3f3ELSzST4iCzbXqG83jXLz8saamMVwj2CC-1QK6o1o8NL6CiSzpqxs9wtRV4Z_lYOPtYtoeMxQ_4Z6/s1600/IMG_4216+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXU-H_600p4JLKtYT3tCJyDDb5KKn5-A7iRKWOSo9uFGnxvgyHq26zCWPlwFJx3f3ELSzST4iCzbXqG83jXLz8saamMVwj2CC-1QK6o1o8NL6CiSzpqxs9wtRV4Z_lYOPtYtoeMxQ_4Z6/s320/IMG_4216+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">um, best name for a video game ever...."ELEVATOR ACTION DEATH PARADE" hahahahahaa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNlDOk9rBRaLoG8JXTSG1zHuMdIvnSO8DDH0HXFyctvZxTzVkBgsFITTsr3NYEcNQ9fVD9WOkHbTkfH_A-5oIjVF8SpxYAefFoxpQ55f1Za6pEao-PGAPiXqmKvl-jn_tHgZF7CM9Jow7/s1600/IMG_4217+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNlDOk9rBRaLoG8JXTSG1zHuMdIvnSO8DDH0HXFyctvZxTzVkBgsFITTsr3NYEcNQ9fVD9WOkHbTkfH_A-5oIjVF8SpxYAefFoxpQ55f1Za6pEao-PGAPiXqmKvl-jn_tHgZF7CM9Jow7/s320/IMG_4217+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we were getting hungry, so off we went! during our walk, this store had an ice block out to touch because it was hot out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72Y2a1SlT7lPoFqVhsORiOlYTsc2CqdFA7cFbKNy2hmMqATqqsCQk4RLdYB_G264ZEBe_x9hcCBX53TOWBU7ZV7maHFX-ckmzbLbp7z1k7VA7MIZEYrkEvvfUWajCHhUvac_wm37uSgnA/s1600/IMG_4222+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72Y2a1SlT7lPoFqVhsORiOlYTsc2CqdFA7cFbKNy2hmMqATqqsCQk4RLdYB_G264ZEBe_x9hcCBX53TOWBU7ZV7maHFX-ckmzbLbp7z1k7VA7MIZEYrkEvvfUWajCHhUvac_wm37uSgnA/s320/IMG_4222+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">soon we arrived at dinner! "sweets paradise"! A BUFFET OF CAKES!!!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS1qhoweflYn2GeJhF5hm3OhAQrHukBmQcv35X0HwujYJBdjKnEmLbUaO6kMc_kg0gahewddSL6PkaW-khZcAcWF6vi6Vxq4lZ0UreZg2j1wCPsY9buJ3mXvNxkCcB48UoLFyU1idU6WT/s1600/IMG_4223+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS1qhoweflYn2GeJhF5hm3OhAQrHukBmQcv35X0HwujYJBdjKnEmLbUaO6kMc_kg0gahewddSL6PkaW-khZcAcWF6vi6Vxq4lZ0UreZg2j1wCPsY9buJ3mXvNxkCcB48UoLFyU1idU6WT/s320/IMG_4223+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">okay, okay, so, they have a bit of normal food too, but everyone only gets a little bit of normal food so you can have a ton of room left for CAKE :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWeyAZamHfVSjN792LrGc9-azeKIiq6HRIPNXKAawtq9YB8Ig498QAj1BCk5O84qT9tGekt6YlI2EXuXe0YomexRPteK2pi0O3Bv6otzrKTkpN9XlYWhkadeAdLuyy8SAoJzoQhMA4Ss-/s1600/IMG_4226+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWeyAZamHfVSjN792LrGc9-azeKIiq6HRIPNXKAawtq9YB8Ig498QAj1BCk5O84qT9tGekt6YlI2EXuXe0YomexRPteK2pi0O3Bv6otzrKTkpN9XlYWhkadeAdLuyy8SAoJzoQhMA4Ss-/s320/IMG_4226+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">round 1:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XPWrk5p1dlIjmLXBbahm3nTZQBgO2YtxCZSgEnkF8DYkxj1YLZoLDuU6HnFtZ36Zo2aKwYDktl_imqgUvSGWQ-INDnLnRPOAiacjCkbEOm_UzpZsSvW2TSESayk_V-pYDaP7WP1QVpzl/s1600/IMG_4232+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XPWrk5p1dlIjmLXBbahm3nTZQBgO2YtxCZSgEnkF8DYkxj1YLZoLDuU6HnFtZ36Zo2aKwYDktl_imqgUvSGWQ-INDnLnRPOAiacjCkbEOm_UzpZsSvW2TSESayk_V-pYDaP7WP1QVpzl/s320/IMG_4232+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we had such an amazing time in fukuoka with you guys!!! thanks for showing us so many cool things! it was so fun, and we will never forget it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">taking the first train ride home from fukuoka...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWabZcZy1Ic94WoliPe5WQbtgZjmNUKRrihw1619QwE58JuzAWEuUyBNek_sKsUKfOCeGQXtzSzWTXDnVmK-EScPbJOrrMgvGKj3nWd17MlBiFJZMWiT110Fku8l9MX0JgXiGWQTgXeXr2/s1600/IMG_4253+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWabZcZy1Ic94WoliPe5WQbtgZjmNUKRrihw1619QwE58JuzAWEuUyBNek_sKsUKfOCeGQXtzSzWTXDnVmK-EScPbJOrrMgvGKj3nWd17MlBiFJZMWiT110Fku8l9MX0JgXiGWQTgXeXr2/s320/IMG_4253+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i wish we could have gotten this one!!! hahaha...so cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnazlP2P_9qK6t4tSrABEdQy3xD02aFX2SSH41Qxk0_7oerQkuhHbaabgaVtBQPSlkRKXz9jDFm4-ILI86DIQU6-QDqxmEwHYf1d2Wzb2Ea76pplzWJKOCBqyJnjSM09vYqwuHAqnkc7Rv/s1600/IMG_4259+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnazlP2P_9qK6t4tSrABEdQy3xD02aFX2SSH41Qxk0_7oerQkuhHbaabgaVtBQPSlkRKXz9jDFm4-ILI86DIQU6-QDqxmEwHYf1d2Wzb2Ea76pplzWJKOCBqyJnjSM09vYqwuHAqnkc7Rv/s320/IMG_4259+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WHAT A GREAT DAY!!!! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-66700103046464601312011-08-15T23:42:00.002+09:002011-08-16T00:40:19.841+09:00DAY 17: WE SAW MY ONE AND ONLY JAPANESE FEAR TODAY: MUKADE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">breakfast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a really cool soup thing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCX_tSEUqkJz0FC6ncZMzo54OT0391xPaIGG1n1Hp3yZh_4CALFlVXD4ZoXs0pmgiqAaQIIWZnC2n42-yEPPbVlqi0CZA8HV55-l5XqOgDEp4mHVI8uI-WNjkfx0kFFs0nbldWg68uamZ/s1600/IMG_3915+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCX_tSEUqkJz0FC6ncZMzo54OT0391xPaIGG1n1Hp3yZh_4CALFlVXD4ZoXs0pmgiqAaQIIWZnC2n42-yEPPbVlqi0CZA8HV55-l5XqOgDEp4mHVI8uI-WNjkfx0kFFs0nbldWg68uamZ/s320/IMG_3915+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">it was corn soup, and it came with this yummy flaky biscuit that you crack and place on top. it was DELICIOUS. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzf17of8Ks7Xa9bYt7HhUH5IqgkmL5HI_D6y3ze2rSPYO0n3HIAbYu8DU-SuX49ZJmJX2WSHI-imgCvinHO0ds7Bxb8YFnUQ8CafDUygRZgUN7DRFuWobfW8Nh3s96WNGXbxrSlDer46aa/s1600/IMG_3923+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzf17of8Ks7Xa9bYt7HhUH5IqgkmL5HI_D6y3ze2rSPYO0n3HIAbYu8DU-SuX49ZJmJX2WSHI-imgCvinHO0ds7Bxb8YFnUQ8CafDUygRZgUN7DRFuWobfW8Nh3s96WNGXbxrSlDer46aa/s320/IMG_3923+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we had a TON of things to do today! first was one of our FAAAAVORITE things ever...fushimi inari shrine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLCyL6Svve8ey2SllFZnKn9fWq9oaGx_l9X6bGTIk0-0Spc-19FCtIDVSioR1awutXH9sXYa6HXmMlGyBSQpxKG34sFKKes0vPklWRUcEAkZXA4GWlHPuKlXvwZc1s_GFNWPUHVejvj5k/s1600/IMG_3925+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLCyL6Svve8ey2SllFZnKn9fWq9oaGx_l9X6bGTIk0-0Spc-19FCtIDVSioR1awutXH9sXYa6HXmMlGyBSQpxKG34sFKKes0vPklWRUcEAkZXA4GWlHPuKlXvwZc1s_GFNWPUHVejvj5k/s320/IMG_3925+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">lots of prayer tags and origami cranes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUt9qNAeuFR7tinyzY9y803Tu1q6XtxNfntiDzVh9_wTppDwPl679RqGhSKbyqi1ihfUBr33OV7WAL8UgYJUIfbeNwRWAJsNr8pg1vfzThWxlRoGO0qIqLIbrotPnPy-7L1acFqN6L6ck/s1600/IMG_3927+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUt9qNAeuFR7tinyzY9y803Tu1q6XtxNfntiDzVh9_wTppDwPl679RqGhSKbyqi1ihfUBr33OV7WAL8UgYJUIfbeNwRWAJsNr8pg1vfzThWxlRoGO0qIqLIbrotPnPy-7L1acFqN6L6ck/s320/IMG_3927+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here come the hundreds and hundreds of torii gates! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtRDabPHQHEgeaXtJ6TeetE08QPBwNklhYZGk4Wpid9JbayDKHfkfPpldLP1IzsF-zrsvyqlfj1OfGTi_A_hCZZ1mtxkxmgPMxt921tGfmzjF8md7JBB5ZYGLexCIkNOZo7vgvESsawYo/s1600/IMG_3933+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtRDabPHQHEgeaXtJ6TeetE08QPBwNklhYZGk4Wpid9JbayDKHfkfPpldLP1IzsF-zrsvyqlfj1OfGTi_A_hCZZ1mtxkxmgPMxt921tGfmzjF8md7JBB5ZYGLexCIkNOZo7vgvESsawYo/s320/IMG_3933+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this whole thing is SO fun to walk through. literally a few miles of torii gates to walk through!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrXA3Xnj9BScbMiGX8BP3xoUF6UTFhEMhY98f7c9VLYdO6NQDDll674TPJvUJaBMYwx1164oyBeZS8DuBcGc8c_MCTGjmvh1q6NV7wJGnA6GDo97l4UV_vUQpQdBXcby8X78SzK_iJzVy/s1600/IMG_3936+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrXA3Xnj9BScbMiGX8BP3xoUF6UTFhEMhY98f7c9VLYdO6NQDDll674TPJvUJaBMYwx1164oyBeZS8DuBcGc8c_MCTGjmvh1q6NV7wJGnA6GDo97l4UV_vUQpQdBXcby8X78SzK_iJzVy/s320/IMG_3936+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">fortunes that people tie in hopes they come true</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjWsxTkJn_k0TusiBFveBgFXMFBDpLwqqoCxLpk5y6qjw8JM_KnvH7LLECPKBFDTphQxr8XTIKCcWzy3mLKsuumRcLTFoK7PjHbB-hK_EaPRkOJG8HHplKe4OhE-guvkdWDgAtnbZ7RoU/s1600/IMG_3943+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjWsxTkJn_k0TusiBFveBgFXMFBDpLwqqoCxLpk5y6qjw8JM_KnvH7LLECPKBFDTphQxr8XTIKCcWzy3mLKsuumRcLTFoK7PjHbB-hK_EaPRkOJG8HHplKe4OhE-guvkdWDgAtnbZ7RoU/s320/IMG_3943+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">cute! these are like prayer tags, but you can draw a face on them too (typically fox related because of the shrine)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqd_9SDpx9XgQVtFtdboblYmV_HcVcNhNZNs3UPHV_7j5UJWQg535Mrvq9nXjJAH5XVnUmt3LsxTH1KyyRv_OymtDoZ2kv9g3-Y8ahzvsoJp07jB75aSM7pJWYnvHyT-yVZTDRMTV4wRYL/s1600/IMG_3944+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqd_9SDpx9XgQVtFtdboblYmV_HcVcNhNZNs3UPHV_7j5UJWQg535Mrvq9nXjJAH5XVnUmt3LsxTH1KyyRv_OymtDoZ2kv9g3-Y8ahzvsoJp07jB75aSM7pJWYnvHyT-yVZTDRMTV4wRYL/s320/IMG_3944+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">shrines to visit along the pathway</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FcnjUtPiLw7lS4nZxAR2_uB868Q-hUm1a3u5aCOkR7YnlpIa34-yH-QytZECMIlsPshRnnwBY7IMT7jwoaZPy5QclZra5l-wEudnhq6PdjgoFRWnm_cYUyVScx4l-7PovWwLSli97LLs/s1600/IMG_3980+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FcnjUtPiLw7lS4nZxAR2_uB868Q-hUm1a3u5aCOkR7YnlpIa34-yH-QytZECMIlsPshRnnwBY7IMT7jwoaZPy5QclZra5l-wEudnhq6PdjgoFRWnm_cYUyVScx4l-7PovWwLSli97LLs/s320/IMG_3980+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and look at this!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqqI70ElvsUUivJzfFg2YSakXu6ZcQPYSG6V36FFw7_XhaWRqmn_ua5mWCGE4IKwkXniiowaGsn6jucBAc3oitO36zPDrUfHSsKvEIbdw9FRqC5WghcWGEx4OxPqrl1vR8hugyWJVjQ36/s1600/IMG_3983+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqqI70ElvsUUivJzfFg2YSakXu6ZcQPYSG6V36FFw7_XhaWRqmn_ua5mWCGE4IKwkXniiowaGsn6jucBAc3oitO36zPDrUfHSsKvEIbdw9FRqC5WghcWGEx4OxPqrl1vR8hugyWJVjQ36/s320/IMG_3983+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">HOW CUTE! comfy kitty with its mini torii gates hahaha...just snoozin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4GyBT_SJVZ0ls4NzJQf2tRMUIZ-WbVHtnDusBEIvw9M60pRQcGodhFsUxnzW9OAnWW9wlyZo9CU4DIz7MsIH9BBshiT2zkXnIk6iMSw0D2Yz-_vpTbd8oMWvlpDYiHom1bEpI3K_5F6x/s1600/IMG_3987+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4GyBT_SJVZ0ls4NzJQf2tRMUIZ-WbVHtnDusBEIvw9M60pRQcGodhFsUxnzW9OAnWW9wlyZo9CU4DIz7MsIH9BBshiT2zkXnIk6iMSw0D2Yz-_vpTbd8oMWvlpDYiHom1bEpI3K_5F6x/s320/IMG_3987+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">as we walked along, we saw this one was freshly painted (still needed the black writing to be filled in)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTADXkU2D6qLU2FzbE5N5O_elFwkEXkhGtrSvN41KYzDbYNZjy_uGh-8-YMHTpSCdF3E2E3lUDaBh6Y_ohI-VwMgkNADLQimv9tHsioOCaueiouIKkm2mg9OCW-HvP5fCd_WOY3FLenyq/s1600/IMG_3990+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTADXkU2D6qLU2FzbE5N5O_elFwkEXkhGtrSvN41KYzDbYNZjy_uGh-8-YMHTpSCdF3E2E3lUDaBh6Y_ohI-VwMgkNADLQimv9tHsioOCaueiouIKkm2mg9OCW-HvP5fCd_WOY3FLenyq/s320/IMG_3990+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and a really pretty restaurant to eat at if you want while walking through the gates</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrtApCO99xflYqaqvTSh6VDr1YK0Gybr9pdEyvYExv6i9nRTFgofNNNHoZHmjcWKW3DgwiGNcnIyqXcQ9m0mRPgSp7WA1jisGIoq5DVoPD6h7iBbb6fU7ySVjGlxquRWnOcHZlHzjphGo/s1600/IMG_3996+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrtApCO99xflYqaqvTSh6VDr1YK0Gybr9pdEyvYExv6i9nRTFgofNNNHoZHmjcWKW3DgwiGNcnIyqXcQ9m0mRPgSp7WA1jisGIoq5DVoPD6h7iBbb6fU7ySVjGlxquRWnOcHZlHzjphGo/s320/IMG_3996+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">but then....erik saw THIS!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPZ4721b-S1okN7mVeV7KfhxjSqFjZ4vAbny_OwDMGRFlPshMh6I2_HJjrRkKDbxRhNSYOVRSqIOt2thJACkJAmkwLKTlv65uJfS7YKbwfHP-QYYgIjKp2C8ruY3gj-onm81tRS6MbA6H/s1600/IMG_3974+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPZ4721b-S1okN7mVeV7KfhxjSqFjZ4vAbny_OwDMGRFlPshMh6I2_HJjrRkKDbxRhNSYOVRSqIOt2thJACkJAmkwLKTlv65uJfS7YKbwfHP-QYYgIjKp2C8ruY3gj-onm81tRS6MbA6H/s320/IMG_3974+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">MUKADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH omg...seriously. this is the one and only thing i'm afraid of in japan. these things are TERRIBLE. they are poisonous, and they BITE and are not afraid to just come after you! very aggressive. they have been known to put people in the hospital! UGH. i hate them! i can't believe we saw one! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">running through more gates to get away! haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOz_RXy40ELGsk_PfLbxta_cQ-y9phyphenhyphen_d7skCpbTGXQHYnIuS-i3cx5KNitvXhv6n9NpKpTj3HR1yiSa6oOob7SqJtd8wn9f04Qy9whdZ2j9JF_B1VaDgNEQqQzIHiDp-3o5Ikdo53oON/s1600/IMG_4005+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOz_RXy40ELGsk_PfLbxta_cQ-y9phyphenhyphen_d7skCpbTGXQHYnIuS-i3cx5KNitvXhv6n9NpKpTj3HR1yiSa6oOob7SqJtd8wn9f04Qy9whdZ2j9JF_B1VaDgNEQqQzIHiDp-3o5Ikdo53oON/s320/IMG_4005+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we didn't walk through the whole thing (too long, and toooooo hot), so we left to go to the next thing on our list! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UYZy058Ln5r5fZtlTGAU3srirCV7vb2RFJJcFniKo2nBNP_jAIZI8zq99aV9qjc5QL2JALlbkzgk-aKlYQsHpCWdlr3ORicKmVukA6hF-5vAVBrjPa5SeNAArqR4sMrh2LrbQ9X9Xj0Y/s1600/IMG_4008+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UYZy058Ln5r5fZtlTGAU3srirCV7vb2RFJJcFniKo2nBNP_jAIZI8zq99aV9qjc5QL2JALlbkzgk-aKlYQsHpCWdlr3ORicKmVukA6hF-5vAVBrjPa5SeNAArqR4sMrh2LrbQ9X9Xj0Y/s320/IMG_4008+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">train ride on our way to....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6YdNLoJ6VelAOjZSLxwt5Ds_wqFeajGxWGQ4fPhiyGIKGGeSdQTdWuAsMah7Rmt4snd-7xPmrTDP9P9Ajkp7YaXv1pA5hR5WkfOODQwMhwwqYT1BtzUkDfPe3EsReQpaGoRmNZ1TNxnf/s1600/IMG_4021+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6YdNLoJ6VelAOjZSLxwt5Ds_wqFeajGxWGQ4fPhiyGIKGGeSdQTdWuAsMah7Rmt4snd-7xPmrTDP9P9Ajkp7YaXv1pA5hR5WkfOODQwMhwwqYT1BtzUkDfPe3EsReQpaGoRmNZ1TNxnf/s320/IMG_4021+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">NARA!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUqtwBeI9JhdWOx-NZwZ7u4iarO-DkFLoGuNjh3Ko9bNGQzLSm3SeyCxS4ZWe1x1N2oQilig2uU6PsEem6sxYjcpEtoJk77acuXjoA9Hafcux31VYfddGTzEEvnkGUBfy1DP9N7Q65NdM/s1600/IMG_4025+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUqtwBeI9JhdWOx-NZwZ7u4iarO-DkFLoGuNjh3Ko9bNGQzLSm3SeyCxS4ZWe1x1N2oQilig2uU6PsEem6sxYjcpEtoJk77acuXjoA9Hafcux31VYfddGTzEEvnkGUBfy1DP9N7Q65NdM/s320/IMG_4025+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">here is where nara is on the map:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1jopWF_vycxcISo0iHz-AqY_IjZyaVZkghGsYOVs7cxc-T0oQbShr4Tlf-05a8fIROupSgSM73rK1P7DCRBwuQfopiBw_v3AQ3xY-7X1srmn5rG2KVWK3eCRmx5volj2HiIMOEtT2JfT/s1600/nara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1jopWF_vycxcISo0iHz-AqY_IjZyaVZkghGsYOVs7cxc-T0oQbShr4Tlf-05a8fIROupSgSM73rK1P7DCRBwuQfopiBw_v3AQ3xY-7X1srmn5rG2KVWK3eCRmx5volj2HiIMOEtT2JfT/s320/nara.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">pretty close to kyoto! about an hour away by train</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> we really like nara for many reasons, but literally the only reason we were going today was for some TONKATSU!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3EFM1iyWcNURHUPbOvIO_LaQZUxl4xBewibN8vb8UB1i3nBMOUli2eeYw9zvJ_GMYHUx-H0wbZrgA2UDV_EQRWkDrfOJ4S8hg1QBgVH_Z2DmeHKRBsz8uDTaLVF3JMMvzjEJwlm5FSZq/s1600/IMG_4026+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3EFM1iyWcNURHUPbOvIO_LaQZUxl4xBewibN8vb8UB1i3nBMOUli2eeYw9zvJ_GMYHUx-H0wbZrgA2UDV_EQRWkDrfOJ4S8hg1QBgVH_Z2DmeHKRBsz8uDTaLVF3JMMvzjEJwlm5FSZq/s320/IMG_4026+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">our friend jess told us about this tonkatsu to DIE for, so we added it to our itinerary, and let me tell you, IT WAS AMAZING. it's called tonkatsu ganko. here's mine...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4NVKJETRIwf56cKPNyMizCX4FvhC4YPBDi54X6C-4jzhpeL5zfsLBnfdS_OsxNzNYzgM3MxdFzKaedtV1DQeBLpItei1ZSAp7iG0DzfNET5hdh6bn3iU1dUVuAwHLU-gIZBsu8w1QvhVy/s1600/IMG_4033+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4NVKJETRIwf56cKPNyMizCX4FvhC4YPBDi54X6C-4jzhpeL5zfsLBnfdS_OsxNzNYzgM3MxdFzKaedtV1DQeBLpItei1ZSAp7iG0DzfNET5hdh6bn3iU1dUVuAwHLU-gIZBsu8w1QvhVy/s320/IMG_4033+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here's erik's!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkBqs7un-HkDQixx-7jgWudN87r6Y62Hy_HwaMupw9IE_OdWcYb_UzmVGQ2wVms70ZViR-sMOqA00yHB6rez6bCcmKmHokD-Fg7vOSMm0QR1aJNLHRe1yhPrQL40NshyphenhyphenuRPjABvQHoEI9/s1600/IMG_4034+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkBqs7un-HkDQixx-7jgWudN87r6Y62Hy_HwaMupw9IE_OdWcYb_UzmVGQ2wVms70ZViR-sMOqA00yHB6rez6bCcmKmHokD-Fg7vOSMm0QR1aJNLHRe1yhPrQL40NshyphenhyphenuRPjABvQHoEI9/s320/IMG_4034+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and first you grind up the sesame seeds...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKv3QuEWlHq0Lat50j3KyZnaP8ZKyhZPEHfmIQ-pj6GC0n4agHF704rRui3svki6aT0hlnQKgK707qfHUAAqOkvjHsWxiXMon9AjxCXUHY3jf7TAY5CHcE84Zc4f_7ZQ7FArpxZ7LKZ6wj/s1600/IMG_4038+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKv3QuEWlHq0Lat50j3KyZnaP8ZKyhZPEHfmIQ-pj6GC0n4agHF704rRui3svki6aT0hlnQKgK707qfHUAAqOkvjHsWxiXMon9AjxCXUHY3jf7TAY5CHcE84Zc4f_7ZQ7FArpxZ7LKZ6wj/s320/IMG_4038+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">then add the sauce you want (garlic-y flavor, or sweeter flavor)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFysupSoYbNyQOFQv39t-Me3Rdbbk-8JfiGHVkYsXtgzioTpdHCjvq3zMNZjmV8upVMuJyyavlHq2fb6TApzh6M5p3PCHMNhrg9-oKxhuzpOx0BULgQVzDBji_I6KRsp4nOs62jBzQzskf/s1600/IMG_4041+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFysupSoYbNyQOFQv39t-Me3Rdbbk-8JfiGHVkYsXtgzioTpdHCjvq3zMNZjmV8upVMuJyyavlHq2fb6TApzh6M5p3PCHMNhrg9-oKxhuzpOx0BULgQVzDBji_I6KRsp4nOs62jBzQzskf/s320/IMG_4041+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and you are good to go! look at this crispy breading!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OvzDYiDqffVuVFvJhVLkWfwxmzXJymL-2fB8tCUcyLrZoU4-VWFhTkMyPKWcf8398WakZjaTOCdcV0MPDme00briVk9reaNXlV70RC-_PQltONShCbjKnNTjn_wco5bdpnmhdVbLbiVZ/s1600/IMG_4039+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OvzDYiDqffVuVFvJhVLkWfwxmzXJymL-2fB8tCUcyLrZoU4-VWFhTkMyPKWcf8398WakZjaTOCdcV0MPDme00briVk9reaNXlV70RC-_PQltONShCbjKnNTjn_wco5bdpnmhdVbLbiVZ/s320/IMG_4039+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">it was amazing. and it's in a cute outdoor arcade that has this inside it! :) nara is known for its deer park!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVDGWEuA410VZKZiko-lFZKZFhd_3IplMn9GYY46vwppUUUSHI5usTaV4WwQVaMdEPlNWNpaOymREGpHhNAdE2HJqXEp2EAO6R4n1IICT4YyghB3dgCgx1y_iI2C8mQvvQ1_OTGCwBMDc/s1600/IMG_4042+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVDGWEuA410VZKZiko-lFZKZFhd_3IplMn9GYY46vwppUUUSHI5usTaV4WwQVaMdEPlNWNpaOymREGpHhNAdE2HJqXEp2EAO6R4n1IICT4YyghB3dgCgx1y_iI2C8mQvvQ1_OTGCwBMDc/s320/IMG_4042+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">on our way back to the station, we spotted an arcade, and won some prizes! for the top one (which, by the way is a combination of a cat and a mushroom hahaha) the girl working there was giving us pointers on how to win! it was for a claw-game, and she even re-arranged the prizes to be EASIER to win! can you believe it?! the bottom prize was given to me because there was some sort of special extra game to play (where i rolled a gigantic dice on the ground), and i didn't win the grand prize, but she let me pick a stuffed animal instead hahaha...seriously...SO different from games back home! you never get "tips" or have the employees re-arrange the prizes to be easier for you to win! hahaha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7Y4CCd_mqAD82dPJkD5F2pqJdWmk8HNs0kdGJHXE2kp4uu-6LmRIMH-WkEiwVdV2olKqM48iUSDJx7VDcW7YSNp1H1blenOnXCO6hN-lLjvJmyQfva6hWRPRzwijuqJFpPBY7H5_vGAp/s1600/IMG_4046+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7Y4CCd_mqAD82dPJkD5F2pqJdWmk8HNs0kdGJHXE2kp4uu-6LmRIMH-WkEiwVdV2olKqM48iUSDJx7VDcW7YSNp1H1blenOnXCO6hN-lLjvJmyQfva6hWRPRzwijuqJFpPBY7H5_vGAp/s320/IMG_4046+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">after we got our fun prizes, we were off to see some fireworks!!! the train...was packed. this is what it looked like once we got off the train, and the next one was just as packed. took a while to get around, but we finally got to all the street food/games before the fireworks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfo7-Luik9H8cJwINQHA9CGk6OuwbDLOG9qCkv1WwjNRwOddDmLclXMZ7Po9WHRTN7qj3oK8-jRZs07nKH4xUTvXm8QHAbJw2QHjHiuX2T63mJC0n0nOvBLJh-hDqwzDHMDFshNl8eFFF/s1600/IMG_4051+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfo7-Luik9H8cJwINQHA9CGk6OuwbDLOG9qCkv1WwjNRwOddDmLclXMZ7Po9WHRTN7qj3oK8-jRZs07nKH4xUTvXm8QHAbJw2QHjHiuX2T63mJC0n0nOvBLJh-hDqwzDHMDFshNl8eFFF/s320/IMG_4051+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are some pics of it all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6FkpLF6x2kVIQViZq3d-b5MAkcKNRDDdMIiDBauILM3_cL1LsrIL9q8tgwI5RsXk5qKx4xDKn88GaIdFPSh4k5Ms2UBsHpO037y8o63O30mgzuX9r82lJ_SvU8Ahd-SlyiW0bOEagJKQ/s1600/IMG_4052+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6FkpLF6x2kVIQViZq3d-b5MAkcKNRDDdMIiDBauILM3_cL1LsrIL9q8tgwI5RsXk5qKx4xDKn88GaIdFPSh4k5Ms2UBsHpO037y8o63O30mgzuX9r82lJ_SvU8Ahd-SlyiW0bOEagJKQ/s320/IMG_4052+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">scooping for goldfish! the scooper is made out of thin paper, so you have to scoop quickly yet gently to catch the fish!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aHin7VItBp7spSWqmIgi9B4LOH0TEiT9RJ-BFJVOApLFOE7dv_n_UH1u6cLTCYoN2rY2Smqs60D5WqQfEGKg7n4wlfab5NDj6dsYA_zw0XmdH3HFdXLpUGFmAvvhKkyLcvLK-f__j0wJ/s1600/IMG_4058+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aHin7VItBp7spSWqmIgi9B4LOH0TEiT9RJ-BFJVOApLFOE7dv_n_UH1u6cLTCYoN2rY2Smqs60D5WqQfEGKg7n4wlfab5NDj6dsYA_zw0XmdH3HFdXLpUGFmAvvhKkyLcvLK-f__j0wJ/s320/IMG_4058+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">so cool to see them :) afterwards, we had to migrate through THIS to get back to the train station, and then get packed in like sardines to get back to kyoto station haha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqk8bwAJsvsw2WwEUbR5fEt352URNHnDQ4l8_SVgwTqke3i3JUxGeTjDCA5hz5OByPq8m1IXGqyUhq3NF8jISrLCiVO4qKBVZKzgZf9PA8sZEX4KgBeDn8EoaQ7KXSHcmLwpwf27rG0e4/s1600/IMG_4145+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqk8bwAJsvsw2WwEUbR5fEt352URNHnDQ4l8_SVgwTqke3i3JUxGeTjDCA5hz5OByPq8m1IXGqyUhq3NF8jISrLCiVO4qKBVZKzgZf9PA8sZEX4KgBeDn8EoaQ7KXSHcmLwpwf27rG0e4/s320/IMG_4145+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SO. WORTH. IT. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-6779183109701631412011-08-13T23:32:00.002+09:002011-08-13T23:40:12.052+09:00DAY 16: IT WAS 103º TODAY<div style="text-align: left;">today we had to switch to our other kyoto hotel. so sad to leave this lovely townhouse! wish we could have stayed here longer. i stared at our rock garden one last time for about 20 minutes straight before having to leave haha...i love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdOfaOPYT8_YsVpJDFINVzKTLu78BB3uoJGtioBOdgeneC4y7GySH6HdXIsdonhapNujs6zIGYOqjrMr97Yl4r1FmjZMEaDkDBeh50SyggBjdr3Qtl4VNjY6nuF-uT4uoxYOCfvCA3kEx/s1600/IMG_3836+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdOfaOPYT8_YsVpJDFINVzKTLu78BB3uoJGtioBOdgeneC4y7GySH6HdXIsdonhapNujs6zIGYOqjrMr97Yl4r1FmjZMEaDkDBeh50SyggBjdr3Qtl4VNjY6nuF-uT4uoxYOCfvCA3kEx/s320/IMG_3836+s.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we arrived at our other hotel about an hour early, so they took our luggage for us, and we walked to nishiki market!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQe4Mdjhz0kB3BjGsx6rj2TUAkLudaTO-kD3BdHG5Dr6vXALJo-BDkSeWQKoAHIFpvvh6-wX74pvV38WEFgkjY8sMgJtW-DJJgzLHUwpv7tN3ivCoBYglUTSAgB3cvSaaoX8mUTE9QVqp/s1600/IMG_3848+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQe4Mdjhz0kB3BjGsx6rj2TUAkLudaTO-kD3BdHG5Dr6vXALJo-BDkSeWQKoAHIFpvvh6-wX74pvV38WEFgkjY8sMgJtW-DJJgzLHUwpv7tN3ivCoBYglUTSAgB3cvSaaoX8mUTE9QVqp/s320/IMG_3848+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">it's known as "kyoto's kitchen" and it's lined with over 100 shops and restaurants! looooads of fresh produce and seafood here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVNIqoAhx_6jXs_2VUiGhVC7j-Cg0l2pz2uVX0S9qoNULMwnV9YTEjoz5ojTTct9frpd3YsJLUZj2rgRcwOOzaZeqTkozMhe3Hm5jxtn_yuH_JaIdQPof1Xbpmhd9Kyl2MGWT3Sg02YUF/s1600/IMG_3849+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVNIqoAhx_6jXs_2VUiGhVC7j-Cg0l2pz2uVX0S9qoNULMwnV9YTEjoz5ojTTct9frpd3YsJLUZj2rgRcwOOzaZeqTkozMhe3Hm5jxtn_yuH_JaIdQPof1Xbpmhd9Kyl2MGWT3Sg02YUF/s320/IMG_3849+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">sashimi pops! HAHA!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCtD4TkuweUOuDAv7XT01g8I4qwz9VMqrkEfEaTT4dLh_OFj24v8zt5kTZwH_KI5f0kqgq9OM99DKhVaNqI_-4FNyehdlqLo0YQ0SXXHfwedcKGLEB6MV0Y9THQrVuIE1TxM3rabjfiA0/s1600/IMG_3859+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCtD4TkuweUOuDAv7XT01g8I4qwz9VMqrkEfEaTT4dLh_OFj24v8zt5kTZwH_KI5f0kqgq9OM99DKhVaNqI_-4FNyehdlqLo0YQ0SXXHfwedcKGLEB6MV0Y9THQrVuIE1TxM3rabjfiA0/s320/IMG_3859+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">these are cute candies! disguised as bentos!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1wi22JoF8NVkWvtiHLdHoFaM_V8smiv0b87BWrMi6Ap1TJHTW0LBcYwKrjaOKw5gB4HYUF9Yu2bEOKBEnWS1zXQw2fDR5px5O3_R4BgsAnHI4k5NeL8Akz7DcUrQ_0sGKbveXwEpcmCF/s1600/IMG_3855+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1wi22JoF8NVkWvtiHLdHoFaM_V8smiv0b87BWrMi6Ap1TJHTW0LBcYwKrjaOKw5gB4HYUF9Yu2bEOKBEnWS1zXQw2fDR5px5O3_R4BgsAnHI4k5NeL8Akz7DcUrQ_0sGKbveXwEpcmCF/s320/IMG_3855+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">which color brown would you like to dye your hair? hahaha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAX1yp4lI8NhfZQVtFvYOFjXbXnYKDGaLPB5yS11YPTLA8Ryl_8ER6_TIxHrITHZSu3FKT8dVSPnHI8QMZK7i_qSkSUDO3UzBuIpQtQ4Q77hNLILIoElPUXLhA5SWzqAR90Ia-NfD_MPk/s1600/IMG_3851+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAX1yp4lI8NhfZQVtFvYOFjXbXnYKDGaLPB5yS11YPTLA8Ryl_8ER6_TIxHrITHZSu3FKT8dVSPnHI8QMZK7i_qSkSUDO3UzBuIpQtQ4Q77hNLILIoElPUXLhA5SWzqAR90Ia-NfD_MPk/s320/IMG_3851+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this store had really cute handmade items. here is some cute sushi sewn together with fabric!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFazkv_HsRnBo8KhG8ehPP936WB84pqkdcayTSetJztkPIS4coIAvK59fpUADUEyzmGmkSE7z1s3lRPRkFjx1tVkAHcrp6l6V5ZSXB6ny5Yk3-pjpRgIc24CRXFb5cQp3gi3zfJ3wIQ4L/s1600/IMG_3860+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFazkv_HsRnBo8KhG8ehPP936WB84pqkdcayTSetJztkPIS4coIAvK59fpUADUEyzmGmkSE7z1s3lRPRkFjx1tVkAHcrp6l6V5ZSXB6ny5Yk3-pjpRgIc24CRXFb5cQp3gi3zfJ3wIQ4L/s320/IMG_3860+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">once we were able to get to our room, we headed back to the hotel and this room is great! nice view!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKVQO3AxMSdB1pp060LDIoyU5lEs2rmSLpza4viHboAQaApHE9XbEVBO1AJUkzDBC4D46IaFf0xTYCXxY1pnHt4vpSdTheXcES7jWLl6vn3e3kh4WzqGjsiH40DRdP9V6dpm0cbL9q2-m/s1600/IMG_3861+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKVQO3AxMSdB1pp060LDIoyU5lEs2rmSLpza4viHboAQaApHE9XbEVBO1AJUkzDBC4D46IaFf0xTYCXxY1pnHt4vpSdTheXcES7jWLl6vn3e3kh4WzqGjsiH40DRdP9V6dpm0cbL9q2-m/s320/IMG_3861+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we have a corner room, so our window wraps around the side :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nLr6LWgm_N7I3msCTDZeNhWeok3rEZbAVnh2nC4WMQKBAMO4ZUSDxzDmr65I_J7cr4njXsFfcee22INhkJ1Uvk2Y0Mxmdquq-tTpQaWlRiPzPB0AiebHB4ECtv7C4afO-nF5P-oD8hr_/s1600/IMG_3863+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nLr6LWgm_N7I3msCTDZeNhWeok3rEZbAVnh2nC4WMQKBAMO4ZUSDxzDmr65I_J7cr4njXsFfcee22INhkJ1Uvk2Y0Mxmdquq-tTpQaWlRiPzPB0AiebHB4ECtv7C4afO-nF5P-oD8hr_/s320/IMG_3863+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QZ8Mr3ja4FXGycT8U6uQXSP7wylhOC71OxSLURx0U9ni1OPtUbcBeYrwroSTusZOBmZJ7esFYQnSt7ax_LzpMRZM0JZkMP7EjyNCNjxa14OB_Vx4LmnvUAZcvWyWMnx-_sOpjICpQkio/s1600/IMG_3865+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QZ8Mr3ja4FXGycT8U6uQXSP7wylhOC71OxSLURx0U9ni1OPtUbcBeYrwroSTusZOBmZJ7esFYQnSt7ax_LzpMRZM0JZkMP7EjyNCNjxa14OB_Vx4LmnvUAZcvWyWMnx-_sOpjICpQkio/s320/IMG_3865+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">lunchtime!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjP7rHvwfz4joxsBJApU5CP9GfC9xZQaEeyr3i10faCXqQ5UNUlpNiNECOOdknfdTB6e8fVcQsW-7R88Q4oAEfLqVaBFD0Ihi-LL0_tvC_bU4ZMR4-ZeDvYqGRNj5aTawnyLHqU4cUWP1W/s1600/IMG_3867+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjP7rHvwfz4joxsBJApU5CP9GfC9xZQaEeyr3i10faCXqQ5UNUlpNiNECOOdknfdTB6e8fVcQsW-7R88Q4oAEfLqVaBFD0Ihi-LL0_tvC_bU4ZMR4-ZeDvYqGRNj5aTawnyLHqU4cUWP1W/s320/IMG_3867+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this chip mix looked interesting...also, notice the size of the chip bag. this is as big as they get (from what we've seen in convenience stores and grocery stores). no jumbo bags like back home!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyR7UBNdPu479jU16szw9YL5408ICPPwWoR6BKHVUgX5ACV9Pe7X64TBA062TNIc23JZdahFjbsS6LJScTrVUhK1QofsY_NPykaxJT8i3yJ3k5I5Y3QBIjEcTiMo2mLjIffr7o4zeBd6k/s1600/IMG_3868+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyR7UBNdPu479jU16szw9YL5408ICPPwWoR6BKHVUgX5ACV9Pe7X64TBA062TNIc23JZdahFjbsS6LJScTrVUhK1QofsY_NPykaxJT8i3yJ3k5I5Y3QBIjEcTiMo2mLjIffr7o4zeBd6k/s320/IMG_3868+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">since it was 103º today, we hung out in the hotel for a bit during the afternoon. it was just too hot to want to do much of anything! soon the sun started to set though, and we saw this pretty moon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisp_GHSvQxCrIScq43j1e3bqGwpssL_pk4z3aUsW_A8gbIL5H-yjzyhoq18c5tujNDh8vAw30XhvD5svCnvYPzqvi3kIWwg949OdvcxxZcS2v4S5frb1r-hG1r9vHALNjRIZcpC7064CJc/s1600/IMG_3869+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisp_GHSvQxCrIScq43j1e3bqGwpssL_pk4z3aUsW_A8gbIL5H-yjzyhoq18c5tujNDh8vAw30XhvD5svCnvYPzqvi3kIWwg949OdvcxxZcS2v4S5frb1r-hG1r9vHALNjRIZcpC7064CJc/s320/IMG_3869+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">at first it was not covered up at all, but of course as soon as i got my camera out, the clouds came and never went away so this was the only shot i could get haha...maybe i'll try again tomorow if it looks nice :)</div><div style="text-align: left;">we saw the sunset reflecting in the windows across from our hotel though! very pretty colors!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioM6MYcWrZp7l9xDf4IIv3oSQ06GVnOPWptsJ_hFPc7QkRnV9MdVB3Qmz96bGsLdwgoByggN0V7Mi0EDDZShjCE9JAP1uuUcn4xHHFCGwpUTVEfNG08ZnAhDstMspCcGI_fHRARLSpj8rx/s1600/IMG_3876+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioM6MYcWrZp7l9xDf4IIv3oSQ06GVnOPWptsJ_hFPc7QkRnV9MdVB3Qmz96bGsLdwgoByggN0V7Mi0EDDZShjCE9JAP1uuUcn4xHHFCGwpUTVEfNG08ZnAhDstMspCcGI_fHRARLSpj8rx/s320/IMG_3876+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">once the sun sets, it's not as hot, but it's still surprisingly pretty hot. you walk outside and instantly start sweating because of all the humidity. BUT! the sun isn't out, so it's automatically a bit better. on our way out, i saw our hotel has a wish tree in the lobby. very pretty. maybe we will make a wish and attach it onto the tree!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrtT1ka1qBlGdiVT_vGoSsUUYXn6mLcoJgtq4BkFKiFN1GKJkFof6BvQp115L6vwfDfByFis9zuf8bmz8YuoIE2iAlCEvHtqWraNLBv2UFXEw-IqI_rlMEdA5cV3oqe3GWeFMX8kG6Vmy/s1600/IMG_3880+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrtT1ka1qBlGdiVT_vGoSsUUYXn6mLcoJgtq4BkFKiFN1GKJkFof6BvQp115L6vwfDfByFis9zuf8bmz8YuoIE2iAlCEvHtqWraNLBv2UFXEw-IqI_rlMEdA5cV3oqe3GWeFMX8kG6Vmy/s320/IMG_3880+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">our hotel also has a bunch of cute cakes! a lot are daimonji related because that is coming up soon on the 16th!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry6RmECZK39kRrsFTDmMjBdMVz8rLAEAqR7XSlve5SXD4nOnFrSH-B5gc2IwZKv-jzCQ1F1pm3sI-W74I7Gi7uw6IAyTQPFwLexiLCLg1Eooy670x2bOJBEID3WcYQV8xkVWVqSjeU0c-/s1600/IMG_3881+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry6RmECZK39kRrsFTDmMjBdMVz8rLAEAqR7XSlve5SXD4nOnFrSH-B5gc2IwZKv-jzCQ1F1pm3sI-W74I7Gi7uw6IAyTQPFwLexiLCLg1Eooy670x2bOJBEID3WcYQV8xkVWVqSjeU0c-/s320/IMG_3881+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">heading down into the subway station, i saw this on the steps! calorie counters for the stairs! how funny! anything to help motivate you to take the stairs! the japanese are very health conscious. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEOCfE9Sf4zsk9cJDrgXmqw-4hiz8hqEn9wsZWy5Y9g7nMQ3lYIUE5wTuAqGCbSY0D88fzi4yuFNKVHOxgSsBri7lEXPmLacvycPWy7JRziVvLNWYPXWBKZjzfPG9aMq4K9gEjTdMSFwZ/s1600/IMG_3882+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEOCfE9Sf4zsk9cJDrgXmqw-4hiz8hqEn9wsZWy5Y9g7nMQ3lYIUE5wTuAqGCbSY0D88fzi4yuFNKVHOxgSsBri7lEXPmLacvycPWy7JRziVvLNWYPXWBKZjzfPG9aMq4K9gEjTdMSFwZ/s320/IMG_3882+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we decided to go to pronto again to try and get my favorite pasta! this one had it! YAY! soooo good. although, this location (inside the kyoto station) was pretty smokey. a lot of japanese restaurants still have a smoking and a non-smoking section, but this was all smoking since it was so small, and the smoke was very strong at times. gross. but i was still happy to get my pasta! i missed it from our last trip to japan!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbJI6u9wk35slDo4fNN2gkIWMj8Su0jsE3t4r-RWM-D7ALIv7MKfRoTio4ppCqu9ilCQjK1AmjpMhhVZmhcE2xQNnAIRpFwTM778JeBC8pH_1-I9rG2SYAHJZOLnAjawNQqQ6-Obe3NvX/s1600/IMG_3883+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbJI6u9wk35slDo4fNN2gkIWMj8Su0jsE3t4r-RWM-D7ALIv7MKfRoTio4ppCqu9ilCQjK1AmjpMhhVZmhcE2xQNnAIRpFwTM778JeBC8pH_1-I9rG2SYAHJZOLnAjawNQqQ6-Obe3NvX/s320/IMG_3883+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">melty mozzarella chunks...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQY_C2aupTsetsYqXvshemdaHcolGkEIFaUIdvMw8c9NUs-0TJAPFJWIxKHYjVeEX61Xdy1fSpFwAfFdstWHAQJDx0_rjgvgaKRSwcHoe5yrbjhISKqp-UQcdggUFE74zbm_vZb4au2BI/s1600/IMG_3889+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQY_C2aupTsetsYqXvshemdaHcolGkEIFaUIdvMw8c9NUs-0TJAPFJWIxKHYjVeEX61Xdy1fSpFwAfFdstWHAQJDx0_rjgvgaKRSwcHoe5yrbjhISKqp-UQcdggUFE74zbm_vZb4au2BI/s320/IMG_3889+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards, we walked around kyoto station. it's HUGE! here is kyoto tower outside of it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsxKWBXAxZvN5jn-CNC-rNUP16znYf6_ckyNd2wUcAdgZuMZuCRLicVWqTR4rNO22NOYHLdamILS7GEOo9Y4HxfYKkAxP5Ivi6sR9WhYqSXLk4LFRfcrC9rOwQFNQjYGX8IFdnYyQklmR/s1600/IMG_3892+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsxKWBXAxZvN5jn-CNC-rNUP16znYf6_ckyNd2wUcAdgZuMZuCRLicVWqTR4rNO22NOYHLdamILS7GEOo9Y4HxfYKkAxP5Ivi6sR9WhYqSXLk4LFRfcrC9rOwQFNQjYGX8IFdnYyQklmR/s320/IMG_3892+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here is kyoto station!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxPbuZou0tLRtGZ4wkqM06T3o2ihqIPqj0tC-i_DQYeGg9tKHmIk8NiM82fesfjR8Y-BkcNZpjoeyq7hExizkVSsBUC6gkIYQm0CDg-yUyFf4b9uCzo1axdVphsM_spVbW_gz-Vqt7Qua/s1600/IMG_3895+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxPbuZou0tLRtGZ4wkqM06T3o2ihqIPqj0tC-i_DQYeGg9tKHmIk8NiM82fesfjR8Y-BkcNZpjoeyq7hExizkVSsBUC6gkIYQm0CDg-yUyFf4b9uCzo1axdVphsM_spVbW_gz-Vqt7Qua/s320/IMG_3895+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we kept taking escalators higher and higher! it was pretty cool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OcPlxesC93w-hiQkeGNv6K127P3hxSoCa7xD_5jzNzdXKQOy-_KIl_IPnO5AhPRkgnqR9DnNZO4MG0I-3jFYFcXKip5_uNyDpWYu_9TuMpjlFmxYpE47ja85cE3Ic5_WinkVfnWArzAI/s1600/IMG_3896+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OcPlxesC93w-hiQkeGNv6K127P3hxSoCa7xD_5jzNzdXKQOy-_KIl_IPnO5AhPRkgnqR9DnNZO4MG0I-3jFYFcXKip5_uNyDpWYu_9TuMpjlFmxYpE47ja85cE3Ic5_WinkVfnWArzAI/s320/IMG_3896+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">while i was taking this photo, a japanese woman and her daughter came up to us and offered to take our picture for us! so nice!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLHqcWnc218CdENTpIci2JRZfYpRh60AoMzFtFK2BehFrGHBAGnn_8Okki27Y3W9CDM3pH5q2yxsK8MCESWAQAerCtiJPf-STnrueyRmFawGjTKKCUnqLjONSfOPZVBqTl2790caKpEYG/s1600/IMG_3903+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLHqcWnc218CdENTpIci2JRZfYpRh60AoMzFtFK2BehFrGHBAGnn_8Okki27Y3W9CDM3pH5q2yxsK8MCESWAQAerCtiJPf-STnrueyRmFawGjTKKCUnqLjONSfOPZVBqTl2790caKpEYG/s320/IMG_3903+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here it is! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wwn4D9dXmT5h96jksQNU5Zs37xA4N2Ohiv5g3SXEaj4V6dnz5vnJT8xiTdMsZuymgQyytT-DAbVLxjdbx0eVC_pbLaXxt11GC_5-shHSk4WtV3OpKEE6JJdqJzX37nuyk5BYYQr1CT7i/s1600/IMG_3899+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wwn4D9dXmT5h96jksQNU5Zs37xA4N2Ohiv5g3SXEaj4V6dnz5vnJT8xiTdMsZuymgQyytT-DAbVLxjdbx0eVC_pbLaXxt11GC_5-shHSk4WtV3OpKEE6JJdqJzX37nuyk5BYYQr1CT7i/s320/IMG_3899+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">higher and higher we go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsVUNUTYHLQBUPjmvRSR3CL95ZrCAkwUCe1LGX_68O1k1BjXOJlBUzcbr37gFqtxm2ZBdaU8967LeDa4yBBhMelC0yo6moR6w2kBwpJQqWkmYV5yEx_SvLjVNaVUrNWfP9CRGZ7Ij8_w7/s1600/IMG_3905+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsVUNUTYHLQBUPjmvRSR3CL95ZrCAkwUCe1LGX_68O1k1BjXOJlBUzcbr37gFqtxm2ZBdaU8967LeDa4yBBhMelC0yo6moR6w2kBwpJQqWkmYV5yEx_SvLjVNaVUrNWfP9CRGZ7Ij8_w7/s320/IMG_3905+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">got to the top! beautiful view of the city!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9riMp4v2ehaXY1iFTOJV_H_qgvmugHpesMBIO-SEkOW1V4N3M01WiH-70KjQQqIGvgAepGws1EjCtWQVHRvNwUXkCPKQLXqNPYrJGo8C_qojWAyE20jqF2ipewRvuE1irP9ZtCx5OElKq/s1600/IMG_3906+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9riMp4v2ehaXY1iFTOJV_H_qgvmugHpesMBIO-SEkOW1V4N3M01WiH-70KjQQqIGvgAepGws1EjCtWQVHRvNwUXkCPKQLXqNPYrJGo8C_qojWAyE20jqF2ipewRvuE1irP9ZtCx5OElKq/s320/IMG_3906+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">on the roof, they had a lot of pretty bamboo too. lots of people were relaxing by it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdQG-xr3h5h8amvSePmzTV7K7sM7mlUYXbOomD-9GiIA4QCkT_GUHNQsn4B_c0CLrg7da88wBtyYyyEhehCcnHIavB0sXR4j5EPhUKvFHDSkj4yUnfy3WPgRxjJvSibfLCg2y_3HARuLC/s1600/IMG_3909+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdQG-xr3h5h8amvSePmzTV7K7sM7mlUYXbOomD-9GiIA4QCkT_GUHNQsn4B_c0CLrg7da88wBtyYyyEhehCcnHIavB0sXR4j5EPhUKvFHDSkj4yUnfy3WPgRxjJvSibfLCg2y_3HARuLC/s320/IMG_3909+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">once we decided to head back to the hotel, we wanted to get something yummy first! mister donut to the rescue! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGQ0PfdM5z6kCju_0gqz8X6dgmpB65PyfvrJzzqBXB9gM0lm-C47c7E1VCz8FFCOO30EKZGPdqA8HyHeBY2WhyphenhyphenkEB4k5NQ1uyw-X9kYBeg5YdttdwApY4_nSG95gW699zCpUU3XKYV1hX/s1600/IMG_3912+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGQ0PfdM5z6kCju_0gqz8X6dgmpB65PyfvrJzzqBXB9gM0lm-C47c7E1VCz8FFCOO30EKZGPdqA8HyHeBY2WhyphenhyphenkEB4k5NQ1uyw-X9kYBeg5YdttdwApY4_nSG95gW699zCpUU3XKYV1hX/s320/IMG_3912+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we brought home 3 donuts. matcha, blueberry, and custard cream (clockwise starting from the left)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2h9M0wZ8xoa87uCXjM0kxkxnH_f_ga6A5GT5ia93Tch9e5-fe9OjbLGoZOSQ0Y9MaMka4h2m3QDVxB6XQKmoT7PPoE2fkG-Xlj2EtDHNX5lZVCozUP5bOgZ7GBK1Tb-l3sMdNCy2qZzY-/s1600/IMG_3914+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2h9M0wZ8xoa87uCXjM0kxkxnH_f_ga6A5GT5ia93Tch9e5-fe9OjbLGoZOSQ0Y9MaMka4h2m3QDVxB6XQKmoT7PPoE2fkG-Xlj2EtDHNX5lZVCozUP5bOgZ7GBK1Tb-l3sMdNCy2qZzY-/s320/IMG_3914+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">YUM YUM YUM! hopefully tomorrow won't be as hot! we plan on walking through fushimi inari shrine (one of our favorite places!!!) and it's a long walk! we'll see how it goes!</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-67190509357023069382011-08-13T00:38:00.000+09:002011-08-13T00:38:49.452+09:00DAY 15: ERIK ALMOST CRIED AT DINNER TONIGHT<div style="text-align: left;">i just realized that day 15 of our last trip japan was the SAME day we went to grill miyata for dinner last time too...how perfect! IT WAS JUST AS GOOD THIS TIME AS LAST TIME. read more about it later on in the blog post ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and i forgot to show you where we are in the country now! here is where kyoto is located:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5ATe-F2smncJ4SL_GXYD28fMzSiiK1Fo7ZuzxLv6X5SEG5BACpYBYYlPCBTwrO3wWLrR6o8OvHEwkUUt84UE6oClgMFk5u1av8Tv9-5idsC4VVNfwxnzisLNm1NWyMvfBs8T9ccLLKQ2/s1600/kyoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5ATe-F2smncJ4SL_GXYD28fMzSiiK1Fo7ZuzxLv6X5SEG5BACpYBYYlPCBTwrO3wWLrR6o8OvHEwkUUt84UE6oClgMFk5u1av8Tv9-5idsC4VVNfwxnzisLNm1NWyMvfBs8T9ccLLKQ2/s320/kyoto.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we used our adorable teapot in the townhouse this morning! yummy green tea :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiBq6Qjswt-5jQbcKcTeWq23YaG9IV9J9A3RY0jIoDA1oNG_XfPgwch1uHvowwtaFeoUtXXLOi2t_Unvi5WZraQLmEmhTG_ZYQDVqHbdfaGgDmveMZUv_6XT0FHEVhWx0rtXWHuXuJECw/s1600/IMG_3375+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiBq6Qjswt-5jQbcKcTeWq23YaG9IV9J9A3RY0jIoDA1oNG_XfPgwch1uHvowwtaFeoUtXXLOi2t_Unvi5WZraQLmEmhTG_ZYQDVqHbdfaGgDmveMZUv_6XT0FHEVhWx0rtXWHuXuJECw/s320/IMG_3375+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">today was super hot. like...wanna die hot haha...but off we went to kiomizudera! it's a water temple, and it's up on a mountain! we walked over from our townhouse and up the mountain we went!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DB6Xfa1ZbCTQY_jecog8RQH8mQiNNmnXnbIUt8b2rdxnmXe5RJCf73nUlZCqq9uDezM0wY6Dkl0PmEPk9Xk4rcL6RcR2-LniG08dKqSd2lPK-W5Ia59f-coQM3ZKlWjMTIuQJA9tPOtL/s1600/IMG_3376+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DB6Xfa1ZbCTQY_jecog8RQH8mQiNNmnXnbIUt8b2rdxnmXe5RJCf73nUlZCqq9uDezM0wY6Dkl0PmEPk9Xk4rcL6RcR2-LniG08dKqSd2lPK-W5Ia59f-coQM3ZKlWjMTIuQJA9tPOtL/s320/IMG_3376+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">getting higher...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_ibg07z8sVw1QLWkkWX__qhRpmh7DrNKV4KpM8daAiTtM0JBEYTGEy1-nieh8TJfdvjboaTHOUGJajPF0KCNHKepIyYVr411LpwLHygKTAFHSvfvZy_I0IS45jc8FJnQ52tYVnhXqWny/s1600/IMG_3378+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_ibg07z8sVw1QLWkkWX__qhRpmh7DrNKV4KpM8daAiTtM0JBEYTGEy1-nieh8TJfdvjboaTHOUGJajPF0KCNHKepIyYVr411LpwLHygKTAFHSvfvZy_I0IS45jc8FJnQ52tYVnhXqWny/s320/IMG_3378+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">very pretty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52j8zBnsDfCcTNRFVxo3PZ40Xz_dMw2Bqk6lII79oR9cz3A86jGhdwkaojin9oDa5nGAQxPX1t77p10vJJ5c3isZzQwmd8lGLwzGh2ebcwVC2_d6alOABSIhgSUEaYhCKERHNcfisRf9f/s1600/IMG_3379+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52j8zBnsDfCcTNRFVxo3PZ40Xz_dMw2Bqk6lII79oR9cz3A86jGhdwkaojin9oDa5nGAQxPX1t77p10vJJ5c3isZzQwmd8lGLwzGh2ebcwVC2_d6alOABSIhgSUEaYhCKERHNcfisRf9f/s320/IMG_3379+s.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">a guy was drawing and i thought that was really neat. i would love to sit here and draw! but, we are limited on time in japan...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAFFT3yvbWhMIykV-WS80FDL-2oY2CHvtWmoWvCeVbrI247kj7PjVmXnRmDGyuG_vSHDht7QdzAo-Y4kFfG8dnvAYWPLH2DJCPUEuRt8tUqTTqK8mc2drWlby-83pnj8F0D9NkJuN5ohB/s1600/IMG_3381+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAFFT3yvbWhMIykV-WS80FDL-2oY2CHvtWmoWvCeVbrI247kj7PjVmXnRmDGyuG_vSHDht7QdzAo-Y4kFfG8dnvAYWPLH2DJCPUEuRt8tUqTTqK8mc2drWlby-83pnj8F0D9NkJuN5ohB/s320/IMG_3381+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">in the main part of the temple</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDGwANAZQq5e8GEmC2nz-qaB7CuXY8RI9Qc-4_FWCyv6dFlfjKIl6mzPEWXuTl32EkfYc7womG5mSD2erlsrWErvmKkwW9cHSI9QUgTVEetx_0fPfSeFTF8Y1yrF7OhqHpXqCQTRZMQN_/s1600/IMG_3408+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDGwANAZQq5e8GEmC2nz-qaB7CuXY8RI9Qc-4_FWCyv6dFlfjKIl6mzPEWXuTl32EkfYc7womG5mSD2erlsrWErvmKkwW9cHSI9QUgTVEetx_0fPfSeFTF8Y1yrF7OhqHpXqCQTRZMQN_/s320/IMG_3408+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here is the famous view! when you google kiyomizudera, you will get about 80 variations of this photo haha...that's the city of kyoto below</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbIzN5ltlDg70DuPAHiKrl_FlYnMYK6hc0-CE9GtoeDjJ6A3q5fBneYcxacdijOcz8mboKAmadYfuuErUiuz1y5oBqb029FYHLa4t2Xng1jl8qg224PSsE_6UQYIfJZjPovFAIUh6EF7r/s1600/IMG_3424+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbIzN5ltlDg70DuPAHiKrl_FlYnMYK6hc0-CE9GtoeDjJ6A3q5fBneYcxacdijOcz8mboKAmadYfuuErUiuz1y5oBqb029FYHLa4t2Xng1jl8qg224PSsE_6UQYIfJZjPovFAIUh6EF7r/s320/IMG_3424+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">gorgeous view up there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0vVCsy7JyWdlI16FYTx4E3fjrCx8yAvcWfFWnduurX9n0C6W99tcgjityNIwFJOUzfuWjHxmT53ARhEawPQHbh5xiXYyJYdnbKXNupY9g0csIjgJraS9Ds4U48-HpWr-zGgpWzSrKOT-/s1600/IMG_3430+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0vVCsy7JyWdlI16FYTx4E3fjrCx8yAvcWfFWnduurX9n0C6W99tcgjityNIwFJOUzfuWjHxmT53ARhEawPQHbh5xiXYyJYdnbKXNupY9g0csIjgJraS9Ds4U48-HpWr-zGgpWzSrKOT-/s320/IMG_3430+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">when walking back down the mountain, you can hear a bajillion cicadas...and here is one of them! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQXiUYDOfbRPrPzNyKX1-SnUh5siyANdeSRUSqkXewANbtUOukYnmoQOGu9mPk-cLck_U3k1f3lJPARGnQqusq-I9lneJlWcApIelw-xJjlLXKDW2axZ6N4Gtz7LwHCwOS2h4GA8H3oyB/s1600/IMG_3440+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQXiUYDOfbRPrPzNyKX1-SnUh5siyANdeSRUSqkXewANbtUOukYnmoQOGu9mPk-cLck_U3k1f3lJPARGnQqusq-I9lneJlWcApIelw-xJjlLXKDW2axZ6N4Gtz7LwHCwOS2h4GA8H3oyB/s320/IMG_3440+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we also saw a skink!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglX_hq3z871jscZ4t8ZLsLhzo78_o9KcCrUel4An_QjEcwOjjXpWUb81dxOOOBF0U2BI3OrqF5Rst3SGTtpDMpMht32kK6KzxP7MojT13rINb6Q6ov5eqXKiO3kmDsaA5idxEbSlwtXguZ/s1600/IMG_3443+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglX_hq3z871jscZ4t8ZLsLhzo78_o9KcCrUel4An_QjEcwOjjXpWUb81dxOOOBF0U2BI3OrqF5Rst3SGTtpDMpMht32kK6KzxP7MojT13rINb6Q6ov5eqXKiO3kmDsaA5idxEbSlwtXguZ/s320/IMG_3443+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">he ate a worm! this was right after he ate it haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTdAMpc0NCDtIfbdD1Bi16BnHoFMDQybMKusQX-3wLJAPUDmZ4_CF7unL97x3yY3QEjrngl4DDl_EBFRiU0cYOsfwrXWXsE6OQQXrIi0C3rNBfuzAvf_kgcFTSS3-Dlm_Hoeffsk_rUif/s1600/IMG_3458+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTdAMpc0NCDtIfbdD1Bi16BnHoFMDQybMKusQX-3wLJAPUDmZ4_CF7unL97x3yY3QEjrngl4DDl_EBFRiU0cYOsfwrXWXsE6OQQXrIi0C3rNBfuzAvf_kgcFTSS3-Dlm_Hoeffsk_rUif/s320/IMG_3458+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this is a waterfall that is separated into 3 separate streams. each stream's water is supposed to have a different benefit, so you drink from the cup of the water that you want to benefit from. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJH2gxYwAP7LKuJHUFRxIAbXZHkRttnpNjFaALM6dCsL7PMkCLKi2hZdDudznKlYVaQKEuT1_tzMR610KhRYNOGfDp9mnQyteh_cApuYD9-lGPJHaxUWF-NcFgqXn7ZiaPGgEmyBgInEM/s1600/IMG_3468+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJH2gxYwAP7LKuJHUFRxIAbXZHkRttnpNjFaALM6dCsL7PMkCLKi2hZdDudznKlYVaQKEuT1_tzMR610KhRYNOGfDp9mnQyteh_cApuYD9-lGPJHaxUWF-NcFgqXn7ZiaPGgEmyBgInEM/s320/IMG_3468+s.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">like i said, it was super hot today, so we used this excuse to get some ice cream on the way back down the mountain ;) i got green tea/vanilla mix, and erik got yuzu, which is citrus-y</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoo1ctcUsoFNy-6u-VCnyD7X1nxEWNiXU4Ni7eE5IQoDzGRih5n1WW46VogPvnhoZAuUqGkqMsfkIRcteGgF5GssoRB0Cky44_Mn4331J_4YQxFRUgEagtvPh7U6N9ImkbJI2zJmWglEXr/s1600/IMG_3473+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoo1ctcUsoFNy-6u-VCnyD7X1nxEWNiXU4Ni7eE5IQoDzGRih5n1WW46VogPvnhoZAuUqGkqMsfkIRcteGgF5GssoRB0Cky44_Mn4331J_4YQxFRUgEagtvPh7U6N9ImkbJI2zJmWglEXr/s320/IMG_3473+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">closer to our townhouse, we saw another close cicada! i was able to get really close to this one...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3cntYmlVCBziANizq4scq2MBxYx4nHHHZ27GvCQBWZY6BTxKjvxSfHDWT540GlZzd_zx1tYzEYjP8WuwPVEOKqyhfetvW-LEEvngTjG09dBzWvuvQoP4VHjfM3z7k6xz-VlIFtX104aK/s1600/IMG_3481+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3cntYmlVCBziANizq4scq2MBxYx4nHHHZ27GvCQBWZY6BTxKjvxSfHDWT540GlZzd_zx1tYzEYjP8WuwPVEOKqyhfetvW-LEEvngTjG09dBzWvuvQoP4VHjfM3z7k6xz-VlIFtX104aK/s320/IMG_3481+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">for lunch, erik made us this really really delicious beef! we just bought some from the grocery store, and used our townhouse's kitchen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPUlgUlHwCESzFBBUFsse3iWOBs-_yHMoVUuUT1gP3w0J91op0XYlgF-N9QZMiBs5gTM6V26ltam3Y1BergEnwjCRWNRrEaPevIftG48jhVopgOH8qs4oB7DyP-LaiqTLyrqlvq4GHKUR/s1600/IMG_3484+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPUlgUlHwCESzFBBUFsse3iWOBs-_yHMoVUuUT1gP3w0J91op0XYlgF-N9QZMiBs5gTM6V26ltam3Y1BergEnwjCRWNRrEaPevIftG48jhVopgOH8qs4oB7DyP-LaiqTLyrqlvq4GHKUR/s320/IMG_3484+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">YUM!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6R0y81axnQwVknRfGH25-PgrUP7TiSu7vW6MG3Pc2_RE22QZsUkcbn2fuC0S9LcIpbZB-YpjuHwI8w-jUxKQoGWiaBB512dmftKIFWWYtvMjHfpBRGIk2xxJmTwMB5yYPatmt6_cXXnx/s1600/IMG_3494+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6R0y81axnQwVknRfGH25-PgrUP7TiSu7vW6MG3Pc2_RE22QZsUkcbn2fuC0S9LcIpbZB-YpjuHwI8w-jUxKQoGWiaBB512dmftKIFWWYtvMjHfpBRGIk2xxJmTwMB5yYPatmt6_cXXnx/s320/IMG_3494+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are my ojiisan chopsticks that i bought! hahaha i love them so much</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BWUklky8D8ZVEYLo9251jpqJODrTsd3sAUmK-xa-phEIxdP_7uSehwuRmvRo1-AYL_W0CEwfXTYUufynTKoShU2RLnZ-zqgJH75pNVgRcF-Fhz6UhChdQyLQJpsyIO07ClwApn1Pm70T/s1600/IMG_3495+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BWUklky8D8ZVEYLo9251jpqJODrTsd3sAUmK-xa-phEIxdP_7uSehwuRmvRo1-AYL_W0CEwfXTYUufynTKoShU2RLnZ-zqgJH75pNVgRcF-Fhz6UhChdQyLQJpsyIO07ClwApn1Pm70T/s320/IMG_3495+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> we took a break in the afternoon since it was so hot, but a few hours later it was time to head out again. we were going to walk through shirakawa-minami dori (the "prettiest street in kyoto") before going to grill miyata. it was very close to it, so it was perfect. but first, we saw this! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwuHadHxvcC5krJV-zlUbo1N4HhqL4rmdItOdv_QONCWp_pfuYo4c-bEnIIRLJUpZ8x_4w0MAvMSITD4vxhoKBNLx_lqPtXjtleVmdcmheS3F63p-N3WcqjayQOgyQUbPJLRJNNmYoIBr/s1600/IMG_3642+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwuHadHxvcC5krJV-zlUbo1N4HhqL4rmdItOdv_QONCWp_pfuYo4c-bEnIIRLJUpZ8x_4w0MAvMSITD4vxhoKBNLx_lqPtXjtleVmdcmheS3F63p-N3WcqjayQOgyQUbPJLRJNNmYoIBr/s320/IMG_3642+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">GORGEOUS! the sun was setting, and the mountains in the distance looked like a painting. unreal! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGyTduv5lnzVx8eNGq88Z5eSF_LtOsHgNFPSoAvRNgu0LORVY_ZzR56LNykH70YcpLhxQ3IEYNFiWhkaDFycJAma_UiuYj_BmCE_4gHf0mF-CKobsRRA4CCgnyyWamGtFVnv7q7zkGBqV/s1600/IMG_3652+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGyTduv5lnzVx8eNGq88Z5eSF_LtOsHgNFPSoAvRNgu0LORVY_ZzR56LNykH70YcpLhxQ3IEYNFiWhkaDFycJAma_UiuYj_BmCE_4gHf0mF-CKobsRRA4CCgnyyWamGtFVnv7q7zkGBqV/s320/IMG_3652+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">soon we arrived at the prettiest street, and it really was pretty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKFTyv4x1DNOsr3vRdUY__Gz2eUXYsXPKQ1ym9mTmd8j9RjLx91mpMZ9FXvvFt4Oasr6NYUObiRakCbhgtMeE4GA7adfJKWRItyX2KCt7XxdX9Madk2xj3IdVeXj7DAoJ3R9ihZ7kgQSc/s1600/IMG_3661+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKFTyv4x1DNOsr3vRdUY__Gz2eUXYsXPKQ1ym9mTmd8j9RjLx91mpMZ9FXvvFt4Oasr6NYUObiRakCbhgtMeE4GA7adfJKWRItyX2KCt7XxdX9Madk2xj3IdVeXj7DAoJ3R9ihZ7kgQSc/s320/IMG_3661+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">no power lines or anything on this street, so i think that adds to why it's so pretty</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9TMIOCwldiSYPNyJS1Kx9kibWgaTiVtueMTufvkw-egsZsQ124F704P-MnQEWJFGOgos7A7H_mV7cX045QNrJrT6cQEKmYK7gvbpGhHJyOESyvxUNYOpBI4xOPpsSqgAyKYop9rD705_/s1600/IMG_3677+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9TMIOCwldiSYPNyJS1Kx9kibWgaTiVtueMTufvkw-egsZsQ124F704P-MnQEWJFGOgos7A7H_mV7cX045QNrJrT6cQEKmYK7gvbpGhHJyOESyvxUNYOpBI4xOPpsSqgAyKYop9rD705_/s320/IMG_3677+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here we are! in the basement of the building, is grill miyata. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qD21NbrH9JiZfzYj1am2_75x4zkInKB8D5ugx27RGCAKlQ7r6VP8ifzVMdofBkcazoAe0a46fYUW-Bvv0Wsx03eggLkJ5EB_hjTqAFfApUi9TpFWDIQg01PxoJKmt6GUKXlL-CdzouHn/s1600/IMG_3704+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qD21NbrH9JiZfzYj1am2_75x4zkInKB8D5ugx27RGCAKlQ7r6VP8ifzVMdofBkcazoAe0a46fYUW-Bvv0Wsx03eggLkJ5EB_hjTqAFfApUi9TpFWDIQg01PxoJKmt6GUKXlL-CdzouHn/s320/IMG_3704+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are the starters we got (we also got salad, but i forgot to take a picture! haha). this was salmon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6_VIOeofl1wJ4JdPoPleCuwMwRTqxWB-ZoFB7n8ylCvKD08kTLDbh1gq8xHwk2iGUo4ATJlj0B3mJsXK0IAi9AKgvs024eBcnkoGBEu4FjofuKMcaIggCbOcdmo6uscMVduRxts5dafM/s1600/IMG_3707+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6_VIOeofl1wJ4JdPoPleCuwMwRTqxWB-ZoFB7n8ylCvKD08kTLDbh1gq8xHwk2iGUo4ATJlj0B3mJsXK0IAi9AKgvs024eBcnkoGBEu4FjofuKMcaIggCbOcdmo6uscMVduRxts5dafM/s320/IMG_3707+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">tofu...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitT8dEzDNuvJ4iL8uuwFNvR8Th9Dy_kfquAKzporCZrKEcp1FE8gLqUZFBz0G6BjhnehDcu9aRRjw31uSgl_61_QnKH97dbxafkQQi9ETrT9ZRnAxdd8WA8lv1wUeHhbHvlA1CXBjZwVrE/s1600/IMG_3708+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitT8dEzDNuvJ4iL8uuwFNvR8Th9Dy_kfquAKzporCZrKEcp1FE8gLqUZFBz0G6BjhnehDcu9aRRjw31uSgl_61_QnKH97dbxafkQQi9ETrT9ZRnAxdd8WA8lv1wUeHhbHvlA1CXBjZwVrE/s320/IMG_3708+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">delicious corn soup...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTBjfph_2qnKTYrpqay1j8-Cm-_RagMu8IrbfTf3ZOUaYIoUIfffzPWw4GI_BmTOOfeoWBUM2hfmJVTOH5IlGUZDEF8f-aNteJRJUtpZY1Jq6JubiwReZosAZA19gJ7epwvnjpU1E5okn/s1600/IMG_3709+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTBjfph_2qnKTYrpqay1j8-Cm-_RagMu8IrbfTf3ZOUaYIoUIfffzPWw4GI_BmTOOfeoWBUM2hfmJVTOH5IlGUZDEF8f-aNteJRJUtpZY1Jq6JubiwReZosAZA19gJ7epwvnjpU1E5okn/s320/IMG_3709+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">french fries...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQ1FSZ-9iuKf3ZdtocPMRxQehFTGQ33Y0VLpKyqrPtRzBMa0zuOFtI1Qq4DARAzGbwAg45e4CbuaIE9PWt0iMHWdkuOHOeznl5PDTIZqukzDvjaXFS7u7RrDV0E6B5dvtXcFWttdEwhRI/s1600/IMG_3713+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQ1FSZ-9iuKf3ZdtocPMRxQehFTGQ33Y0VLpKyqrPtRzBMa0zuOFtI1Qq4DARAzGbwAg45e4CbuaIE9PWt0iMHWdkuOHOeznl5PDTIZqukzDvjaXFS7u7RrDV0E6B5dvtXcFWttdEwhRI/s320/IMG_3713+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">oh and of course my sho-chu drink haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjerQD6Tu8hFFDuvH6PfBg05pyVrScxZfVPXKX0Pd_GVCbtZ2J6JYcT0AihLYlAWvCixTsul6n_0gvCFHGxTDVlIugz7yAOabYnIrCVV9b4WDKTnwxd7kLyd-eXGAIcRFDP_ofcK_hHWKEl/s1600/IMG_3712+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjerQD6Tu8hFFDuvH6PfBg05pyVrScxZfVPXKX0Pd_GVCbtZ2J6JYcT0AihLYlAWvCixTsul6n_0gvCFHGxTDVlIugz7yAOabYnIrCVV9b4WDKTnwxd7kLyd-eXGAIcRFDP_ofcK_hHWKEl/s320/IMG_3712+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and finally...erik's (and my) favorite part...THE KOBE BEEF!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNiKzDikpwc0QGeNtBXc20M4Rmjt-3GbtRT8_PcMb8zuHUQxdw4NlUWu_RXQO7f1QLt91vebAnFUunHtXOCKBeZ7DPYYCqR4d1JU7JgDhlv-1FqCHKS-DvyPv85tElmxzzwik5ACl7yxW/s1600/IMG_3717+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNiKzDikpwc0QGeNtBXc20M4Rmjt-3GbtRT8_PcMb8zuHUQxdw4NlUWu_RXQO7f1QLt91vebAnFUunHtXOCKBeZ7DPYYCqR4d1JU7JgDhlv-1FqCHKS-DvyPv85tElmxzzwik5ACl7yxW/s320/IMG_3717+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">SO. SO. SO. SO. SOOOOO GOOD. i cannot stress this enough hahaha...seriously. if you are ever in kyoto, GO. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoiqYgfZcAbtHIENL6Nl4cmHZkVmK-_rvfRuN_ex5Hyz8CIG08-E9Skno2nn8ZzX3kt4mWiBaB9F9RHMwAGyRfreZRk2oMe7N9KK00PTvBS8FEYG6EYZ9_EFJ8fvwCsCy2am6ZTcs9Umc/s1600/IMG_3718+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoiqYgfZcAbtHIENL6Nl4cmHZkVmK-_rvfRuN_ex5Hyz8CIG08-E9Skno2nn8ZzX3kt4mWiBaB9F9RHMwAGyRfreZRk2oMe7N9KK00PTvBS8FEYG6EYZ9_EFJ8fvwCsCy2am6ZTcs9Umc/s320/IMG_3718+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and an orange afterwards. actually, this was a mix of an orange and a tangerine. yummy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W5Yl4OVy5H8VrlNlqP-dFtcbnVvEppnWB-skWgzcTl3LCeRRTBmkmmtExlAX0TJpGbmUjOkuIdP_gG75xDijJg0SLAQqclXHt07RBGUndo_P0WqlvHiuclIPXmH6aU-k_oOrytIi2nMo/s1600/IMG_3721+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W5Yl4OVy5H8VrlNlqP-dFtcbnVvEppnWB-skWgzcTl3LCeRRTBmkmmtExlAX0TJpGbmUjOkuIdP_gG75xDijJg0SLAQqclXHt07RBGUndo_P0WqlvHiuclIPXmH6aU-k_oOrytIi2nMo/s320/IMG_3721+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">oh and coffee!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmYiH92cC3WG_Z-M2FR_b-J83mSwgzepBVfcMoe0gCvtXR0ZIA6_chAKY1jRo3GdKpkaUV-XYHGFANrqnEbcymBIlamzJw3fS8L9lbmFfbxx94WxQazl-7zCqN0-kgicyjlpZy8Z5XCWt/s1600/IMG_3725+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmYiH92cC3WG_Z-M2FR_b-J83mSwgzepBVfcMoe0gCvtXR0ZIA6_chAKY1jRo3GdKpkaUV-XYHGFANrqnEbcymBIlamzJw3fS8L9lbmFfbxx94WxQazl-7zCqN0-kgicyjlpZy8Z5XCWt/s320/IMG_3725+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we sat and chatted with mr. miyata from 6:45pm - 10:30pm and it was amazing. he speaks amazing english, and he had so much to share. it was fascinating listening to him! we had SUCH a fun time. and he cooks the steaks himself! really so perfect. what a wonderful evening with mr. miyata that we will never forget.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyP8BieqPiOiEVyXgbiYqQciRLgqRQ7lDKSeeVpOU0jTfKkNMW4xS3u8o7F4dJCtu7-LQTeepzK2KTZ3FC2lqBrC7BRKXmnD-jEB724j9R57iSfIBJkyZKjteHM4BQXSF7R0Y4dfRfZx5M/s1600/IMG_3726+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyP8BieqPiOiEVyXgbiYqQciRLgqRQ7lDKSeeVpOU0jTfKkNMW4xS3u8o7F4dJCtu7-LQTeepzK2KTZ3FC2lqBrC7BRKXmnD-jEB724j9R57iSfIBJkyZKjteHM4BQXSF7R0Y4dfRfZx5M/s320/IMG_3726+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-25107362843974771812011-08-12T10:24:00.004+09:002011-08-13T15:49:01.323+09:00DAY 14: I'VE GOT SOME GREAT ADVICE FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT IN JAPAN: COME TO JAPAN<div style="text-align: left;">breakfast:</div><div style="text-align: left;">i was really excited about this one! it looked so fluffy and dough-y...but it was filled with a super strong weird cheese! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGeY5Gpnido54W24VAq_UMzEhX3pRfOmpU9rlY4Zu-hl84-V6C878ZU6qciFH-W7VaqvVmdRi8hGAp3FgjUPtL_gUSvwYDDMY6s5mc__QH-4kfRZAoj3UIe6nIJlX6WO4swrXDS4IhF6k/s1600/IMG_3066+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGeY5Gpnido54W24VAq_UMzEhX3pRfOmpU9rlY4Zu-hl84-V6C878ZU6qciFH-W7VaqvVmdRi8hGAp3FgjUPtL_gUSvwYDDMY6s5mc__QH-4kfRZAoj3UIe6nIJlX6WO4swrXDS4IhF6k/s320/IMG_3066+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">bummer! we normally like all cheeses, but this one was too weird.</div><div style="text-align: left;">but it was okay because we were riding the shinkansen (bullet train) today, and that means we get ekiben (train lunch boxes)!</div><div style="text-align: left;">luckily, we only took 1 suitcase to kyoto. our hotel is holding the others :) so handy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQ5LpVf2iIka9f5I_GIWXpFJzu0q6fRlWNuvQKhN8eGvF9xkA992qKmLRXuQazdCQo-BUSsdqNRM9S23v0PFk_TAlDDDetGY_ZzWB_Rd8hFBp62AFyHxXb_IzVClxqkk0OESIxk7xpe1L/s1600/IMG_3068+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQ5LpVf2iIka9f5I_GIWXpFJzu0q6fRlWNuvQKhN8eGvF9xkA992qKmLRXuQazdCQo-BUSsdqNRM9S23v0PFk_TAlDDDetGY_ZzWB_Rd8hFBp62AFyHxXb_IzVClxqkk0OESIxk7xpe1L/s320/IMG_3068+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">hanging out at tokyo station for a few minutes while we get our ekiben and drinks for the train ride</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbiun4nhrlbDACR7ukSbJtWhirosop7HPuZ9ViJIdhyphenhyphenKFORF3UMOOpxXfZzotR1wI7Eyih8LqsIwhHsoX_8wrGsxTHOi14r5u14M6X2fE0kTS8_PZ1AsG-fUZZw_TlcDCBwiuzPzpf9QK/s1600/IMG_3071+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbiun4nhrlbDACR7ukSbJtWhirosop7HPuZ9ViJIdhyphenhyphenKFORF3UMOOpxXfZzotR1wI7Eyih8LqsIwhHsoX_8wrGsxTHOi14r5u14M6X2fE0kTS8_PZ1AsG-fUZZw_TlcDCBwiuzPzpf9QK/s320/IMG_3071+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here is an example of a shinkansen ticket. we have the japan rail pass, so all our shinkansen rides are included! which is great because these rides are sort of like a plane, so their prices are high too! about $100 for one way from tokyo to kyoto (a 162 minute trip!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WhoI9gtC4n9DXRVDdl6fd954B2M32v0rchvZFZ34vkm4ohbwwKuyTiGWEF27sGelN69dNa-cubLDa2uJ2np3LovJ_3_PeM1ylSa1TBQxyN5tII_tcMX2-37zMLHSQ5xlAvXwZeR3_899/s1600/IMG_3072+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WhoI9gtC4n9DXRVDdl6fd954B2M32v0rchvZFZ34vkm4ohbwwKuyTiGWEF27sGelN69dNa-cubLDa2uJ2np3LovJ_3_PeM1ylSa1TBQxyN5tII_tcMX2-37zMLHSQ5xlAvXwZeR3_899/s320/IMG_3072+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here's car #14 (our car). they clean it after it arrives so it's perfect again for new passengers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAOF4iSG4ViI70PJrj2SQVoNN0gHoBYJMQvawOvt4U-HMub_zea-qpkXSsuvY5khck1lwZLEp8g2ngb4KQjIaWAZf4Dr2wVikbh1FuRch-7Duh_oD5Az5qz2OuDs2aCdrCTCrnVp905yh/s1600/IMG_3074+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAOF4iSG4ViI70PJrj2SQVoNN0gHoBYJMQvawOvt4U-HMub_zea-qpkXSsuvY5khck1lwZLEp8g2ngb4KQjIaWAZf4Dr2wVikbh1FuRch-7Duh_oD5Az5qz2OuDs2aCdrCTCrnVp905yh/s320/IMG_3074+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">looking down the platform</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-tePzYJIm41dIbUW9ih7rhRi31lgV5Q7jjSqJhvd8bH84bYBhJdv3P9tzq-XLiJSOSBPxwbfrLBW6n8Y8aqlpLIQWQ5HbFuSCaeaB4YKrh5HC3j_uahM3VBo41MaQXy1qYoScoSdDpQS/s1600/IMG_3077+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-tePzYJIm41dIbUW9ih7rhRi31lgV5Q7jjSqJhvd8bH84bYBhJdv3P9tzq-XLiJSOSBPxwbfrLBW6n8Y8aqlpLIQWQ5HbFuSCaeaB4YKrh5HC3j_uahM3VBo41MaQXy1qYoScoSdDpQS/s320/IMG_3077+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">here i am at my seat! lots of leg room! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuUU4MGe4tYqA_les4Jrsy-gzEvw1eprRa8ERLOXsKPJvmXmYppgjsPG_qHxMLN2NIws3Rm0iiofCNQofFkLbp-7sS57c0PVWe8rE98b_TsBh0Tc71-TM_chKftb1fZW1cNXN3qs0kFN9/s1600/IMG_3079+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuUU4MGe4tYqA_les4Jrsy-gzEvw1eprRa8ERLOXsKPJvmXmYppgjsPG_qHxMLN2NIws3Rm0iiofCNQofFkLbp-7sS57c0PVWe8rE98b_TsBh0Tc71-TM_chKftb1fZW1cNXN3qs0kFN9/s320/IMG_3079+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">see? about a foot from erik's knees to the back of the seat in front of him</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMcWtneX3ELgtmnhYyw1mnpq0Ic9hbwR2dPlkWrlP2XZdgcqv67s4swymYLKDbdjTpAQ42yeD9LB8nNvLswly6vBjecJEA6sg6zjpNMJtOglbXg-UKRpKU2C4GB7zakjwTwb5lpeLYo3i/s1600/IMG_3080+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMcWtneX3ELgtmnhYyw1mnpq0Ic9hbwR2dPlkWrlP2XZdgcqv67s4swymYLKDbdjTpAQ42yeD9LB8nNvLswly6vBjecJEA6sg6zjpNMJtOglbXg-UKRpKU2C4GB7zakjwTwb5lpeLYo3i/s320/IMG_3080+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the windows are nice and big too</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vPyDJ9beMEk5-Z2gb8rjLRdPTuGYQUBqeQbrnm7vWe0N3iYXVKIsrEB3rEjrLYqiG-O9ItkOT9Cvv0-Yx_5yAoGNhSVotDvyYpMyAovYP4Nw-27MwT1-tHq8AtbHJft-5Z-QDKV0j0sv/s1600/IMG_3081+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vPyDJ9beMEk5-Z2gb8rjLRdPTuGYQUBqeQbrnm7vWe0N3iYXVKIsrEB3rEjrLYqiG-O9ItkOT9Cvv0-Yx_5yAoGNhSVotDvyYpMyAovYP4Nw-27MwT1-tHq8AtbHJft-5Z-QDKV0j0sv/s320/IMG_3081+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and you put your luggage up top like a plane too</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7CAfq9sevboWp4kop5kr8yUz9zt_kWgAHDwHbs8Wml1j0oE2zO6xDUtYQO2EA4-5Bu40FwGQkg962J44KuFBAIAC0Q593JxvkDV_dJYDZZ8DVAxXvdJqKrqsjXiceNNI1iFxZGTlONWH/s1600/IMG_3082+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7CAfq9sevboWp4kop5kr8yUz9zt_kWgAHDwHbs8Wml1j0oE2zO6xDUtYQO2EA4-5Bu40FwGQkg962J44KuFBAIAC0Q593JxvkDV_dJYDZZ8DVAxXvdJqKrqsjXiceNNI1iFxZGTlONWH/s320/IMG_3082+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">ekiben! YUM! i always look forward to shinkansen rides because of ekiben hahaha...so yummy and fun to do</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmIdybQRXDjIvy1Y4SFbe8CBGqKqSz7qjN4h8fsbS3O04NeYCPzyN8RnBqyg6aX8dEkCBGV2ABbKWkYsV2Ld6rDngz_sthT0mJ9i9qqSlX5sw_oJYbIb-vJrL656RHxKz_sG7QRDB9-dU/s1600/IMG_3083+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmIdybQRXDjIvy1Y4SFbe8CBGqKqSz7qjN4h8fsbS3O04NeYCPzyN8RnBqyg6aX8dEkCBGV2ABbKWkYsV2Ld6rDngz_sthT0mJ9i9qqSlX5sw_oJYbIb-vJrL656RHxKz_sG7QRDB9-dU/s320/IMG_3083+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i asked to be on the mt. fuji side when getting tickets (since you pass mt. fuji on your way from tokyo to kyoto) but it was hiding today...ah well. maybe on the way back! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoafNaH8Q5d1qaq-1KQC9yTQFrrB0FVHIFTtC7hwuKBrgHbtAwSoNkjSNVpFpqIgc5T5rEsruZVRW64bnX7-l1jxwHmvYOi_OY7LKdBobkHEgBHPVoEiDrTX3x6CqI5Ch-EUC_Ly_pacrd/s1600/IMG_3086+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoafNaH8Q5d1qaq-1KQC9yTQFrrB0FVHIFTtC7hwuKBrgHbtAwSoNkjSNVpFpqIgc5T5rEsruZVRW64bnX7-l1jxwHmvYOi_OY7LKdBobkHEgBHPVoEiDrTX3x6CqI5Ch-EUC_Ly_pacrd/s320/IMG_3086+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">well, 162 minutes later we were at kyoto station :) took a taxi to our cute tradiational townhouse and we are IN LOVE WITH IT! omg....it is SO. CUTE and PERFECT!!!! it is a part of the Machiya Residence Inns of kyoto, and this specific one is called Shikokuan Machiya Residence Inn (<a href="http://www.kyoto-machiya-inn.com/shikoku/">http://www.kyoto-machiya-inn.com/shikoku/</a>). here are a ton of pics of it!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">this is right after you walk in the door. so it's actually on the INSIDE (and air conditioned) but it looks like it's still on the outside! i love this part! this is where we take off our shoes before going in</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUoe43ToTuYXgtI4En6gbZq-kK0MM0_oB9YRQRPbbihF9ty0MYRapEb9jSWOAsl0iKxiBaEBqqha8uUuDtckhr3pos6rEF4ZfB9RPY0gbNQ_To5xHaSy1HTK-dloia73V8rjfP3YJo9XK/s1600/IMG_3137+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUoe43ToTuYXgtI4En6gbZq-kK0MM0_oB9YRQRPbbihF9ty0MYRapEb9jSWOAsl0iKxiBaEBqqha8uUuDtckhr3pos6rEF4ZfB9RPY0gbNQ_To5xHaSy1HTK-dloia73V8rjfP3YJo9XK/s320/IMG_3137+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">past the curtain, you see this!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQSybe5FZf4cH93ZY63NrKY0pa_-fjQBICYnqQR9UFwjm5M972OXHFUlBXHKosEAa0yg64pSPTMc93uEtTJ6qmmHxccckjaHEkEJOdN_ytzf_g1RpVfFDVo3nUYb2URya1xgW7HHDStTX/s1600/IMG_3098+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQSybe5FZf4cH93ZY63NrKY0pa_-fjQBICYnqQR9UFwjm5M972OXHFUlBXHKosEAa0yg64pSPTMc93uEtTJ6qmmHxccckjaHEkEJOdN_ytzf_g1RpVfFDVo3nUYb2URya1xgW7HHDStTX/s320/IMG_3098+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here is our cute family room!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kv3iAUX1PmM3ahkIj4vewhy14KQKHH8Qr0hHzicoeiqjfr8LGBrHZoBrt9IFnpKSG0Uf0mUZeO5hGdfof402FC3Ix-3EKW7KWxfG08TujDpW1nQT2Z4OcnxJp8vnaovRtm-TwoJ2HabV/s1600/IMG_3103+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kv3iAUX1PmM3ahkIj4vewhy14KQKHH8Qr0hHzicoeiqjfr8LGBrHZoBrt9IFnpKSG0Uf0mUZeO5hGdfof402FC3Ix-3EKW7KWxfG08TujDpW1nQT2Z4OcnxJp8vnaovRtm-TwoJ2HabV/s320/IMG_3103+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">kitchen attached</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7561AM6sBRfPlXHkPOORFumAQ8WBM3ZVWW7BV5dbW8MyNaX95JJVUjya0drW1qoP058z1wZwYyWEDMe9WqosTOgm9XlJntJndH4f-_3AiY-hupqMHq8mh-bYebDWFRp0fKRgx5ev3aqm/s1600/IMG_3107+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7561AM6sBRfPlXHkPOORFumAQ8WBM3ZVWW7BV5dbW8MyNaX95JJVUjya0drW1qoP058z1wZwYyWEDMe9WqosTOgm9XlJntJndH4f-_3AiY-hupqMHq8mh-bYebDWFRp0fKRgx5ev3aqm/s320/IMG_3107+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">other view of the family room</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">our rock garden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-r_HKpTWDSKoh900h9XwrHMfAldzNPHMkyiV1GTaef4PG8eA1ZAlFN2z7zvhR7tK5Cgn8QmrCMFa_2JDzauOy3OsEzXlpPTasPbOEOrI90mzi6I4WqvDenO88TO5vYr5NDhWHB_HFQvq6/s1600/IMG_3109+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-r_HKpTWDSKoh900h9XwrHMfAldzNPHMkyiV1GTaef4PG8eA1ZAlFN2z7zvhR7tK5Cgn8QmrCMFa_2JDzauOy3OsEzXlpPTasPbOEOrI90mzi6I4WqvDenO88TO5vYr5NDhWHB_HFQvq6/s320/IMG_3109+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">here is one of our bathrooms</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmOXwzbswfzDPWsIyYVefCnGZpIDLw9v-rhtRRhUtBtoXOBHC4jMDkjtazO2i31PXcBp-GS9A3gNd1M2-RItZlme-XqXBpAO7QH7A37tQCfNHIWO-CUVsiA_1fPFC7ZurgS-Xr1wMg92j/s1600/IMG_3112+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmOXwzbswfzDPWsIyYVefCnGZpIDLw9v-rhtRRhUtBtoXOBHC4jMDkjtazO2i31PXcBp-GS9A3gNd1M2-RItZlme-XqXBpAO7QH7A37tQCfNHIWO-CUVsiA_1fPFC7ZurgS-Xr1wMg92j/s320/IMG_3112+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the toilet is separated from the shower/bath room, which is really nice! and check out this awesome deep bathtub! it's cedar and the whole room smells AMAZING because of all the cedar in it!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EYBBLKGJQiARJroDtagPT6BBIgPqh5qLAovMXFAMbkmX8VqL0fU54_T085_aUR3eYyue0oKmrRSL0C0OUrJQNxdHca5nXsJn_qVbqv90FjIPaUTrvEzOvz9qqq13QlaDADYzc3C9iCeN/s1600/IMG_3113+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EYBBLKGJQiARJroDtagPT6BBIgPqh5qLAovMXFAMbkmX8VqL0fU54_T085_aUR3eYyue0oKmrRSL0C0OUrJQNxdHca5nXsJn_qVbqv90FjIPaUTrvEzOvz9qqq13QlaDADYzc3C9iCeN/s320/IMG_3113+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">in japan, you shower first, and then get into the bathtub, so here is the little shower station where you sit :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmORufkPE06ndNi_fqo-tgq7AMc7fX8uCZDoiKAJPm_3ROabQ1muv64QJ2UG56DH7TfK5beULbm2lZEt2Hxcrni6HKaDU6zHxfP4bn2fqHSVzM_yBhKIRy_0d6zs_zDuo5U23SsRC_fJ50/s1600/IMG_3116+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmORufkPE06ndNi_fqo-tgq7AMc7fX8uCZDoiKAJPm_3ROabQ1muv64QJ2UG56DH7TfK5beULbm2lZEt2Hxcrni6HKaDU6zHxfP4bn2fqHSVzM_yBhKIRy_0d6zs_zDuo5U23SsRC_fJ50/s320/IMG_3116+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">going up the traditional old style stairs which are small, and steep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflmEKWVZCISPd8cQWC9Ic5a9DEofuz1K03EGzTMpE_m7eipdpPBvJNSwWRmXe7nc_mqxECWhAC9GI1fmfw1ERfblmMURzt_Zx9U4UP6lOFEFF0J1IQp1-TWdzhzYHK3Njm5EHlfG_DhTg/s1600/IMG_3121+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflmEKWVZCISPd8cQWC9Ic5a9DEofuz1K03EGzTMpE_m7eipdpPBvJNSwWRmXe7nc_mqxECWhAC9GI1fmfw1ERfblmMURzt_Zx9U4UP6lOFEFF0J1IQp1-TWdzhzYHK3Njm5EHlfG_DhTg/s320/IMG_3121+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we have an entertainment room! with a big tv! hahaha...it's cozy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzE84vCz3A57gK4o70IReTYooXScZhxlU8ICIn59frJrob6mWysqfvcB8r9AWoqNYnWI4jRh5noCPiR2ts7BhSONdRNb9bUSQA99Rz0Gu3SYjQNRR3iw8aV4WvYTIY4p8T4HsSZlSze6gV/s1600/IMG_3123+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzE84vCz3A57gK4o70IReTYooXScZhxlU8ICIn59frJrob6mWysqfvcB8r9AWoqNYnWI4jRh5noCPiR2ts7BhSONdRNb9bUSQA99Rz0Gu3SYjQNRR3iw8aV4WvYTIY4p8T4HsSZlSze6gV/s320/IMG_3123+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">this house is over 100 years old, and this wall that is facing us is from the original home :)</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoA2-u0lPrWgk-mi2ePGgoKuqJBQ7-IzfodfxA63W0SERh_Uk1nHJYf9mFj0YyPTPmAr-LR5QbGChwxInOPibx84XB8T9Kb0q2GFUZLknnPvgn02NJuPqs94fIzftrOXQpxvbuMbHimKNR/s1600/IMG_3127+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoA2-u0lPrWgk-mi2ePGgoKuqJBQ7-IzfodfxA63W0SERh_Uk1nHJYf9mFj0YyPTPmAr-LR5QbGChwxInOPibx84XB8T9Kb0q2GFUZLknnPvgn02NJuPqs94fIzftrOXQpxvbuMbHimKNR/s1600/IMG_3127+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoA2-u0lPrWgk-mi2ePGgoKuqJBQ7-IzfodfxA63W0SERh_Uk1nHJYf9mFj0YyPTPmAr-LR5QbGChwxInOPibx84XB8T9Kb0q2GFUZLknnPvgn02NJuPqs94fIzftrOXQpxvbuMbHimKNR/s320/IMG_3127+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">same with this post in the bedroom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifmXoDC6MMIZFB0I2WgQ6STZaVdtoYt7zMAhxtoMZPXloLWWQT_bnMgiTeEyXfGzzE_Km14an5DBsVUWBCQz1CuL11-Om2qutCsM3mLki7sJuINSVqWqaD7-oUAQO-3BVTAzzmv1l6VEa/s1600/IMG_3128+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifmXoDC6MMIZFB0I2WgQ6STZaVdtoYt7zMAhxtoMZPXloLWWQT_bnMgiTeEyXfGzzE_Km14an5DBsVUWBCQz1CuL11-Om2qutCsM3mLki7sJuINSVqWqaD7-oUAQO-3BVTAzzmv1l6VEa/s320/IMG_3128+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and our bedroom! so cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-RPaVEJ2n2kpSbIg83MCfYn3Eu9W6yDrfA3Z_9j0TaCPlS92sIDfQYMSADDeJDmFdjvWVVl-pNWxGULvC9AKVruW3t3RQG5BxTUnHQVZ8z8yXLGaCgV6o97mcf8odsD2xQuQXoOzovdW/s1600/IMG_3124+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-RPaVEJ2n2kpSbIg83MCfYn3Eu9W6yDrfA3Z_9j0TaCPlS92sIDfQYMSADDeJDmFdjvWVVl-pNWxGULvC9AKVruW3t3RQG5BxTUnHQVZ8z8yXLGaCgV6o97mcf8odsD2xQuQXoOzovdW/s320/IMG_3124+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">walking outside, here is our tiny alley street!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzf8Ajckw6XLZuh86QKMmalovfK_XbUW7R5x1RdxuqlYXbqwGACE_pWCCaZtOBJvb5kjADVmlwzxJUPZFBHocvUkGoHL4Dgvaq5BcEiXTLpr5o-fwN0Wx4hORFo-1sS1K0Kj4RIW33x720/s1600/IMG_3143+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzf8Ajckw6XLZuh86QKMmalovfK_XbUW7R5x1RdxuqlYXbqwGACE_pWCCaZtOBJvb5kjADVmlwzxJUPZFBHocvUkGoHL4Dgvaq5BcEiXTLpr5o-fwN0Wx4hORFo-1sS1K0Kj4RIW33x720/s320/IMG_3143+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and this is right behind our house!!!! amazing! we're both so happy we rented this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73YBNcoq7wd3Its6L08TL3aKrUOA5Bx4vmnAVam00QDK_4KGOXQIHEBvmomzJ8-Vf7SOZGu0uvFLT_fx1eCPInqyr-XJj9xSffMVHScIxhnRRTm5WwtgEBnDxhxniKfjoIt7a6Wt71vxS/s1600/IMG_3148+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73YBNcoq7wd3Its6L08TL3aKrUOA5Bx4vmnAVam00QDK_4KGOXQIHEBvmomzJ8-Vf7SOZGu0uvFLT_fx1eCPInqyr-XJj9xSffMVHScIxhnRRTm5WwtgEBnDxhxniKfjoIt7a6Wt71vxS/s320/IMG_3148+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we walked around some more because i was really excited to see my favorite river again...it's the big river that runs through kyoto and its so gorgeous</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxD-6Q8NQLoW74H7S5VKiacDBU2R9-etyitD8OR2HfmlrEdKwzgYfEH4wlrEaUN61zkaVXehGA-7hRczo0IO_BqKs-mAo1xfJ4ibBsn7amEEu1Ba2RknfD2t_FmdzoXUlUY0vVqryZkKt/s1600/IMG_3157+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxD-6Q8NQLoW74H7S5VKiacDBU2R9-etyitD8OR2HfmlrEdKwzgYfEH4wlrEaUN61zkaVXehGA-7hRczo0IO_BqKs-mAo1xfJ4ibBsn7amEEu1Ba2RknfD2t_FmdzoXUlUY0vVqryZkKt/s320/IMG_3157+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">cute houses and restaurants along our walk...i love kyoto!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUuV67kpu2Y-udw4RYjf2pf0REsoUXp9K0Dkc0b7YDt5K_gx2IPpTtNV-FklJoUVARDewlXcOuAf5HMSU6g3wJT88_MZPJJSbFV6-5fU89qqc_yfGOn8hjjKNaoDkrMizxLqOiC7WoWUI/s1600/IMG_3164+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUuV67kpu2Y-udw4RYjf2pf0REsoUXp9K0Dkc0b7YDt5K_gx2IPpTtNV-FklJoUVARDewlXcOuAf5HMSU6g3wJT88_MZPJJSbFV6-5fU89qqc_yfGOn8hjjKNaoDkrMizxLqOiC7WoWUI/s320/IMG_3164+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we made our way to dinner...okonomiyaki!!!!! hiroshima style! since we aren't going to hiroshima this time, i still wanted hiroshima okonomiyaki!!! so i looked up a place, and it was delicious! it's called "kamu - hiroshima style teppan grill"</div><div style="text-align: left;">watching them make the layers and preparing it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfbuooL1WegSdPRwEJRuJtnBkVKk5kBQgAhG3ti9SI8XBZKQ2RzKDBcD4m08zdINGa0kCUZEPvxgEolcYQmpibn1aum4zAaufkwH4u9xFAx_ng6OFp_iH4H64_D7IjLEc3tRh44lwOpTC/s1600/IMG_3191+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfbuooL1WegSdPRwEJRuJtnBkVKk5kBQgAhG3ti9SI8XBZKQ2RzKDBcD4m08zdINGa0kCUZEPvxgEolcYQmpibn1aum4zAaufkwH4u9xFAx_ng6OFp_iH4H64_D7IjLEc3tRh44lwOpTC/s320/IMG_3191+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so nice of him!!! :D the food was absolutely amazing, and the people were so nice too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">afterwards, we knew about this because the owner of our townhouse posted about this on facebook a few weeks ago! it's a star festival! you write wishes on paper and attach them to trees so your wish will come true. it's legend is based on a sad romantic story about two constellations. hikoboshi and orihime were in love with each other but their destiny only allowed them to meet once a year. one summer evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was AMAZING to see all this! so of couse i took a bajillion photos! haha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">what an amazing first night in kyoto!!!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-40761901762713177892011-08-11T08:39:00.000+09:002011-08-11T08:39:08.716+09:00DAY 13: LAST NIGHT IN TOKYO<div style="text-align: left;">YUM CAKE BREAKFAST!</div><div style="text-align: left;">my friend ayumi gave us this wonderful cake when we met with her on the 6th! it's really fancy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvvF1OG880wmXUtdRhMrWX1F0cm32fBdcQpteyBZvkp-9lzIcUfTQTqObbQQePfvQfZKIyxVgXcySo6J9g0_sTpXCCgEPYPfAJckzftwJHYH9HEc0Ie6cMt7ArXTpd4mZoFwCUiOMtZbj/s1600/IMG_2969+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvvF1OG880wmXUtdRhMrWX1F0cm32fBdcQpteyBZvkp-9lzIcUfTQTqObbQQePfvQfZKIyxVgXcySo6J9g0_sTpXCCgEPYPfAJckzftwJHYH9HEc0Ie6cMt7ArXTpd4mZoFwCUiOMtZbj/s320/IMG_2969+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i like how the little symbol looks like the batman symbol haha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAP6snmWtsysO7qiPVrHYKY6ngP0phzIhNZxpbn_kVYQdZOJRPD50njXUwOTvFWsqtSKolvLDdVlE_g2_g5roh-7VKY99zXmnGRjkdgUdrf0G7-WqQ5k2ykWTWEg1RViaQAMFzECjzLDi6/s1600/IMG_2970+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAP6snmWtsysO7qiPVrHYKY6ngP0phzIhNZxpbn_kVYQdZOJRPD50njXUwOTvFWsqtSKolvLDdVlE_g2_g5roh-7VKY99zXmnGRjkdgUdrf0G7-WqQ5k2ykWTWEg1RViaQAMFzECjzLDi6/s320/IMG_2970+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">YUM! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGuvvSUDrXft6ZlFxkiwKAtp-imwY1X9JGT_Y4SJ49hRPX8p91CxXFjeX6WetI7GsDfh89GdXXLaybCk7_TWAT4RWcPTRpndMz6jwXoVw0rf2Mbv6TZNoLOen6-UyAguRoCHaQk-LU-Nc/s1600/IMG_2974+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGuvvSUDrXft6ZlFxkiwKAtp-imwY1X9JGT_Y4SJ49hRPX8p91CxXFjeX6WetI7GsDfh89GdXXLaybCk7_TWAT4RWcPTRpndMz6jwXoVw0rf2Mbv6TZNoLOen6-UyAguRoCHaQk-LU-Nc/s320/IMG_2974+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we still have a lot left since we only had a little for breakfast :) plus, we wanted to save room for our tempura LUNCH! we went to a place called tsunahachi tempura in shinjuku. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuzSluVlo3qQp0jFn3jZPoA3-WlT-0YETElZ4j4NVJycv1zrsCXVlH9DsR-Y9alCJjZsIGFK7nXjj_PfwSm2oNh3pCV5wQs8rGAWFd-urvZ9t8nO574Q7u8_jqOoJY3DW1Y3IfZ60MXlL/s1600/IMG_2985+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuzSluVlo3qQp0jFn3jZPoA3-WlT-0YETElZ4j4NVJycv1zrsCXVlH9DsR-Y9alCJjZsIGFK7nXjj_PfwSm2oNh3pCV5wQs8rGAWFd-urvZ9t8nO574Q7u8_jqOoJY3DW1Y3IfZ60MXlL/s320/IMG_2985+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we got the cheapest lunch set, and it still came with miso soup, rice and pickled vegetables</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0gTskoUB66l4EIVEBLtjz_wBWoA43l5N-sajR12mwKxrJOhBgptEa684I720kTevjEQem-k8w2ndeoVT6ulH0nGZQ3GHs0IUHINM4mK29P3p8_1EP4C_T1GGsqj6FK_LI9B_XdwHMnm7/s1600/IMG_2976+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0gTskoUB66l4EIVEBLtjz_wBWoA43l5N-sajR12mwKxrJOhBgptEa684I720kTevjEQem-k8w2ndeoVT6ulH0nGZQ3GHs0IUHINM4mK29P3p8_1EP4C_T1GGsqj6FK_LI9B_XdwHMnm7/s320/IMG_2976+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">first round of tempura! 3 delicious shrimp and a green pepper:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmT3pRESkcBLbxys9htLiWpWYZcw7FfmZFg-9YG7JIHm-Ibe7tGoZWSZq-RJyE_PmbjnpxQSktp5Jg_nlufojk2dHduz1W7uec4suXhQJ6VENyQbiT_uMFIyyX0EwfW76mJVeh7YHlnLSS/s1600/IMG_2977+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmT3pRESkcBLbxys9htLiWpWYZcw7FfmZFg-9YG7JIHm-Ibe7tGoZWSZq-RJyE_PmbjnpxQSktp5Jg_nlufojk2dHduz1W7uec4suXhQJ6VENyQbiT_uMFIyyX0EwfW76mJVeh7YHlnLSS/s320/IMG_2977+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">at this restaurant, we sat at the counter in front of the chef and he places the tempura FRESH in front of you! so once we were done eating the shrimp and green pepper, he then places a new piece in front of you! here is kabocha (japanese pumpkin). love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0goxxT7N-BhFr3l7C8FdDI3rb319tnhcjeRjixr8XpFkS-PBLFIWJsDm57qhyphenhyphenf6tmQ9xXDLF_6dazMD_bM30oDPLWccAPI6Jnl2uMO4ST_XsHjOrVttm1cqm-RN-mfdES66SsS_tOO0f/s1600/IMG_2979+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0goxxT7N-BhFr3l7C8FdDI3rb319tnhcjeRjixr8XpFkS-PBLFIWJsDm57qhyphenhyphenf6tmQ9xXDLF_6dazMD_bM30oDPLWccAPI6Jnl2uMO4ST_XsHjOrVttm1cqm-RN-mfdES66SsS_tOO0f/s320/IMG_2979+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and lastly, this was also shrimp, but smaller ones, not the big kind. it was just a cluster of shrimp and delicious, delicious tempura batter hahaha....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH0leG8opuWulaTZB-0qJNIxp_ZTv4iH_11PIT-3gFQBe70p2ncTlRhePYgBo_czjlg_Ng4bWCBc3bHfvOK6klN18H-DzkGLkPWVi-R_8fXgTJq6u8mVIN7R3rJkMzG_0-Xj1ecapGr0-/s1600/IMG_2980+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH0leG8opuWulaTZB-0qJNIxp_ZTv4iH_11PIT-3gFQBe70p2ncTlRhePYgBo_czjlg_Ng4bWCBc3bHfvOK6klN18H-DzkGLkPWVi-R_8fXgTJq6u8mVIN7R3rJkMzG_0-Xj1ecapGr0-/s320/IMG_2980+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the miso soup was amazing by the way. it had these tiny clams at the bottom of the bowl!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxWq-XzR6sOo8Bu6w5VZoNRVieXwvXplC1cYLzsW46k8SP_6ah9TQxVW_dHuahei1fMEDo3YE31CLj4ZncFlg7ty5NYjyTcu36uXa3BemmyhUfJSntad40gxuuO5SDvE7QM3pbRU1rtxV/s1600/IMG_2982+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxWq-XzR6sOo8Bu6w5VZoNRVieXwvXplC1cYLzsW46k8SP_6ah9TQxVW_dHuahei1fMEDo3YE31CLj4ZncFlg7ty5NYjyTcu36uXa3BemmyhUfJSntad40gxuuO5SDvE7QM3pbRU1rtxV/s320/IMG_2982+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">afterwards we went into another grocery store to check it out. here were the strairs down into the grocery store:</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj276XVndQcR7YuXVwPuudO9Mq6nh9WxZ1s6SfzRdhquVugkhhUrbCt6fjl1w21LLNrnRGgxaESdqeWRtGFYukPDmzpYBYrobN5YwRKTm4DxwgJOOIiZZ4mPBBCRMbKXPsmQOk-JMQEx2Qd/s1600/IMG_2992+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj276XVndQcR7YuXVwPuudO9Mq6nh9WxZ1s6SfzRdhquVugkhhUrbCt6fjl1w21LLNrnRGgxaESdqeWRtGFYukPDmzpYBYrobN5YwRKTm4DxwgJOOIiZZ4mPBBCRMbKXPsmQOk-JMQEx2Qd/s1600/IMG_2992+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj276XVndQcR7YuXVwPuudO9Mq6nh9WxZ1s6SfzRdhquVugkhhUrbCt6fjl1w21LLNrnRGgxaESdqeWRtGFYukPDmzpYBYrobN5YwRKTm4DxwgJOOIiZZ4mPBBCRMbKXPsmQOk-JMQEx2Qd/s320/IMG_2992+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">look at this edamame still on the plant!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and i thought this seaweed strip was too cute. you make a rice ball for your kid's lunch, and wrap this around it to turn it into a "soccer ball"! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgup_DxBqKZiYAQyrwlYe2UFS2xM9SL_umQB3q84Dob3r85h4DH1HIvLJWE-vc00leRraCIINBs9BaPf7-HR_fz6Dl-idCyDEsnpQFzzkyD9J5fv0zMH7Dg7ZehywjYRD1KN-lkdyWCjg9v/s1600/IMG_2987+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgup_DxBqKZiYAQyrwlYe2UFS2xM9SL_umQB3q84Dob3r85h4DH1HIvLJWE-vc00leRraCIINBs9BaPf7-HR_fz6Dl-idCyDEsnpQFzzkyD9J5fv0zMH7Dg7ZehywjYRD1KN-lkdyWCjg9v/s320/IMG_2987+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">loads of awesome japanese candy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Z0J9U90wdLHqg3xglxR7l0OYIMedYOJ9nhEKdWQwCec0Fz41vBQUgffQQL5SrjsNnY3gVJ-x5H5ssqO6QlhQ0lbHFoRLLX2wZ7pptr0MEgpbGge2NjnXmukLjhckbEyUqXo1clMkcPC3/s1600/IMG_2988+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Z0J9U90wdLHqg3xglxR7l0OYIMedYOJ9nhEKdWQwCec0Fz41vBQUgffQQL5SrjsNnY3gVJ-x5H5ssqO6QlhQ0lbHFoRLLX2wZ7pptr0MEgpbGge2NjnXmukLjhckbEyUqXo1clMkcPC3/s320/IMG_2988+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and some of the price tags were digital! thought that was neat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2fwWgUxBSVNUwZEO2ugV9LHQf7Sxysiuh8geZ3YpTljFgRFDavXW9U03RXn7tLsWrNM8ptjETo_DcZBWtg7aXRSgDky1Ombz0xiEGb8LCofBZZcyotiut9ieh83KgG_A4meh1VgR1jkS/s1600/IMG_2989+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2fwWgUxBSVNUwZEO2ugV9LHQf7Sxysiuh8geZ3YpTljFgRFDavXW9U03RXn7tLsWrNM8ptjETo_DcZBWtg7aXRSgDky1Ombz0xiEGb8LCofBZZcyotiut9ieh83KgG_A4meh1VgR1jkS/s320/IMG_2989+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">cute fruit cups</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uu8bBotkMnZMLxZxOY6pGtHSSouNH4Ngcx-3Zg04QsauHtBd0OosYrGKgcOwL9coRi4_NB-CepMzOwxDt2iY340HKQU9C7VDWKIZ6hemw8mpvWeXxvBu9e5eMAN8xlzYXfEvwVYjFfq-/s1600/IMG_2990+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uu8bBotkMnZMLxZxOY6pGtHSSouNH4Ngcx-3Zg04QsauHtBd0OosYrGKgcOwL9coRi4_NB-CepMzOwxDt2iY340HKQU9C7VDWKIZ6hemw8mpvWeXxvBu9e5eMAN8xlzYXfEvwVYjFfq-/s320/IMG_2990+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">again, all their produce always looks so perfect!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLircCJYQZ84Q_wRgbQXUMhA8oIwKyvukzC092FbDP5lyimxioFRfnpm1UqJDxwB25RBwk2PoMdre6qlEsRyPnlPD8E2xBeOXF9qQzqtlW20AZ9UsmPgSK0OS0nQXJKPwK-6UnPz6wgtwD/s1600/IMG_2991+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLircCJYQZ84Q_wRgbQXUMhA8oIwKyvukzC092FbDP5lyimxioFRfnpm1UqJDxwB25RBwk2PoMdre6qlEsRyPnlPD8E2xBeOXF9qQzqtlW20AZ9UsmPgSK0OS0nQXJKPwK-6UnPz6wgtwD/s320/IMG_2991+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and actually, right next to the grocery store is an arcade! haha... </div><div style="text-align: left;">yummy candy to win...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCGozrmI1KSqZccq59kqmTGs95IRTUxPxyagNRbGm-UHxZicKeB7owhsPwqRdKTag6DFgm3N_JsIQ_oWJn3xR2g_J3nBy9wf2AGaur9Lhr9GtMGutG2LHpvsOoyn1nBA7H0C5QWy9Ls2E/s1600/IMG_2994+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCGozrmI1KSqZccq59kqmTGs95IRTUxPxyagNRbGm-UHxZicKeB7owhsPwqRdKTag6DFgm3N_JsIQ_oWJn3xR2g_J3nBy9wf2AGaur9Lhr9GtMGutG2LHpvsOoyn1nBA7H0C5QWy9Ls2E/s320/IMG_2994+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">loads of games...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPFK9T4Lt4VwIicAKiBKX-5S5_L5cc4W495JaEZ96y7xfUrC0WDiF-qJZ35KgTlvpIVZl9LKRV42pNoEs9XOsH618kKpZZgltGn0x7KNXrED34kox2R2wXpOCGWOKjaoynX1XpdgW54J4/s1600/IMG_2995+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPFK9T4Lt4VwIicAKiBKX-5S5_L5cc4W495JaEZ96y7xfUrC0WDiF-qJZ35KgTlvpIVZl9LKRV42pNoEs9XOsH618kKpZZgltGn0x7KNXrED34kox2R2wXpOCGWOKjaoynX1XpdgW54J4/s320/IMG_2995+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this was some sort of fishing game...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwmObJOK0X8zeZ4gKIdzDEZaevomm4jBPs7kx2Ls-rnHdleXNNf1GdadVGpdqldzhln5xJod2drMNHWQds7dCut4ppfxIQTODclf3Zu0T65IzB4EsreOIrT91JWqJVaxoro5Pn_okT4Vg/s1600/IMG_2996+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwmObJOK0X8zeZ4gKIdzDEZaevomm4jBPs7kx2Ls-rnHdleXNNf1GdadVGpdqldzhln5xJod2drMNHWQds7dCut4ppfxIQTODclf3Zu0T65IzB4EsreOIrT91JWqJVaxoro5Pn_okT4Vg/s320/IMG_2996+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">you look at the huge screen below and get the fish somehow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9tVJQzDlZxkDr6oMn2jIgFhY9oGkxu9KTKcAnYvCRd0rzeUFh1g7cq9CpfKN_9lnFquYh2amza6kk0oP4JJXBmG0iYjTU0vRFQ8-xBw6PpH_xFQj6IzUZy1NcsHegUMLyeOHSHkvIyA1/s1600/IMG_2997+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9tVJQzDlZxkDr6oMn2jIgFhY9oGkxu9KTKcAnYvCRd0rzeUFh1g7cq9CpfKN_9lnFquYh2amza6kk0oP4JJXBmG0iYjTU0vRFQ8-xBw6PpH_xFQj6IzUZy1NcsHegUMLyeOHSHkvIyA1/s320/IMG_2997+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">and we liked this game!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">you get 1 chance to move the scissors to the right, and 1 chance to move them forward so you can aim them to line-up on the string and cut it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBgDJyBMhSa8_PNgRZKA-2V2EA0YjuksHXykNNOltumDqOLU7Vgf5UPxp93z02FxPkqLWdchE0i5gftgWB68w0vXjzeSPbqN-8rcT4nkuNa1UEPMuy_QmnLpuI_tUHGCs270-uZzHJsGD/s1600/IMG_2998+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBgDJyBMhSa8_PNgRZKA-2V2EA0YjuksHXykNNOltumDqOLU7Vgf5UPxp93z02FxPkqLWdchE0i5gftgWB68w0vXjzeSPbqN-8rcT4nkuNa1UEPMuy_QmnLpuI_tUHGCs270-uZzHJsGD/s320/IMG_2998+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i won this kitty pillow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkoNvyyiYY1As2JbqL5RPTsxzTg36O4QwfMCum0sqk3gBac2f0Ta3XPw3uBLbf9isLShtATZkR2ERZ7nh02wqPq2vL90WnhhgNZcsknmKRMvPUqlUqurH2A7skwfkqB7718jtagoOBjY7/s1600/IMG_3000+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkoNvyyiYY1As2JbqL5RPTsxzTg36O4QwfMCum0sqk3gBac2f0Ta3XPw3uBLbf9isLShtATZkR2ERZ7nh02wqPq2vL90WnhhgNZcsknmKRMvPUqlUqurH2A7skwfkqB7718jtagoOBjY7/s320/IMG_3000+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">i think it's hilarious it's called a "nyanpire". "nyan" is how they say the equivalent of our "meow" in japanese</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTwI7oQf5Bp7rH9pSwWYvFNDHY9nLUcZnmlGyo2m5vQQswBVdq_SYWvXbUJUCJ2G6eZn7jh6kOk-vKmJIXqkDtMfkquj1FRpSiNz_ctz9SUVEzT3NnXLP8vZ71hNgH0BHaaR76XYImn0B/s1600/IMG_3013+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTwI7oQf5Bp7rH9pSwWYvFNDHY9nLUcZnmlGyo2m5vQQswBVdq_SYWvXbUJUCJ2G6eZn7jh6kOk-vKmJIXqkDtMfkquj1FRpSiNz_ctz9SUVEzT3NnXLP8vZ71hNgH0BHaaR76XYImn0B/s1600/IMG_3013+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTwI7oQf5Bp7rH9pSwWYvFNDHY9nLUcZnmlGyo2m5vQQswBVdq_SYWvXbUJUCJ2G6eZn7jh6kOk-vKmJIXqkDtMfkquj1FRpSiNz_ctz9SUVEzT3NnXLP8vZ71hNgH0BHaaR76XYImn0B/s320/IMG_3013+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here is erik being goofy with his relakuma ("relax bear" in japanese haha...VERY popular here) that he won!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH63nWEzXpnsxo_pfxnhXfd1kNxMnGVtLqcynB5cvIwLOlipVBfXoIVCX-QKTLWrb7IeBTJ1gBY8PNJ45viz5awBuUrCi_Ut5yc69egjt-G-gJC1kEby9SHETuiM1GoqhhMLBYyGkIuwvh/s1600/IMG_3003+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH63nWEzXpnsxo_pfxnhXfd1kNxMnGVtLqcynB5cvIwLOlipVBfXoIVCX-QKTLWrb7IeBTJ1gBY8PNJ45viz5awBuUrCi_Ut5yc69egjt-G-gJC1kEby9SHETuiM1GoqhhMLBYyGkIuwvh/s320/IMG_3003+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">walking back to our hotel with our giant prizes we have noticed the perfect hedging that they do here. sharp lines! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCiIbjyM1rH_IfVDlcB0c8CzUtZb7QxAXptpHCTttDLgkDCXfm8ZSxn_QfhhC5cufMuRTTbZRP_fT_XCeBtX-UaAgP1UiM2fUImtM_yUoGE3D5uKANPsCKJxh3_LF9IjwRCMrPWjewA-M/s1600/IMG_3006+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCiIbjyM1rH_IfVDlcB0c8CzUtZb7QxAXptpHCTttDLgkDCXfm8ZSxn_QfhhC5cufMuRTTbZRP_fT_XCeBtX-UaAgP1UiM2fUImtM_yUoGE3D5uKANPsCKJxh3_LF9IjwRCMrPWjewA-M/s320/IMG_3006+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">very pretty</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_vE2ZLVyT1efymweLSvgFwXpChY7Yyh7pP6GzFtWqO7V1F1x27IJ7QG9eNf9MhQexr9UK-eubLL_uypBUu0ToOTmpJTrFBGJTBICzJR8L_enZhEvYuWe1-UVEHopO5cvxw4xHBJjFb6A/s1600/IMG_3007+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_vE2ZLVyT1efymweLSvgFwXpChY7Yyh7pP6GzFtWqO7V1F1x27IJ7QG9eNf9MhQexr9UK-eubLL_uypBUu0ToOTmpJTrFBGJTBICzJR8L_enZhEvYuWe1-UVEHopO5cvxw4xHBJjFb6A/s320/IMG_3007+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">later on, we got a small snack to hold us over before dinner</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iFxiwFzPYq3siYRDNN6WnkSRLViLWfVT0YO__wgncHPniAscQr_fOmMO9e5ep2po8mFWrfu2WTzScRF4oOKXKg_-s2YytO3UlAQyYEFairuVzAFWRUtw_PUq-0unLB7FXvG1bsUT3B3i/s1600/IMG_3022+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iFxiwFzPYq3siYRDNN6WnkSRLViLWfVT0YO__wgncHPniAscQr_fOmMO9e5ep2po8mFWrfu2WTzScRF4oOKXKg_-s2YytO3UlAQyYEFairuVzAFWRUtw_PUq-0unLB7FXvG1bsUT3B3i/s320/IMG_3022+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i chose inarizushi and it's a thin layer of tofu around some rice! very good!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTVAjk6KdgL74b4LfC39thokXSssTyq26FEoIsN8psclpQQeadzDUGIOuZcAgcsGyVXXi0pskAb7lPIk28w3F9o0RF2-ilfB_T4ZI5gcmRQ33vtb8SHbpjb_z0ReXoz7Jvgrbw0UMLR73/s1600/IMG_3024+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTVAjk6KdgL74b4LfC39thokXSssTyq26FEoIsN8psclpQQeadzDUGIOuZcAgcsGyVXXi0pskAb7lPIk28w3F9o0RF2-ilfB_T4ZI5gcmRQ33vtb8SHbpjb_z0ReXoz7Jvgrbw0UMLR73/s320/IMG_3024+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">erik chose curry pan :) also amazing!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGk-AkdkpWr8i-lk-IJGBZETG-Jkl27qoLXXT1_q0Liy0P3W2qIlpZM3trzcICB5LBpKzaxxewGwmQlxg9RK1qSmi0DnULIU-hs7faHPNYMbnWRNgTJntnuxqnIvUj7FqqSf22kbrkjc1Y/s1600/IMG_3025+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGk-AkdkpWr8i-lk-IJGBZETG-Jkl27qoLXXT1_q0Liy0P3W2qIlpZM3trzcICB5LBpKzaxxewGwmQlxg9RK1qSmi0DnULIU-hs7faHPNYMbnWRNgTJntnuxqnIvUj7FqqSf22kbrkjc1Y/s320/IMG_3025+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">the subway entrance we took was actually RIGHT next to our hotel! pretty nice! but it was DEEP! 7 floors UNDERGROUND!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lENW0SN30bRcGj6WR-wsTUenS2x3sVK_lfKQcE-Q04HzCN90_HPFcyCNjK2-jaex2xnr3J-tvdd_V5mxSEvS6JD3dmG45KcCQ8NftKfD65_jyc4cPrODYcvjG03xw2IOBhQWjgmmAFAM/s1600/IMG_3026+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lENW0SN30bRcGj6WR-wsTUenS2x3sVK_lfKQcE-Q04HzCN90_HPFcyCNjK2-jaex2xnr3J-tvdd_V5mxSEvS6JD3dmG45KcCQ8NftKfD65_jyc4cPrODYcvjG03xw2IOBhQWjgmmAFAM/s320/IMG_3026+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">part of the way down to the subway platform</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmAUMG-r72zUgx0crohxtkERfM45HOgQR-e-nuDhiDhPKH26ws56JREpzJ7jmWcf3iUb8IDfWwGLotHQ-Uj_Rr2QlBQOjL-C_Fayw0Z2GfWtwX-C6ivpsziJYCM2FTf6NF9acVMOHNt1r/s1600/IMG_3028+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmAUMG-r72zUgx0crohxtkERfM45HOgQR-e-nuDhiDhPKH26ws56JREpzJ7jmWcf3iUb8IDfWwGLotHQ-Uj_Rr2QlBQOjL-C_Fayw0Z2GfWtwX-C6ivpsziJYCM2FTf6NF9acVMOHNt1r/s320/IMG_3028+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the place we were going to was only 2 stations and 6 minutes away! nice! we're at shinjuku, and the one we want is nakano-sakaue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzl4USfElZaGVgpaggSfnreckXpPnHjuT8w_HFJGGQ3cmd3FEvfIPcPIP4T2hvPavB8-CaBmn7LeAB0QPqUel4I1tSGhpjQDeZ3_eCmlOif9DGGiWClf1CRM4QKbtW_ZNOjtk3cNiz4YsP/s1600/IMG_3027+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzl4USfElZaGVgpaggSfnreckXpPnHjuT8w_HFJGGQ3cmd3FEvfIPcPIP4T2hvPavB8-CaBmn7LeAB0QPqUel4I1tSGhpjQDeZ3_eCmlOif9DGGiWClf1CRM4QKbtW_ZNOjtk3cNiz4YsP/s320/IMG_3027+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">once we arrived, the nakano-sakaue station had this really cute decoration on the wall!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQvWmxy_q-iz99kYEQ2OEoskYUprRsfXKqjFDsVEPQZTEi9LL0H8-bgAacWPNbqwItYjO7qa0EBeQM_vSFG55UQ-NLyeYTO9eKfzxSVPlksT3euZ07idZulGu97yuXOdbV9YkKhvZgHxZ/s1600/IMG_3032+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQvWmxy_q-iz99kYEQ2OEoskYUprRsfXKqjFDsVEPQZTEi9LL0H8-bgAacWPNbqwItYjO7qa0EBeQM_vSFG55UQ-NLyeYTO9eKfzxSVPlksT3euZ07idZulGu97yuXOdbV9YkKhvZgHxZ/s320/IMG_3032+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we got out and walked to the restaurant. not far from the station! maybe like 500 feet? anyway here is the sign!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIof3HIeEA0hz5aNZZwekhnrWPDpdEKZ-cOqa7YaYH17rSFwYJzWxnECxg9gGbPMwtf0ihizDu8YTpmhxDU4N5uvWBNjpfYIHn-5mXvGJ9ObLayTkady1RxSsiEX1ElN3C9g3SSg5vtuE/s1600/IMG_3054+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIof3HIeEA0hz5aNZZwekhnrWPDpdEKZ-cOqa7YaYH17rSFwYJzWxnECxg9gGbPMwtf0ihizDu8YTpmhxDU4N5uvWBNjpfYIHn-5mXvGJ9ObLayTkady1RxSsiEX1ElN3C9g3SSg5vtuE/s320/IMG_3054+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this place was highly recommended to me by my friend sara and i'm really glad we came! she and her boyfriend loved all the food and raved about the ginger ale!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQzMuTCgX_OWrNV-FFskjL9_YW0yll5dddA3QtbBx7iQqxEesKgmGH07BZXMZyWcv8AZAonv_uRDG1uAoSwj702ZgONZm0AipIupElvFNErDZBQG1ytOWdug4_xizsPwi6f-VmODmhQDR/s1600/IMG_3043+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQzMuTCgX_OWrNV-FFskjL9_YW0yll5dddA3QtbBx7iQqxEesKgmGH07BZXMZyWcv8AZAonv_uRDG1uAoSwj702ZgONZm0AipIupElvFNErDZBQG1ytOWdug4_xizsPwi6f-VmODmhQDR/s320/IMG_3043+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this ginger ale was AMAZING. very "ginger-y" and strong, yet didn't burn your throat. it was SO good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they also served this in the beginning but i'm not sure what it was. looked like rice noodles of some sort, and it was good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69blmoCshvqbKKDaPjJGycLhUcQH3G29M8uUBss5fIJ2bzj1ZYLE5cH_YziBTkqO1uVqfGVwdgidbB8SHi9vabkGE71ZMQhufUW67uAOmuTSAancuEUjg7VpXIZz55tIL62Zpa9ysqq6w/s1600/IMG_3044+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69blmoCshvqbKKDaPjJGycLhUcQH3G29M8uUBss5fIJ2bzj1ZYLE5cH_YziBTkqO1uVqfGVwdgidbB8SHi9vabkGE71ZMQhufUW67uAOmuTSAancuEUjg7VpXIZz55tIL62Zpa9ysqq6w/s320/IMG_3044+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the menu here is adorable (no english!) and handwritten with cute drawings!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6jNtJd_W2HFQGTZjuw8j8Xsf3RbYZojSW30sF5IceZsx9jF-0X7GTbnB8khMwhDaniWHDVX-2-hgl9Hq07mHf9wUgcvOGKLAk_RtCO4G8D1dOWqzzMxZG6iL8BWfZFI9KxL7BpZs_xXW/s1600/IMG_3045+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6jNtJd_W2HFQGTZjuw8j8Xsf3RbYZojSW30sF5IceZsx9jF-0X7GTbnB8khMwhDaniWHDVX-2-hgl9Hq07mHf9wUgcvOGKLAk_RtCO4G8D1dOWqzzMxZG6iL8BWfZFI9KxL7BpZs_xXW/s320/IMG_3045+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and they had this projection of a clock on the wall! i loved it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31fn76P2i5IQY-rV6BLH0gEQQ2E5fRYVPOVbbK1BcXDo3mnPV2meoQcPpYr-lDcVv1SMDioO0LqYDpgs1je1GUxk_Gt61M_qeGtdN_TBhu7ksLDFRytBVnNzT83rLzdwPir-Jy7WCKN5a/s1600/IMG_3048+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31fn76P2i5IQY-rV6BLH0gEQQ2E5fRYVPOVbbK1BcXDo3mnPV2meoQcPpYr-lDcVv1SMDioO0LqYDpgs1je1GUxk_Gt61M_qeGtdN_TBhu7ksLDFRytBVnNzT83rLzdwPir-Jy7WCKN5a/s320/IMG_3048+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are our meals! i got the japanese hamburger...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJWqcRSVGTJ0-EhWG6oR7nTUerZD8DPylHL2Xn7wisTUX85zGwHHz7oysLZxijQP_J9-QLia9s1BKciWXvMcGRFqiahjrz9GsouIchqPjXi7ea48ROt1Z7JKlp6euv_s1zWif8TCyOZ39/s1600/IMG_3050+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJWqcRSVGTJ0-EhWG6oR7nTUerZD8DPylHL2Xn7wisTUX85zGwHHz7oysLZxijQP_J9-QLia9s1BKciWXvMcGRFqiahjrz9GsouIchqPjXi7ea48ROt1Z7JKlp6euv_s1zWif8TCyOZ39/s320/IMG_3050+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and erik got the chicken karage, but of course we shared with each other to try them both! haha...both were amazing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxTQci4EoaMax0JMBpL-S3qBXXsz_Ss5xly2CFZr8n9OXo_I5uB11ms-hghkfXRHkScMgqUSFDW1QkkIHqxe7U1oRvQw2SIZGoVBcMOXrWKp_ZrMJRZXt0YsrtaHF9yElGcA6FFmxXxJc/s1600/IMG_3051+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxTQci4EoaMax0JMBpL-S3qBXXsz_Ss5xly2CFZr8n9OXo_I5uB11ms-hghkfXRHkScMgqUSFDW1QkkIHqxe7U1oRvQw2SIZGoVBcMOXrWKp_ZrMJRZXt0YsrtaHF9yElGcA6FFmxXxJc/s320/IMG_3051+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">nice and full from a wonderful meal, i took this shot on the walk back to the station. it was on a crosswalk that was above the road! this is a common thing to see in japan because this way people can continue walking and traffic can continue moving!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ElPGTStQGf7mhvoGZaFH76yKyBx1G9PfnAGSSfeqg6ddlzBnl4075XoAIhskvWrPkUWNp2lsEBahC7Ry8PtIdjnyenXj0QIfaM-JhK1OHHao0y3G4H6EDge5WxTlSQ97VSMOkqHnvkzF/s1600/IMG_3055+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ElPGTStQGf7mhvoGZaFH76yKyBx1G9PfnAGSSfeqg6ddlzBnl4075XoAIhskvWrPkUWNp2lsEBahC7Ry8PtIdjnyenXj0QIfaM-JhK1OHHao0y3G4H6EDge5WxTlSQ97VSMOkqHnvkzF/s320/IMG_3055+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we got home and since this is our last night in tokyo (well, until our VERY last night before heading home) we celebrated a bit. guess which ones are mine hahaha...and yes, all 3 of these have alcohol in them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjComrodnezOTicugj2AVOEeCVIDnr_gjLyZXwUn_TDUL3ezPq-CTuJSV_sYcNi9vmNn8SaaGQhwtE5MrvcIRlGdijBXvcMurwQ5yt0f05c1JpcOhCRm9Y91OgU0IG8xhN2QyVoVyWJdmEE/s1600/IMG_3059+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjComrodnezOTicugj2AVOEeCVIDnr_gjLyZXwUn_TDUL3ezPq-CTuJSV_sYcNi9vmNn8SaaGQhwtE5MrvcIRlGdijBXvcMurwQ5yt0f05c1JpcOhCRm9Y91OgU0IG8xhN2QyVoVyWJdmEE/s320/IMG_3059+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">found these at the store too! YUMMY! erik said they went really well with his beer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Fox6ZdaINGnRhcdj_8_X_6Y5shBj-vok4zLFdT2KdMlQhyphenhyphenjNZL6GrmUZIJ0Jtt2j3PTO5oYgsJnfEHzBcNAl5iuNFhSbd3ikS-D1XaXgeUteWoNEa2jhi63VJSKJHDTan7qZ1Ls1M3CM/s1600/IMG_3060+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Fox6ZdaINGnRhcdj_8_X_6Y5shBj-vok4zLFdT2KdMlQhyphenhyphenjNZL6GrmUZIJ0Jtt2j3PTO5oYgsJnfEHzBcNAl5iuNFhSbd3ikS-D1XaXgeUteWoNEa2jhi63VJSKJHDTan7qZ1Ls1M3CM/s320/IMG_3060+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and a little purple sweet potato bun for dessert. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCoS62FMsN6Qt2qpJNOtS1JrmsCcaQXwDkJUf4MzbD4NVvCTbKTnWCtWncJrQVOli8ODn0DLiQUDqs5EqZmB5tTIBtLeRd95moqK48iYuGpZtzUxw5Wp6qtOCCODRpv17TxF9iYxZUBOB/s1600/IMG_3061+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCoS62FMsN6Qt2qpJNOtS1JrmsCcaQXwDkJUf4MzbD4NVvCTbKTnWCtWncJrQVOli8ODn0DLiQUDqs5EqZmB5tTIBtLeRd95moqK48iYuGpZtzUxw5Wp6qtOCCODRpv17TxF9iYxZUBOB/s320/IMG_3061+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">off to kyoto we go! SHINKANSEN (bullet train) TIME!</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-16284379732018031942011-08-09T22:25:00.002+09:002011-08-10T09:47:20.869+09:00DAY 12: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">today we went to an alice in wonderland themed restaurant!!! it was on the 5th floor of a building. here is the sign from down below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu094gI2kDJVeZzBRsWBlwQL4cIIjEt2Jk638pjxS2rm50Zz8iCkF7b1P3MYVvNIh_2Dx-jDFx21rZ14mY3YEMg24_wYK8GVOqnhq5N0FThWuIk9pl5MV9o338b-ZUvqCK9pekGVg1y52/s1600/IMG_2664+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu094gI2kDJVeZzBRsWBlwQL4cIIjEt2Jk638pjxS2rm50Zz8iCkF7b1P3MYVvNIh_2Dx-jDFx21rZ14mY3YEMg24_wYK8GVOqnhq5N0FThWuIk9pl5MV9o338b-ZUvqCK9pekGVg1y52/s320/IMG_2664+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">but first we had breakfast and went to asakusa! here is breakfast:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUI3WzDXrG4c_Rks94wXjyC04ltaDt0vwR7-xshzBG3NKUu6X3wB16p54f3gzJC_B8iOzYQimw_SMj7YuXrrqqBUzgHP18p8c6AE07_-SXU6jF62GeuYnqTJ8jpW2dojt1V-GKY2AfINFk/s1600/IMG_2732+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUI3WzDXrG4c_Rks94wXjyC04ltaDt0vwR7-xshzBG3NKUu6X3wB16p54f3gzJC_B8iOzYQimw_SMj7YuXrrqqBUzgHP18p8c6AE07_-SXU6jF62GeuYnqTJ8jpW2dojt1V-GKY2AfINFk/s320/IMG_2732+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we had 2 free tickets to the hotel's buffet breakfast one morning, so we took a break from our usual breakfast pan, and tried it out. it was eh. i mean, the food was decent, but it was one of those times where you're glad you got it for free. i can't imagine paying the usual $20/person for it! but that perfectly fried egg does look quite pretty, doesn't it? haha</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">off to asakusa!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhs2LyWqH_2HRUrb5ZnmevvcTKJ2ADqejx8E6DH-xieqeNP2ePLptXz-vo2hUGhJmghsNy4H0BGsGXOoc8_kdaqaUaBXcFsQbE2Mp6acVRSE_mXNmNOmHaa_gbyWz0sD7yQQYkb85cYKaJ/s1600/IMG_2736+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhs2LyWqH_2HRUrb5ZnmevvcTKJ2ADqejx8E6DH-xieqeNP2ePLptXz-vo2hUGhJmghsNy4H0BGsGXOoc8_kdaqaUaBXcFsQbE2Mp6acVRSE_mXNmNOmHaa_gbyWz0sD7yQQYkb85cYKaJ/s320/IMG_2736+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">tokyo sky tree</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5lNesW7LAaX4F9J3vgf6j2e0Q4BZ5WYY7kmcQA6c82cW-_Wi894O80enSpIQOc43e1QLD2YSgpPDFTP1Fb51Yrgzh5ys2v95PuLQOmhd2THc94DpljjCQ0efaMNwqJiY96P4fPVp3NQI/s1600/IMG_2742+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5lNesW7LAaX4F9J3vgf6j2e0Q4BZ5WYY7kmcQA6c82cW-_Wi894O80enSpIQOc43e1QLD2YSgpPDFTP1Fb51Yrgzh5ys2v95PuLQOmhd2THc94DpljjCQ0efaMNwqJiY96P4fPVp3NQI/s320/IMG_2742+s.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here we are! so very iconic and touristy! hahaha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtW7yrtHaVmup-ZQwqbbQW42X5GXANf-KgaxOvw2b-_PlyxM1KV3JWEEwL00_UKdMP6528p2Lo1TWBps6FwX0w7q7EV6Rrzuu7UkAG8JGQaVYyXFvk2UcG05Q937zCcHSZtaedLJnF6Yt/s1600/IMG_2745+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtW7yrtHaVmup-ZQwqbbQW42X5GXANf-KgaxOvw2b-_PlyxM1KV3JWEEwL00_UKdMP6528p2Lo1TWBps6FwX0w7q7EV6Rrzuu7UkAG8JGQaVYyXFvk2UcG05Q937zCcHSZtaedLJnF6Yt/s320/IMG_2745+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">right when you walk in, there are a TON of little shops filled with food, and souvineers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwdY1QVjFqyjQz4DxWPomfrpbuna5bwZBtez0G8TZ6r0abapc2iwn9HlySmYPijO1_TpHTfxBEUwSNUzJNhJB88fqmv9My5dGctT6oB0Gso8sYqzlwgHVharYJSUnbizRBAYduYdEjtIM/s1600/IMG_2747+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwdY1QVjFqyjQz4DxWPomfrpbuna5bwZBtez0G8TZ6r0abapc2iwn9HlySmYPijO1_TpHTfxBEUwSNUzJNhJB88fqmv9My5dGctT6oB0Gso8sYqzlwgHVharYJSUnbizRBAYduYdEjtIM/s320/IMG_2747+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">YAY soft serve ice cream! very popular in japan! they have so many amazing flavors. i chose black sesame (of course...anytime i can get black sesame ANYTHING, i get it haha), and erik chose pineapple! they were both amazing! SO strong in flavor. japan doesn't mess around with flavor. they always make it bold. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZtUwLTGra7HPB9xESHeYhVquUcS6sxoaax1caigjU2yKVw5TlRXFzDUbyc7yii0QzQhAlDYNmRYvo4b21AkqbANmolMJiFLz9gjYWrWaJd7ZdaWw-Llg6jo0IFrIc2oLWkLx1A7IT9Ih/s1600/IMG_2748+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZtUwLTGra7HPB9xESHeYhVquUcS6sxoaax1caigjU2yKVw5TlRXFzDUbyc7yii0QzQhAlDYNmRYvo4b21AkqbANmolMJiFLz9gjYWrWaJd7ZdaWw-Llg6jo0IFrIc2oLWkLx1A7IT9Ih/s320/IMG_2748+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here is a guy preparing fresh senbei (japanese rice crackers)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4KF6II4avZ4R8d-YD_csUMcPLAkPehEN2HLIail8iEw3AZZRGgNen0up6AonwIvnnGgCuJzFJZv1DK1wLaTNx7yiqN9jkOvsIv99zqAkYpZckq7h1dEr1-TnhbRCv7TOoyoa8iqVmvWV/s1600/IMG_2752+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4KF6II4avZ4R8d-YD_csUMcPLAkPehEN2HLIail8iEw3AZZRGgNen0up6AonwIvnnGgCuJzFJZv1DK1wLaTNx7yiqN9jkOvsIv99zqAkYpZckq7h1dEr1-TnhbRCv7TOoyoa8iqVmvWV/s320/IMG_2752+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">lots to choose from!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IKuCCeZgFHF-4LxTxSOL_OixFraprkfrAp-frQRCpobbE9_LkbmCtrBqDFskh73QcJzF03NBn91SGifoJMK5I6Rh6b1BtDJUYGDrxRe3a2utwAM4IfGCf1-Q_sJM-fMnR59DqEWeW5fJ/s1600/IMG_2753+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IKuCCeZgFHF-4LxTxSOL_OixFraprkfrAp-frQRCpobbE9_LkbmCtrBqDFskh73QcJzF03NBn91SGifoJMK5I6Rh6b1BtDJUYGDrxRe3a2utwAM4IfGCf1-Q_sJM-fMnR59DqEWeW5fJ/s320/IMG_2753+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">SARA: LOOKIE WHAT WEEEEEEEEEEE FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUND ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQuSly3Xn-o96JurtmGIN6F9mYgkyevc15n8j3QYD5YViRk7mZfxUOoR3Hx3OC9lYbYQnWqs4zenw3t1voNpFu1Hw2Z7S_bw118NFrEKeI52ir1cZ1Hr2XmwNJekJ5NFavjOeuZCD7n7k/s1600/IMG_2755+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQuSly3Xn-o96JurtmGIN6F9mYgkyevc15n8j3QYD5YViRk7mZfxUOoR3Hx3OC9lYbYQnWqs4zenw3t1voNpFu1Hw2Z7S_bw118NFrEKeI52ir1cZ1Hr2XmwNJekJ5NFavjOeuZCD7n7k/s320/IMG_2755+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we continued our walk to the temple. SO hot today, by the way haha...sun was out, and the humidity was so high that your face sweats as soon as you walk outside. gah!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpbXjuB1EdMDM04OUcR2wa3Fu66_JqER9oiryITHkVrFOk6PPJ3ry12yVY7I-ZxEb01OUnCaF6qG0edL7jb6P832D6GywfZdDstuL-SMeOk5QS57EyQZzeWlLojVC9Rsc8MWx12hocqUG/s1600/IMG_2756+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpbXjuB1EdMDM04OUcR2wa3Fu66_JqER9oiryITHkVrFOk6PPJ3ry12yVY7I-ZxEb01OUnCaF6qG0edL7jb6P832D6GywfZdDstuL-SMeOk5QS57EyQZzeWlLojVC9Rsc8MWx12hocqUG/s320/IMG_2756+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">by the temple, incense was being burned, and people waved the incense smoke on themselves for protection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW2-1yMPFjpoX5MEWStvxwbA7GCCk4fgiKf386fzg3poYa6JpVXQVnKeI8KgjYci0oA6G3t0ZDPI5WUOZvrAkpPreu07QKc_SZyzbH7cYq7IePpZTD5dZhzf7-p_7G5DmzrGy7JQYhUVD/s1600/IMG_2764+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW2-1yMPFjpoX5MEWStvxwbA7GCCk4fgiKf386fzg3poYa6JpVXQVnKeI8KgjYci0oA6G3t0ZDPI5WUOZvrAkpPreu07QKc_SZyzbH7cYq7IePpZTD5dZhzf7-p_7G5DmzrGy7JQYhUVD/s320/IMG_2764+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">LOOK AT THIS GINORMOUS KAKIGORI!!!!! this was one happy kiddo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWUv2dLPn5-5V-oT_e2iztSw_ZfoJmSZdwt6vpgZrgPFci9HOduSGeA14RviIwOTvoShpo9IF3XqJU2fo7bBeAbtfqndfO51qqVq3Um5BadupsZgJf3e0g2edE6HEL5sNvnpJS1yKWKo_/s1600/IMG_2794+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWUv2dLPn5-5V-oT_e2iztSw_ZfoJmSZdwt6vpgZrgPFci9HOduSGeA14RviIwOTvoShpo9IF3XqJU2fo7bBeAbtfqndfO51qqVq3Um5BadupsZgJf3e0g2edE6HEL5sNvnpJS1yKWKo_/s320/IMG_2794+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards, we walked over to kappabashi street which is well known as "kitchen street" because restaurant owners buy a lot of things for their restaurants here! you will know you are on kappabashi street by these signs. they're everywhere. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEQ3OTtbuc9A2JjL7fRaYcdnucBrm90seDSiCgdkBkuTQ6SC8NA0Q3cV01T_kIcYKyBWnpGMM_HLbdg28y_X15bqYhNo9TXZuxuguzcZhTVcPTSAmUw1VqPqlrVk_slq3FAw3UeyQvQKa/s1600/IMG_2803+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEQ3OTtbuc9A2JjL7fRaYcdnucBrm90seDSiCgdkBkuTQ6SC8NA0Q3cV01T_kIcYKyBWnpGMM_HLbdg28y_X15bqYhNo9TXZuxuguzcZhTVcPTSAmUw1VqPqlrVk_slq3FAw3UeyQvQKa/s320/IMG_2803+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">or by this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGshh5H086GVcvMRD-1L0G4oSSj5KMnlzuPRkByk-J-MnizZAEk_gHQGYYwY9N-hCS_pe-46gigjxsScGLrASGCvtSVQ9D2VrZ3MR-cupH6h9YX06a5Vd9NeH963rePjpj-pCZwV8q0vZ/s1600/IMG_2821+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGshh5H086GVcvMRD-1L0G4oSSj5KMnlzuPRkByk-J-MnizZAEk_gHQGYYwY9N-hCS_pe-46gigjxsScGLrASGCvtSVQ9D2VrZ3MR-cupH6h9YX06a5Vd9NeH963rePjpj-pCZwV8q0vZ/s320/IMG_2821+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this is at the beginning of the street (the south end)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">again, SO hot today, so we made a lot of pit-stops to vending machines. here is one of our awesome choices haha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DAbLUWq-_EhYudopi2JoBlZM4keQ7-8goxZNpXsb0KNONP6SLXzHdE_vWgy6vY-Oexn8aWXx4J0vcf4nonASLK7y95PEj8T5miA0Denzxw7z6WtM7eM9fl9cg3fElKxp0oyN971GUh8I/s1600/IMG_2804+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DAbLUWq-_EhYudopi2JoBlZM4keQ7-8goxZNpXsb0KNONP6SLXzHdE_vWgy6vY-Oexn8aWXx4J0vcf4nonASLK7y95PEj8T5miA0Denzxw7z6WtM7eM9fl9cg3fElKxp0oyN971GUh8I/s320/IMG_2804+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">walking along the street, there are a ton of things to look at. loved these unique glasses!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHD7F_Dd5iUXuFz_nAbThkO4dlGvtg4oU5eu0XzxxGwhugJDwH-eWYVQettZ4Dm8XU8Pn2vEbTZmIM-w_6kTqMEPrBb9p4xugNOxMWNDk4ahFedrE78PY2CGxjSoEsPsk0LWX3CONr_mSJ/s1600/IMG_2806+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHD7F_Dd5iUXuFz_nAbThkO4dlGvtg4oU5eu0XzxxGwhugJDwH-eWYVQettZ4Dm8XU8Pn2vEbTZmIM-w_6kTqMEPrBb9p4xugNOxMWNDk4ahFedrE78PY2CGxjSoEsPsk0LWX3CONr_mSJ/s320/IMG_2806+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and a few fake food stores!!!! you know how japan has all those fake food displays for restaurants? well you can buy some here! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1eiBeQH3bh-DPfJBtZgZK5ej6LU7_PbkXo6OkqD2xioFCm5Kw3EKo3LoF2PTF6zUksAdWQkncofz8_Hjscgy-kmeur_0mrePp9vPqg1U5p6NGx-UeqG1dVnGPjBQIhcKAR21yHNAuaTi/s1600/IMG_2808+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1eiBeQH3bh-DPfJBtZgZK5ej6LU7_PbkXo6OkqD2xioFCm5Kw3EKo3LoF2PTF6zUksAdWQkncofz8_Hjscgy-kmeur_0mrePp9vPqg1U5p6NGx-UeqG1dVnGPjBQIhcKAR21yHNAuaTi/s320/IMG_2808+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">check out how realistic these beer cans look! so icy and cold....and FAKE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsipPiabUZKVkLP1heB2I0O2yJ4BTzZ1257iw0R6gSj_toMA0B5CJ9gNUh_gGbGAuMkB-NhDPotddVv8Vkggck83azaHxt2-kGuKdkNS-Y7mBymnLwxW3JvE3dW0v5djz0kmEnh-k5YHN/s1600/IMG_2820+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsipPiabUZKVkLP1heB2I0O2yJ4BTzZ1257iw0R6gSj_toMA0B5CJ9gNUh_gGbGAuMkB-NhDPotddVv8Vkggck83azaHxt2-kGuKdkNS-Y7mBymnLwxW3JvE3dW0v5djz0kmEnh-k5YHN/s320/IMG_2820+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">makes you want one though, right? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> and i love this guy's shop:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtcZX8sestdtdH6xVWiWGiFHtupx1ihiW-_2Z8aXu4QgaAQaIpR-dlzfXRpK1WRJznMwbXm3dx1Izlmbf9k6f5iPNXWsD28AjCPe8uZr3NL2I-6T3K1kfd2tUeYpy72YTH7GTZS0bd5ms/s1600/IMG_2815+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtcZX8sestdtdH6xVWiWGiFHtupx1ihiW-_2Z8aXu4QgaAQaIpR-dlzfXRpK1WRJznMwbXm3dx1Izlmbf9k6f5iPNXWsD28AjCPe8uZr3NL2I-6T3K1kfd2tUeYpy72YTH7GTZS0bd5ms/s320/IMG_2815+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">since it was so hot today, a grocery store owner was giving out free kakigori! i chose ramune flavor. soooo good and refreshing on a day like today! and so nice of him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWI2KSdNSQdpV2hSVAs4okjWzSobovnUxoIX_ocUV6-hAOi8Fp91Grti8RGPk_5vSGIUdGgvo0foCgHX5s8baXBiXUxHsFnKDK33sOpeGlTRQTYdaP58i6tzlul4C8V00N6yLWlGUXDpic/s1600/IMG_2817+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWI2KSdNSQdpV2hSVAs4okjWzSobovnUxoIX_ocUV6-hAOi8Fp91Grti8RGPk_5vSGIUdGgvo0foCgHX5s8baXBiXUxHsFnKDK33sOpeGlTRQTYdaP58i6tzlul4C8V00N6yLWlGUXDpic/s320/IMG_2817+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">okay...onto the ALICE IN WONDERLAND restaurant! it's called, "ALICE - diamond dining (or fantasy dining)" and it's in ginza!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> we actually wanted to go yesterday, but you had to have reservations! so we made the reservations for today at 5pm. the elevator opens on the 5th floor and this is what you see:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSND2cjEdoF8xzEdEH0G8OqJvHZOf45Xl5hpJ5A6XJ2xgcDs8IXAsQUzaYwGvODggsgYAirMOHo58lSuYkCiizR6-Z0-Rcsqc76TNNHAjdtTa1LAhzOpF4y0QlrArQVqHldceZgXzj9ON-/s1600/IMG_2682+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSND2cjEdoF8xzEdEH0G8OqJvHZOf45Xl5hpJ5A6XJ2xgcDs8IXAsQUzaYwGvODggsgYAirMOHo58lSuYkCiizR6-Z0-Rcsqc76TNNHAjdtTa1LAhzOpF4y0QlrArQVqHldceZgXzj9ON-/s320/IMG_2682+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">really exciting!!!! they block off the restaurant with a giant page from the book so you can't see. once they let you in and lead you to your table, you walk down a hallway like this:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhjxc06VjNoaG2zxNNk_NxKJ3gcQN6KgV_sNuLpqVDyLZlOHC6Q810miM95T8TsPTuF6MXAimgo4Zo2cgEzBng_nWmPjLT_N0bqvGigkq2F6hPHwt7He0U0dlSkBOO7VC_6HcGx-gFpNM/s1600/IMG_2865+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhjxc06VjNoaG2zxNNk_NxKJ3gcQN6KgV_sNuLpqVDyLZlOHC6Q810miM95T8TsPTuF6MXAimgo4Zo2cgEzBng_nWmPjLT_N0bqvGigkq2F6hPHwt7He0U0dlSkBOO7VC_6HcGx-gFpNM/s320/IMG_2865+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here is the bathroom door:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizw50nwfV0_IB6fZcr8-MzC2Eepe-jDsfBRr4f6Ak5vqSdYP-0HfnRGulb3EF4IeiFtPoFpcjK1NsVJV5qS5E1hdtDDggDZc4lPQf0PCbNbGy1ohEaVXrG9XxQaKi3HOVhxPvCe0WUN47F/s1600/IMG_2866+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizw50nwfV0_IB6fZcr8-MzC2Eepe-jDsfBRr4f6Ak5vqSdYP-0HfnRGulb3EF4IeiFtPoFpcjK1NsVJV5qS5E1hdtDDggDZc4lPQf0PCbNbGy1ohEaVXrG9XxQaKi3HOVhxPvCe0WUN47F/s320/IMG_2866+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">really cool!</div><div style="text-align: left;">they sat us down, and i went into automatic machine gun shooting mode with my camera hahaha...</div><div style="text-align: left;">LOOK AT THIS ROOM! that teacup is a GIANT place for a family to sit and EAT!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcsWOm9wFb4nkZDhRuIee5WvbxH4ds-RX5KpaiL5PYksCPNEI7IRDeMm8Fi82ljnCKIwP8OXqtJJ_H_oT9ofBVZuj48eVWUbkPPDTozW7fyahjxk5XSF-dFM0ahydZnU7clWL086X8Mc5/s1600/IMG_2828+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcsWOm9wFb4nkZDhRuIee5WvbxH4ds-RX5KpaiL5PYksCPNEI7IRDeMm8Fi82ljnCKIwP8OXqtJJ_H_oT9ofBVZuj48eVWUbkPPDTozW7fyahjxk5XSF-dFM0ahydZnU7clWL086X8Mc5/s320/IMG_2828+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">our waitress brought out our menus and it came in this really cool box!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaD9xlrNCMjjpnc451rhXNbo80Jcb3h_6xmXmT_6KBT5z9WRlFQl761IKWB8EP_cEI6T4Ur9paF3NtKTpZlMKihK1nSdTk4trlg1sUTlYyqzPD-dJx0jtG031SdYpCUl1iMOyIOK4LBCI/s1600/IMG_2830+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaD9xlrNCMjjpnc451rhXNbo80Jcb3h_6xmXmT_6KBT5z9WRlFQl761IKWB8EP_cEI6T4Ur9paF3NtKTpZlMKihK1nSdTk4trlg1sUTlYyqzPD-dJx0jtG031SdYpCUl1iMOyIOK4LBCI/s320/IMG_2830+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">oh, and our waitress was of course dressed like alice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxNMQupq_fu2riGJ4DnYoEL4WYk7YMFjXD0F-qJDEXSUoerZDzUoBpiBZg5oltNRWIC4Cu_RzxEQGmuAj_-DLir_yhtv8hMRzgKkx9CilSGnrG37eh64p7Iyspw158_DfuJOJEKSkZbxa/s1600/IMG_2859+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxNMQupq_fu2riGJ4DnYoEL4WYk7YMFjXD0F-qJDEXSUoerZDzUoBpiBZg5oltNRWIC4Cu_RzxEQGmuAj_-DLir_yhtv8hMRzgKkx9CilSGnrG37eh64p7Iyspw158_DfuJOJEKSkZbxa/s320/IMG_2859+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">isn't she adorable?!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> there is also a candle and a bell on the table. you ring the bell when you want the waitress to come over. it was awkward to do! but they're used to it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlCterUUurJllHkEWhLi6t_U03PjsCLzoYt2fLXmznVfsb9i8_vqJXHiz4-SzKnEDZVftsCDvArThJr1kVqt758TvbY9GszqFqtJuo5tX5xqWyTi8qdzFvFHDZkTbzDEKuQF1dg-Th_Y4/s1600/IMG_2834+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlCterUUurJllHkEWhLi6t_U03PjsCLzoYt2fLXmznVfsb9i8_vqJXHiz4-SzKnEDZVftsCDvArThJr1kVqt758TvbY9GszqFqtJuo5tX5xqWyTi8qdzFvFHDZkTbzDEKuQF1dg-Th_Y4/s320/IMG_2834+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">our pillow on our booth</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhJuRLFUmEZ1YRCFS9NAqTs4sMXnEdtJHuCSfShe964YvDZwAZmgVs5P133FkPiJNi9lG0Q-JXmoLCtwizpI1JxInmChZGeL4NYQra4AXnsHGEXspXbNBR7cpOQj8pVw4ty9fa-e-P1uW/s1600/IMG_2837+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhJuRLFUmEZ1YRCFS9NAqTs4sMXnEdtJHuCSfShe964YvDZwAZmgVs5P133FkPiJNi9lG0Q-JXmoLCtwizpI1JxInmChZGeL4NYQra4AXnsHGEXspXbNBR7cpOQj8pVw4ty9fa-e-P1uW/s320/IMG_2837+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">looking around the room more. pretty chairs, mirrors everywhere...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlqdMJeEUgGT1BjfIVR-yeD9Ql5ZKRyITIbY5J0guu-DLpXCgsGoQEqj-W72CJniczttsIQzSuN7C9OH5E_uPi4YwKYRO07p-FNxLlyzMLxSi7PfXPiDS1y0meYMmrfoWEyBZYAD9x-Bk/s1600/IMG_2838+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlqdMJeEUgGT1BjfIVR-yeD9Ql5ZKRyITIbY5J0guu-DLpXCgsGoQEqj-W72CJniczttsIQzSuN7C9OH5E_uPi4YwKYRO07p-FNxLlyzMLxSi7PfXPiDS1y0meYMmrfoWEyBZYAD9x-Bk/s320/IMG_2838+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a giant lamp as a light!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluSXYC1oF9yiuDc9fexUckbfHKvUXUQUkYKBQR14R4Yy-N6H1NCpktqqAiVdO059tokLK_YVDjFOObW05GHHtz_Bh57X2uED2xnxIeQBv8ghSOhkCeMl4qMQPGBxvaQ963Ovr6NxmNrhf/s1600/IMG_2845+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluSXYC1oF9yiuDc9fexUckbfHKvUXUQUkYKBQR14R4Yy-N6H1NCpktqqAiVdO059tokLK_YVDjFOObW05GHHtz_Bh57X2uED2xnxIeQBv8ghSOhkCeMl4qMQPGBxvaQ963Ovr6NxmNrhf/s320/IMG_2845+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">cards on the ceiling...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GuFzrh_ebtgsTbKv4v7V1G68krHRDLC39E89VJW8-V0lle39P-xB8H3j-w5olv8zjwK3AwhtbPPIu87rWLB5_MAAwb7ZFfPFCBPL5lKj7ggoEQbcBp-3bHX5KRSHj1S0txbJyPchAsqB/s1600/IMG_2854+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GuFzrh_ebtgsTbKv4v7V1G68krHRDLC39E89VJW8-V0lle39P-xB8H3j-w5olv8zjwK3AwhtbPPIu87rWLB5_MAAwb7ZFfPFCBPL5lKj7ggoEQbcBp-3bHX5KRSHj1S0txbJyPchAsqB/s320/IMG_2854+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and awesome other tables!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEzDvC17N38BaywZ3fETnsuE_Csy6ZGgb0iAzfOhjYieaeIz4iyiX8kV1YOIKXKXINHXZB5YDeFkMncqdCumiFHx8wgaZz1INS4BiGpqw_lOwPTs1AQBrA4hyphenhyphenPEEbln3RYUittp2S7RIM/s1600/IMG_2846+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEzDvC17N38BaywZ3fETnsuE_Csy6ZGgb0iAzfOhjYieaeIz4iyiX8kV1YOIKXKXINHXZB5YDeFkMncqdCumiFHx8wgaZz1INS4BiGpqw_lOwPTs1AQBrA4hyphenhyphenPEEbln3RYUittp2S7RIM/s320/IMG_2846+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">everything looked AMAZING. they really decorated it perfectly. i wanted to come because of the theme, but i had no idea the food would also be SOOOOO GOOD. i thought it would really just be all about the "looks", but the taste was AMAZING!</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are some starter rolls...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-HZgQ6X-6eAAb4JupASSdKGZ21APSHKV1INFMJs-Zn_j5wa_iPaFsH-mjTq0oGofNRTFePwaCfbCuVvVOovig8rIeX98C43w_RJZIToZSmRVOKbWHdqrcTnPPBDLX5Y-Le4NOfEUfIyi/s1600/IMG_2841+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-HZgQ6X-6eAAb4JupASSdKGZ21APSHKV1INFMJs-Zn_j5wa_iPaFsH-mjTq0oGofNRTFePwaCfbCuVvVOovig8rIeX98C43w_RJZIToZSmRVOKbWHdqrcTnPPBDLX5Y-Le4NOfEUfIyi/s320/IMG_2841+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and my YUMMY drink! "alice potion #2"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi4ooZs4kNfaBxrVpxAWAQBjijdOphLiRm4vCywd-Ap2n8aNXYpTnnB8jjpxDlwblLIz_yrJD7497YBgpAXY7WHjBgLIVXLGUzXDHJhklTxQuwFpIQwNuicfdllS7OJyCeBY3s9mVtUa0/s1600/IMG_2842+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi4ooZs4kNfaBxrVpxAWAQBjijdOphLiRm4vCywd-Ap2n8aNXYpTnnB8jjpxDlwblLIz_yrJD7497YBgpAXY7WHjBgLIVXLGUzXDHJhklTxQuwFpIQwNuicfdllS7OJyCeBY3s9mVtUa0/s320/IMG_2842+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">after our waitress served it, she brought over some silver tiny balls, and said she was adding "magic" to my drink as she sprinkled them on hahaha...too cute. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6BATzAlpj5cAI15GM8ZdXV_1Xt15s_UNWmpGmzlqHtbEV_xqTHcl6UPGwEwLpdtA2YtUB_1k5owz6V7sd_IZt_d6w5QcemaCI7Rqqwc6Ki0GrV8LkR9fhejevVe-KAEHsm3W5WL689Rq/s1600/IMG_2843+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6BATzAlpj5cAI15GM8ZdXV_1Xt15s_UNWmpGmzlqHtbEV_xqTHcl6UPGwEwLpdtA2YtUB_1k5owz6V7sd_IZt_d6w5QcemaCI7Rqqwc6Ki0GrV8LkR9fhejevVe-KAEHsm3W5WL689Rq/s320/IMG_2843+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">these were some fries for an appetizer, but they were super seasoned and flavorful. really liked these</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-anuDyp6zD2ns3KLsfiIE7PvBw2wM9wmCBvLREQ78O-2O8wgT_hzl9QAP5DUr2cfhfMqTHcQiaDrElDvQrq_vkgD_Zjzgv8K_fMYFb7BmqScd-w603paQHtP9vDjajX0NeC4-nsuuyKgv/s1600/IMG_2847+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-anuDyp6zD2ns3KLsfiIE7PvBw2wM9wmCBvLREQ78O-2O8wgT_hzl9QAP5DUr2cfhfMqTHcQiaDrElDvQrq_vkgD_Zjzgv8K_fMYFb7BmqScd-w603paQHtP9vDjajX0NeC4-nsuuyKgv/s320/IMG_2847+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here is my entree! i think they were making a flower with eyes as the "design" since there were singing flowers in alice in wonderland. anyway, omg, this pasta was AMAZING. the noodles were cooked perfectly, the sauce was to die for, and the egg (in the middle) when mixed with the pasta/sauce/bacon/everything really made it superb.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57sxUPUdk9gPOsObjrTRcdnEBnwoQo5XE7t0l1IKFmocf_WOv22zt6Z3OCl-1CfpwbB-C4KzivQf8LmdrNi9XTFwPz6To15mX11u2rX-3Pd5LIcPgR6CkDpShDpqJiLC_MQu78vqJXG-W/s1600/IMG_2849+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57sxUPUdk9gPOsObjrTRcdnEBnwoQo5XE7t0l1IKFmocf_WOv22zt6Z3OCl-1CfpwbB-C4KzivQf8LmdrNi9XTFwPz6To15mX11u2rX-3Pd5LIcPgR6CkDpShDpqJiLC_MQu78vqJXG-W/s320/IMG_2849+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here's erik's design! his was more obvious hahaha...SO CUTE, RIGHT?! and his was equally as delicious! it was like...smokey! somehow! really great taste. he was in love with it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGh31icus89sUAaMt_BD_CPwGM-AJ6-e1ATFz1_Fh2HrEbOUCJP2cCisJn4tKLwx4kClIXulIG5Z_JAv8G8oogQVdmnAqR1XyF6qe_OBk7RcxyoHvN_dpdFOKLtg_Crj02uTG0_UJL_vGX/s1600/IMG_2851+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGh31icus89sUAaMt_BD_CPwGM-AJ6-e1ATFz1_Fh2HrEbOUCJP2cCisJn4tKLwx4kClIXulIG5Z_JAv8G8oogQVdmnAqR1XyF6qe_OBk7RcxyoHvN_dpdFOKLtg_Crj02uTG0_UJL_vGX/s320/IMG_2851+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and dessert! again, ADORABLE! and tasted just as good! different flavored cakes (matcha, strawberry, and cantelope from left to right) with yummy accents. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9miXHTDhMO5BJQIFMD43RjrAhU4A7en_l-r0npe_3lE4sdo0yD5fwaBL7LIYUeVmcfZYO_6nHeWd6-9BC891FKp2bgzQSs5FmRpPdrbw58B6K0MRUUuHjJpFy2SMlJ5pkJ9FFJY0oPNYt/s1600/IMG_2862+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9miXHTDhMO5BJQIFMD43RjrAhU4A7en_l-r0npe_3lE4sdo0yD5fwaBL7LIYUeVmcfZYO_6nHeWd6-9BC891FKp2bgzQSs5FmRpPdrbw58B6K0MRUUuHjJpFy2SMlJ5pkJ9FFJY0oPNYt/s320/IMG_2862+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">our waitress too our pic for us too hehe...cool mirror design behind us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqX0GtrA08cbNhfvZ8DsbMYJB8tLGRSQPFGPKrQGzrYp814HHF23ePwLQ7xX1UKEb2b7LgfPdxCc_E0jh14Sit-2PHEZzXilk535FVfbDIi_gufkqgy9SXuMaQCyoZsTUS-kxM-TPfHowt/s1600/IMG_2860+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqX0GtrA08cbNhfvZ8DsbMYJB8tLGRSQPFGPKrQGzrYp814HHF23ePwLQ7xX1UKEb2b7LgfPdxCc_E0jh14Sit-2PHEZzXilk535FVfbDIi_gufkqgy9SXuMaQCyoZsTUS-kxM-TPfHowt/s320/IMG_2860+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> this place nailed it. i thought it was just going to be cliche/cheesy with cute food and theme, but the food tasted so, so, good. it really turned out to be an amazing dinner!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> and a lovely wait for the train ride back to the hotel :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eOoREQrRRN5H4gfvljhZTdbwerjSRHLjjUbhlFj555cudt2pkqs_Rmj4fmi2LSe8RGa1rbVme8uyh-d9UHm8u-3RIC9YkOTPGpaiZoOCmJ1ZSja5diJRWtqYQZtRpl3K6d_vA3QjmhGP/s1600/IMG_2869+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eOoREQrRRN5H4gfvljhZTdbwerjSRHLjjUbhlFj555cudt2pkqs_Rmj4fmi2LSe8RGa1rbVme8uyh-d9UHm8u-3RIC9YkOTPGpaiZoOCmJ1ZSja5diJRWtqYQZtRpl3K6d_vA3QjmhGP/s320/IMG_2869+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-38714076493730026932011-08-09T21:40:00.001+09:002011-08-09T21:43:52.029+09:00DAY 11: JAPANESE PEACHES ARE GOOD. SO IS COCOICHI.<div style="text-align: left;">today we explored ginza a bit :) but first, we had japanese peaches for breakfast! we bought them a few days ago and have been waiting for them to be ready to eat and today was the day! they were SO JUICY. loved them!!! forgot to take a pic. booooo!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">anyway, off to ginza we went! ginza is a huge shopping area with really upscale shops (like louis vuitton, burberry, etc)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">LOVED the swarovski storefront! really gorgeous.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC03ieiu7mTkP3DgbmxZv-IGICXJGu1l6mArkgNuiqkcT5vvymkCBoTvnrEvHJ6x14Y4Z2Hr9s2EQuElEdAAAwMSZWHSVaR6l-a_ZXt-xB-0HMwkb6Y1geTTUF8p9K9xbBSzrVFgfkO0c_/s1600/IMG_2667+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC03ieiu7mTkP3DgbmxZv-IGICXJGu1l6mArkgNuiqkcT5vvymkCBoTvnrEvHJ6x14Y4Z2Hr9s2EQuElEdAAAwMSZWHSVaR6l-a_ZXt-xB-0HMwkb6Y1geTTUF8p9K9xbBSzrVFgfkO0c_/s320/IMG_2667+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we really wanted to go to this store called "itoya". itoya is like a 9-story tall stationary/art store. PERFECT for me lol...unfortunately, they did not allow photos inside! but it was SO cool in there! if you like stationary, paper, or anything art related, you MUST GO. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNU2uqjkvxttYzVCERkiKZYgvljK905pDaH2a7c5AxxWe-QEzUnMDlDQ9EAtP1O4bt5ptxl9GgIfAlSlJzryuHATiD_7Idx7Z74uNuuxIv8pfFF_Ec9whb9LbvU7mWmKJ6_RK0bI9yIcyO/s1600/IMG_2661+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNU2uqjkvxttYzVCERkiKZYgvljK905pDaH2a7c5AxxWe-QEzUnMDlDQ9EAtP1O4bt5ptxl9GgIfAlSlJzryuHATiD_7Idx7Z74uNuuxIv8pfFF_Ec9whb9LbvU7mWmKJ6_RK0bI9yIcyO/s320/IMG_2661+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards we planned on going to hikuhinkan toy park, and i'm really glad we did. it was 4-5 stories tall, and it was actually a pretty awesome toy store! we ended up buying quite a few things from here. i highly recommend this one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HGcnaTwZtk1zeHKJ_NWRkqZsBc2UvtZ_Lk6x9tGxB7Rvds3iqCi83EnlCV0NA0HMxiIOu4nWrA5pLv9hYo4sQd5l6rgJnf68qXx9vFOUx7yPwdUhOIP-0Xl65zxheVMg4D4xipUizkps/s1600/IMG_2668+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HGcnaTwZtk1zeHKJ_NWRkqZsBc2UvtZ_Lk6x9tGxB7Rvds3iqCi83EnlCV0NA0HMxiIOu4nWrA5pLv9hYo4sQd5l6rgJnf68qXx9vFOUx7yPwdUhOIP-0Xl65zxheVMg4D4xipUizkps/s320/IMG_2668+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">part of the inside</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsz62sq8O9g7Y0XzNmokURALNBaRZfMjpne4hHPHenKxnh_FXGK3dksD7zurU2NwtdPtsFFshPH-laY7L69Rk-uBJv6pZLaSDIUC9rRA98N0KNvHdoRraDHQljlHcKywu0rVIChLN40wc6/s1600/IMG_2669+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsz62sq8O9g7Y0XzNmokURALNBaRZfMjpne4hHPHenKxnh_FXGK3dksD7zurU2NwtdPtsFFshPH-laY7L69Rk-uBJv6pZLaSDIUC9rRA98N0KNvHdoRraDHQljlHcKywu0rVIChLN40wc6/s320/IMG_2669+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we have this game at home! in english though lol...thought it was really neat to see it in japanese! it's actually a really, really, good game. it's called "pandemic". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7edLLbL1hPDY1jbjz72copho9_EjF23WuWnsq5-B98wKZRwpWXGLA0wGwkAZjhEPB98nLPq4l0MwqC1vziyMOLcvrn7kn-pIQV9x60Yvpz_b_Af1QFQBEL1TX9jDsdjLAuPR5UU9ef8Z/s1600/IMG_2676+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7edLLbL1hPDY1jbjz72copho9_EjF23WuWnsq5-B98wKZRwpWXGLA0wGwkAZjhEPB98nLPq4l0MwqC1vziyMOLcvrn7kn-pIQV9x60Yvpz_b_Af1QFQBEL1TX9jDsdjLAuPR5UU9ef8Z/s320/IMG_2676+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">after shopping for a few hours, we left ginza...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbI6RwwEpAhniglO84wlNFHlP8WyhVynyGNAh47ejE5ivlBRsnrJ6-Igy4Z6M9048NC3vgn36X0VrRIkDZ2l5Ljonw2d4baembbh1DEVc4r97-kncHrulol76rMtgcZPuobBFlU-u-Zcx_/s1600/IMG_2678+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbI6RwwEpAhniglO84wlNFHlP8WyhVynyGNAh47ejE5ivlBRsnrJ6-Igy4Z6M9048NC3vgn36X0VrRIkDZ2l5Ljonw2d4baembbh1DEVc4r97-kncHrulol76rMtgcZPuobBFlU-u-Zcx_/s320/IMG_2678+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">...and headed to harajuku to do some gift shopping for friends and we picked up a crepe right before they closed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mUMb7suQwlg-XcWl2unPtSEbxN5ZLfEuXA5LSa2TOUdJnrXg_AqYEvOUjNdcIUvoNzaVPnzAjvhJTTRzgnu-90PIbR6co4Zc3zc8aHFhwTGHixYX-ZUdNGHUDm7mSJachUTuY4HaM4Qb/s1600/IMG_2685+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mUMb7suQwlg-XcWl2unPtSEbxN5ZLfEuXA5LSa2TOUdJnrXg_AqYEvOUjNdcIUvoNzaVPnzAjvhJTTRzgnu-90PIbR6co4Zc3zc8aHFhwTGHixYX-ZUdNGHUDm7mSJachUTuY4HaM4Qb/s320/IMG_2685+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">YUM. azuki bean paste, ice cream, strawberries and whipped cream. SOOOO GOOD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBcOKukSbFBE0J0Pby82E7InYlcZqoRKU8EurS_Ann37vKmDUzWeTl-t1XeJTcTPUTzsYxPzQ3NbC9f_aQ0y2g6MBHaEbNszPnlNRImpY7cwLPReNC5eAey_2ARxPQQxS7hfhTWnA8NpP/s1600/IMG_2688+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBcOKukSbFBE0J0Pby82E7InYlcZqoRKU8EurS_Ann37vKmDUzWeTl-t1XeJTcTPUTzsYxPzQ3NbC9f_aQ0y2g6MBHaEbNszPnlNRImpY7cwLPReNC5eAey_2ARxPQQxS7hfhTWnA8NpP/s320/IMG_2688+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this vending machine was at shibuya train station! it's DIGITAL! you just use the touch screen and press what you want to drink! loved it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrdmPHtB0kHJAYfDeOqQ2oWZPy0oAq86q51J6Dmic86A1NRLhcphETSkmxuhRsUm2V7AjrbBSek8oorE9lSGSAG32_rZl6wAwvpNFRx9GUF2YdzZn1myHnD__QB_eBA7718RlPI0eCulh/s1600/IMG_2695+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrdmPHtB0kHJAYfDeOqQ2oWZPy0oAq86q51J6Dmic86A1NRLhcphETSkmxuhRsUm2V7AjrbBSek8oorE9lSGSAG32_rZl6wAwvpNFRx9GUF2YdzZn1myHnD__QB_eBA7718RlPI0eCulh/s320/IMG_2695+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">shibuya crossing at night! i noticed the Q-FRONT screen on the right was darker than usual for energy saving. also, barely any advertisements were being played. it was mostly just saying "Q-FRONT" in different ways on the screen. not sure if this is because of the economy right now, or what.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yuv-vSJ7WgJYYol1s_ehxRd79sJVmwvqaE8V3IWsk9JefO3j8zklZtU5dPKLJ5PMjpWknkvFTp2Ww1jWlakS_O0SuNaaQcZ431POr60mWspB2mzDJ2M0EcdJ7UAOX4jj1VVeOhonorjo/s1600/IMG_2706+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yuv-vSJ7WgJYYol1s_ehxRd79sJVmwvqaE8V3IWsk9JefO3j8zklZtU5dPKLJ5PMjpWknkvFTp2Ww1jWlakS_O0SuNaaQcZ431POr60mWspB2mzDJ2M0EcdJ7UAOX4jj1VVeOhonorjo/s320/IMG_2706+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">time for dinner! erik's favorite place! COCOichi! :D omg, he LOVES this curry. fanatical about it hahaha...and i must say, it's darn good japanese curry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLr1F9Xvu08uhfP0__aqODGy92PLYR1KmgCSwZdJc1AIY-KwtJsB3PWM9_ROXocIW0ZSMXPQ1k-jeavYqTEoTWkO3AhnMnVTgPjpg1_yGtJoK40ux4XkHAOuSMvQSqc4iRgGD52TPsBL0Z/s1600/IMG_2709+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLr1F9Xvu08uhfP0__aqODGy92PLYR1KmgCSwZdJc1AIY-KwtJsB3PWM9_ROXocIW0ZSMXPQ1k-jeavYqTEoTWkO3AhnMnVTgPjpg1_yGtJoK40ux4XkHAOuSMvQSqc4iRgGD52TPsBL0Z/s320/IMG_2709+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we both chose the menchi to go with our curry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fKQtMOTJwOH49DhfCT5BfAubk171ZzYAulC6JKE7b4PJgM0-AD9hESHlq0RXgRcYmOvxCnjcXbrVOAXEJn30dXFwinUbSvzUzhkMdzftXHtyf5_-x1kKsMZz6YYjzI2CiuzXt4PjHgNW/s1600/IMG_2713+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fKQtMOTJwOH49DhfCT5BfAubk171ZzYAulC6JKE7b4PJgM0-AD9hESHlq0RXgRcYmOvxCnjcXbrVOAXEJn30dXFwinUbSvzUzhkMdzftXHtyf5_-x1kKsMZz6YYjzI2CiuzXt4PjHgNW/s320/IMG_2713+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and erik got a beer, while i got a cafe au lait ;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2mswD0os1Ecw8YwNZZkv0UWQ5L8dFho1z4MKCcuRU3CM_VjS1h6VXLPo7dBU-rZzluBg4d8IsG8Lqkwar5LKlC4hH4HWJkcq48X_zINjF9tX47yFrw-u7DHoagoUdve5trw2dXentbVO/s1600/IMG_2715+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2mswD0os1Ecw8YwNZZkv0UWQ5L8dFho1z4MKCcuRU3CM_VjS1h6VXLPo7dBU-rZzluBg4d8IsG8Lqkwar5LKlC4hH4HWJkcq48X_zINjF9tX47yFrw-u7DHoagoUdve5trw2dXentbVO/s320/IMG_2715+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here it is! YUM. i also got vegetables with mine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybvsJRxh5wczhisaFKdZiqCHn7chpeyLjSUqZ-8SOsCITnQu7_gf-utqOfOMdafmTcDVerS89dAyHVBKEU9XH_G6G5bRT1-MMd4QWOyPv_fDlck5QeK5bu0XLp4xWLP9F76mnUJr6c-W5/s1600/IMG_2716+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybvsJRxh5wczhisaFKdZiqCHn7chpeyLjSUqZ-8SOsCITnQu7_gf-utqOfOMdafmTcDVerS89dAyHVBKEU9XH_G6G5bRT1-MMd4QWOyPv_fDlck5QeK5bu0XLp4xWLP9F76mnUJr6c-W5/s320/IMG_2716+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">nice night to take a loooong walk home from shibuya to our hotel in shinjuku. it takes about 40-45 minutes, but we've done it so many times because we love it (and it helps work off that curry and crepe! haha)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODdUZBqPxnNveMF86SYEODG-SufW6VyPgND1VcZuEw59_Kd5Oae5EVEQEzdSAJYq_vmUv49kyMAN3N2wLGTh4ctigSKn_YJYHdoZIauzdkIFzgojnqHEKX2L_NGP9wmaoUEjue6-Htied/s1600/IMG_2723+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODdUZBqPxnNveMF86SYEODG-SufW6VyPgND1VcZuEw59_Kd5Oae5EVEQEzdSAJYq_vmUv49kyMAN3N2wLGTh4ctigSKn_YJYHdoZIauzdkIFzgojnqHEKX2L_NGP9wmaoUEjue6-Htied/s320/IMG_2723+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">love this dinosaur dentistry! hahaha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEh9r83iGLgUSTnJ8SxE0sexnQitCRDzadAQFi2GuB0093fiCkSw6Th5JlpU3FdsKvUwaD5DUALl5nYRVdt7yZlFrYeLJh5OsBRKgY94r19-p7XykJHjjGx-PN8S92qWeI6ij-KIU2X2Bm/s1600/IMG_2726+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEh9r83iGLgUSTnJ8SxE0sexnQitCRDzadAQFi2GuB0093fiCkSw6Th5JlpU3FdsKvUwaD5DUALl5nYRVdt7yZlFrYeLJh5OsBRKgY94r19-p7XykJHjjGx-PN8S92qWeI6ij-KIU2X2Bm/s320/IMG_2726+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">also saw this adorable police station! haha! had to get a pic of it ;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay1z2wwLdVmoKhQutUJhOuWWV5ixwlHeBvUDV7yr7GqDgPhF2PteQtaqlO6SJTOgY0HlV8-U3d7ZXTQfpDivxt6tXxoi8pXxdyJ2FeUeR5tQ9V-WkU4wiauYXaHE2qk2LqdZbUf-PVFRM/s1600/IMG_2731+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay1z2wwLdVmoKhQutUJhOuWWV5ixwlHeBvUDV7yr7GqDgPhF2PteQtaqlO6SJTOgY0HlV8-U3d7ZXTQfpDivxt6tXxoi8pXxdyJ2FeUeR5tQ9V-WkU4wiauYXaHE2qk2LqdZbUf-PVFRM/s320/IMG_2731+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-76890669015172667532011-08-07T23:07:00.000+09:002011-08-07T23:07:17.257+09:00BONUS BLOG: WE MADE A REALLY FUN CANDY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUTRZovEWji4HYE-SDSv7cKlPAU3aNE1KpCfwjnsKb7yzRuc3ViYfqXfcHdpjDKfwvqeCOnqjwzWCtCQlyOaxZAkJPTd9CmNx6JutosPOzpamVOA_fojWSapt-G_pLwhtjfoo14ztQ-e7/s1600/IMG_2619+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUTRZovEWji4HYE-SDSv7cKlPAU3aNE1KpCfwjnsKb7yzRuc3ViYfqXfcHdpjDKfwvqeCOnqjwzWCtCQlyOaxZAkJPTd9CmNx6JutosPOzpamVOA_fojWSapt-G_pLwhtjfoo14ztQ-e7/s320/IMG_2619+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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they make little candy takoyaki!!! takoyaki is a ball-shaped dumpling made out of batter with a piece of octopus in the center. so, this is a little kit to make candy versions of this! the flavors were peach and strawberry, and the takoyaki "sauce" on top tasted like maple syrup. fun to make!!!jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-66095735548673700512011-08-07T21:46:00.001+09:002011-08-07T21:46:57.713+09:00DAY 10: WE RODE A REALLY FUN LOOKING TRAIN TODAY!<div style="text-align: left;">we went to this giant daiso (dollar store) today in machida and a grocery store that was in the basement of it and here is the train we rode for 30 minutes today to get there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikX2urw8CVwp8l0bb3GhY94FZ7S9orOnhw9Pjprn5xTuyV_d2jbe_MQBXi8vS_iYVvd1TfHfejJxRCEh9o_CMlNmtaGRHqxD6Qe3Or1eDigRTZDVpLZxGcx8aNuUkGIUqw9amYjLmdi-5q/s1600/IMG_2602+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikX2urw8CVwp8l0bb3GhY94FZ7S9orOnhw9Pjprn5xTuyV_d2jbe_MQBXi8vS_iYVvd1TfHfejJxRCEh9o_CMlNmtaGRHqxD6Qe3Or1eDigRTZDVpLZxGcx8aNuUkGIUqw9amYjLmdi-5q/s320/IMG_2602+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">really cute, right???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i took a few pics inside the giant 5 floor daiso (but later saw signs that you weren't allowed to...whoopsies)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYyqirfblkwcvc6qT5e4zssFTtgmWLC1CBiX1PU2E3EdzR1WfSkxvUGzU1uHBaSmKEsLDyEahX-od2ek_cC6uFlMs5fPUSAziDtPgQepby37m0E9OolYAHAUTraIQO551sYNZ_C7oqrH4/s1600/IMG_2605+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYyqirfblkwcvc6qT5e4zssFTtgmWLC1CBiX1PU2E3EdzR1WfSkxvUGzU1uHBaSmKEsLDyEahX-od2ek_cC6uFlMs5fPUSAziDtPgQepby37m0E9OolYAHAUTraIQO551sYNZ_C7oqrH4/s320/IMG_2605+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was huge! </div><div style="text-align: left;"> and in the grocery store in the basement they had these! yellow watermelons! upon closer inspection, they are called "cream watermelon". i wanted to know what it tasted like!!! but not for $6.35 per 1/8 of a watermelon!!!!! yikes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWO1IQoboHp3gA1bWCdICPH4i_fNKU9lEe1gT52kX29-nlxZnu2bzRCuISetF0aNLPfpQPPtUyOFUZOZ-7IWuj5hHkPSatol8dmqr001dFxjE4Xg2IMQwZBiiLHUKVlviJ2peqr2MN_Dg/s1600/IMG_2607+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWO1IQoboHp3gA1bWCdICPH4i_fNKU9lEe1gT52kX29-nlxZnu2bzRCuISetF0aNLPfpQPPtUyOFUZOZ-7IWuj5hHkPSatol8dmqr001dFxjE4Xg2IMQwZBiiLHUKVlviJ2peqr2MN_Dg/s320/IMG_2607+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">after we shopped for like 3 hours, we were hungry so we went into a denny's! yeah! like the american denny's! only...it's WAY DIFFERENT! no "moon over my hammy" sandwiches here!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcrB8vhyuI3Y7KIbJZD4_tvLvfKHc2Hv60uX_FFJCdWe5HGePSWGUFizMWoo3eFKhp69rOdEhoHmWWG0_7ebSpCi09pr5CoBCNtSg3zd2v6f9mU9dS2Qx-TbH0dYW3yzSD5zF7c1_MUMG/s1600/IMG_2617+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcrB8vhyuI3Y7KIbJZD4_tvLvfKHc2Hv60uX_FFJCdWe5HGePSWGUFizMWoo3eFKhp69rOdEhoHmWWG0_7ebSpCi09pr5CoBCNtSg3zd2v6f9mU9dS2Qx-TbH0dYW3yzSD5zF7c1_MUMG/s320/IMG_2617+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">look at this menu!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83u5Zbd8uN80fulR1rTNpXeB7RrG2e7SBczGUVY68F115je_VG39kUp19XRabhv6V56WtV9rlfgW04P7U5FOrssVZdJvYKSq2BhJlyTTSmCYmLpPzhiLUMfNVzyUqbmlpIdaFX74mOlJk/s1600/IMG_2608+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83u5Zbd8uN80fulR1rTNpXeB7RrG2e7SBczGUVY68F115je_VG39kUp19XRabhv6V56WtV9rlfgW04P7U5FOrssVZdJvYKSq2BhJlyTTSmCYmLpPzhiLUMfNVzyUqbmlpIdaFX74mOlJk/s320/IMG_2608+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">some of the desserts! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTutlKto3G2RCYQbALyYEdSMtLrvWdut43id4bkvxq5JNXgya8Mx-gFfau-8QF5rrT3XxE5emBp3dv03QlgYeKftu_K41-u7DQgeEvD6WNdtNOUhZz6uoPYSkniyrKRf7SN_xfhTO3EPG/s1600/IMG_2610+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTutlKto3G2RCYQbALyYEdSMtLrvWdut43id4bkvxq5JNXgya8Mx-gFfau-8QF5rrT3XxE5emBp3dv03QlgYeKftu_K41-u7DQgeEvD6WNdtNOUhZz6uoPYSkniyrKRf7SN_xfhTO3EPG/s320/IMG_2610+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and the drinks! they had a kiwi drink! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnp-IXrM63m8OWGJ1pJqiCdwDBAGyOQHIZFA01FZhVW33TiowJMNHXFb2exFRq6OGpWWSVyedpPDmZJwxDw-uLtu0J4utiR_udoJqiwD50f-jQI_5H2vohRah_iaT-b9wEvKarOVCK0ASk/s1600/IMG_2612+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnp-IXrM63m8OWGJ1pJqiCdwDBAGyOQHIZFA01FZhVW33TiowJMNHXFb2exFRq6OGpWWSVyedpPDmZJwxDw-uLtu0J4utiR_udoJqiwD50f-jQI_5H2vohRah_iaT-b9wEvKarOVCK0ASk/s320/IMG_2612+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i got the creamy milk bubble tea</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoIWSnGS6UyWjVIfFaj8rWaoLyii3A5lsezKahJt3AxaocRJPfBGgA808GQQmIQb2axkWbF-Tk-llgdnaUG3LgAH5QuuKP1_GOMb6FkrQ668tAXchv0WCxZcX7XAXCWNpBA3383eXdAt1/s1600/IMG_2613+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoIWSnGS6UyWjVIfFaj8rWaoLyii3A5lsezKahJt3AxaocRJPfBGgA808GQQmIQb2axkWbF-Tk-llgdnaUG3LgAH5QuuKP1_GOMb6FkrQ668tAXchv0WCxZcX7XAXCWNpBA3383eXdAt1/s320/IMG_2613+s.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and here's my entree! it was SO yummy! it was a strong basil pesto sauce on angel hair pasta with prosciutto and asparagus!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcMbPzJrPMYRzjZ9a-zaP3mZJbLabQpWUAXD8LdXwh1zH3v881Xvk8UGXU_CaqWHljJaaNwDapSDzEzjq0JB1sxiDbk45Vhcao4wJfxsX9R9vqcv6Zxp_1bqmKC-TRZHPLJm64U88psUY/s1600/IMG_2614+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcMbPzJrPMYRzjZ9a-zaP3mZJbLabQpWUAXD8LdXwh1zH3v881Xvk8UGXU_CaqWHljJaaNwDapSDzEzjq0JB1sxiDbk45Vhcao4wJfxsX9R9vqcv6Zxp_1bqmKC-TRZHPLJm64U88psUY/s320/IMG_2614+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> here is erik's he got japanese hamburger! it was also very good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtDeDHRSpCGwcoYXqCHKFvmfEELpmD6_QjT_W5P3deb36P3hd3mxLbJBIm9pYS4a9CYcjNqg5kOPGKgxhIaS99kMT3qVxC01pLrUuDPQha1oIZsfiL0iJf_56lNxT-XXzJoSbTikh9tmD/s1600/IMG_2615+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtDeDHRSpCGwcoYXqCHKFvmfEELpmD6_QjT_W5P3deb36P3hd3mxLbJBIm9pYS4a9CYcjNqg5kOPGKgxhIaS99kMT3qVxC01pLrUuDPQha1oIZsfiL0iJf_56lNxT-XXzJoSbTikh9tmD/s320/IMG_2615+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we got a late start to the day since we were out pretty late last night and wanted to sleep in a little and take it easy, so this is really all we did today haha...sort of boring, but it's nice to have relax days sometimes! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-23463214159764323592011-08-07T12:07:00.000+09:002011-08-07T12:07:37.407+09:00DAY 9: RAMEN, MATSURI, AND YUKATA, OH MY!<div style="text-align: left;">TODAY WAS AMAZING!!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">okay, first, breakfast ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;">melon mochi on the left, banana cake thing on the right. both delicious!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgP0mcnzxtOZUWGQFDWj6KzlCuMyoS-SyloNgLuZ3p-Bdrk8XrLamZOU0Uupot7aRpZ4SWjP082FobE-KZUl1l8U1KozYAxdrrLgRJ-fFAlDYxFZi6qBcdpC8-tTDgZhUvtYN_z50WV3P/s1600/IMG_2351+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgP0mcnzxtOZUWGQFDWj6KzlCuMyoS-SyloNgLuZ3p-Bdrk8XrLamZOU0Uupot7aRpZ4SWjP082FobE-KZUl1l8U1KozYAxdrrLgRJ-fFAlDYxFZi6qBcdpC8-tTDgZhUvtYN_z50WV3P/s320/IMG_2351+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">today was the day that we met up with some of the students that i had last fall (when i helped teach english to the foreign exchange students at kent state). i made some great friends, and today was the day we got to visit them in japan! we met natsuki and mari in ikebukuro and off we went to their university (rikkyo university).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Hn-inEAh-jsTjzgGCZiuF7cPqgYDJ7JYHxE6P8hYu-u0O74r2BKYOPtCkjIFFtuKjVj7AGbwi9jjMKJw8E1h0I7s8A7mXzBBi_tt30sydjntxdMsPwzZTj79yv3bX_WB22TyaR8H1rs0/s1600/IMG_2352+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Hn-inEAh-jsTjzgGCZiuF7cPqgYDJ7JYHxE6P8hYu-u0O74r2BKYOPtCkjIFFtuKjVj7AGbwi9jjMKJw8E1h0I7s8A7mXzBBi_tt30sydjntxdMsPwzZTj79yv3bX_WB22TyaR8H1rs0/s320/IMG_2352+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">isn't it gorgeous?!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">there were a lot of kids there because today was "open campus" when high schoolers come to look at the university and check it out. we even got to sit in for part of one of the classes! hah! it was really cool!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">they were also serving kakigori, which is basically like a snocone, because it was HOT today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiapRVx2ery8kes_Y3imJCvf98xTbuQt8V2uhLhvAqeIQCOSDSx84S32_SBIg1v39dD0K3agDw7xLmtgTcFQi3TdLpvXg2e0PmsS1lRI-3QNNxJwnf3EQPKqJKh5y8mBsbJZjCp4nE4yo/s1600/IMG_2362+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiapRVx2ery8kes_Y3imJCvf98xTbuQt8V2uhLhvAqeIQCOSDSx84S32_SBIg1v39dD0K3agDw7xLmtgTcFQi3TdLpvXg2e0PmsS1lRI-3QNNxJwnf3EQPKqJKh5y8mBsbJZjCp4nE4yo/s320/IMG_2362+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">yum yum yum! here i am with mari (left) and natsuki (center)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQe-yQBPLTWKfVfP9j-UGVsv-b0IzP-ASeUrguhwIMj0esY_3soj69Li1ckaVoJxsCUIcnSqGYG-Mhx_1bxGQW5MSRzzVplnwPts-pb6Zpl6PwK1Czy50TODoulatdwHU9FMfZRBcSs_m/s1600/IMG_2364+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQe-yQBPLTWKfVfP9j-UGVsv-b0IzP-ASeUrguhwIMj0esY_3soj69Li1ckaVoJxsCUIcnSqGYG-Mhx_1bxGQW5MSRzzVplnwPts-pb6Zpl6PwK1Czy50TODoulatdwHU9FMfZRBcSs_m/s320/IMG_2364+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">soon, my friend tomo joined us, and they led us to a department store. i had no idea what was going on, i thought we were just shopping to escape the heat for a bit, but then we got to a floor with a ton of yukata!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6s3nXRU0Z-7ZsSIrsgKUXkGR0wFe5PFOIEED10qXx-UGRpiL8YKHJeAYyGbMqX1QKdVc3lwGRkYVeCclxF2rASTturRHCpzfKd-s3PFgoeLoikms4IuUkssaNwy1DSecaaLzFTCOHotd/s1600/IMG_2367+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6s3nXRU0Z-7ZsSIrsgKUXkGR0wFe5PFOIEED10qXx-UGRpiL8YKHJeAYyGbMqX1QKdVc3lwGRkYVeCclxF2rASTturRHCpzfKd-s3PFgoeLoikms4IuUkssaNwy1DSecaaLzFTCOHotd/s320/IMG_2367+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">they HUGELY surprised us and told us they were going to buy us our very own yukatas to wear for tonight since we were going to a matsuri!!!! :D oh my gosh, i could not BELIEVE IT! they are too nice! so we looked around, and they picked one out for me to wear and dressed me up in it to see how i looked. they loved it! and so did i!!!!! (more photos later on in the blog). so, we got mine, and then went to get erik's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vAwigNS1jT1YjvsXunf8b30tk9vXHdfF5TFcIa82EQtQ2wP0r5f42-FLorlWjqAzc0fYKB-6kVMv7ww0OXZnHaD6MtuI_DmhtqVoTTCNGwq6wOeXozl2R8jID0gu4445lcMEqir1Mbec/s1600/IMG_2369+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vAwigNS1jT1YjvsXunf8b30tk9vXHdfF5TFcIa82EQtQ2wP0r5f42-FLorlWjqAzc0fYKB-6kVMv7ww0OXZnHaD6MtuI_DmhtqVoTTCNGwq6wOeXozl2R8jID0gu4445lcMEqir1Mbec/s320/IMG_2369+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">seriously SO. NICE. of them! real yukatas are not cheap! i was so surprised i wanted to cry from happiness! we put them on later on in the night, so keep reading for that and photos ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards, we were hungry, so we went to go get some ramen for lunch! tomo has a favorite place, and OMG it was SOOOOO GOOD.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXWqss9_j-WAXTVcLKJ83pfSj5BYM-_G-eXr-_s7DsW6ovRkxpRMO37hcSd6AfkIUUQr0HqK9nri1_kp4xfi5UNQbH0PY4yefvKa_vhN7OF55e45YcUrWn6ArnJzc9n5CWeDJSJB9G-bo/s1600/IMG_2370+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXWqss9_j-WAXTVcLKJ83pfSj5BYM-_G-eXr-_s7DsW6ovRkxpRMO37hcSd6AfkIUUQr0HqK9nri1_kp4xfi5UNQbH0PY4yefvKa_vhN7OF55e45YcUrWn6ArnJzc9n5CWeDJSJB9G-bo/s320/IMG_2370+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this style ramen is where you pick up the noodles on the right, dip them into the sauce/broth on the left, and then eat it. it was like a pork/fish combination and it was to DIE for. sooooooo good.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards, what better thing to do than purikura! purikura is basically like, "print club" and it's where you go into a giant photobooth to take pics with your friends! it's very popular among girls in japan. here is an example of one of the booths</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jrMii94QsP56kJ4ugIBF7Cit-YlOADGUMCpuZmv49dCc65T6QxnJG9ZeIZC-7-xQsbIR07J01Aci7nIc9d0LMzmMBBzVvCFxMwGGK_4ir7cPxi0mXNZN2hkjG3BCihh-S1DZiNt7f82p/s1600/IMG_2371+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jrMii94QsP56kJ4ugIBF7Cit-YlOADGUMCpuZmv49dCc65T6QxnJG9ZeIZC-7-xQsbIR07J01Aci7nIc9d0LMzmMBBzVvCFxMwGGK_4ir7cPxi0mXNZN2hkjG3BCihh-S1DZiNt7f82p/s320/IMG_2371+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">they make your eyes bigger and your skin smoother, so the end result for boys sort of makes them look pretty girly hahaha...after you take the photos, you can decorate them digitally on computer screens adding stars, hearts, cupcakes, writing, anything, really. here is the end result! hahaha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtM1Ql9sGHc7uVhI4n7luPy6RlhON5SlJ524iVMwE7ZoztLkP8gYMv5FOwW4yFD25Jko1vI9u_OdWUG1RtuueHfKp9Wi56Tuz3gSixSigTvuFsDPzJBdbpKcm8wD_XBKy1RHbey8W5EdO/s1600/IMG_2592+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtM1Ql9sGHc7uVhI4n7luPy6RlhON5SlJ524iVMwE7ZoztLkP8gYMv5FOwW4yFD25Jko1vI9u_OdWUG1RtuueHfKp9Wi56Tuz3gSixSigTvuFsDPzJBdbpKcm8wD_XBKy1RHbey8W5EdO/s320/IMG_2592+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">love it! this was our printout, but they also e-mail the photos too, so i'll get those soon from our friends :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we walked around a bit more and i thought this was cute</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVf5ftggcX5xwNQQOIP1SlGdcXoCEJBvKVhIKYi9uDAA7mU3kUqEHeCZVQaBy1GPCCgk8tUztwCSXrUGqPElTRdVcACA32ZN3dvlebgq_AAPkv2Lzkwn7jA7eb34_n6Yzk5ldx6L5dbaH/s1600/IMG_2374+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVf5ftggcX5xwNQQOIP1SlGdcXoCEJBvKVhIKYi9uDAA7mU3kUqEHeCZVQaBy1GPCCgk8tUztwCSXrUGqPElTRdVcACA32ZN3dvlebgq_AAPkv2Lzkwn7jA7eb34_n6Yzk5ldx6L5dbaH/s320/IMG_2374+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">then my friend kato joined us, and we went to the imperial palace where the emperor lives! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vBAtxXJdLI62BknrPmBx7-rqWTQ72uD0S_0dN-q3Vzj7oZWil_Ro_efZXWXzpbVpXbV57ZhFQlnYZMPoDAOXAV-oec25IgmqXMumeDov9r9JC5lJ4D6eRMOhnzVR_qyQkx5D30PAnvje/s1600/IMG_2380+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vBAtxXJdLI62BknrPmBx7-rqWTQ72uD0S_0dN-q3Vzj7oZWil_Ro_efZXWXzpbVpXbV57ZhFQlnYZMPoDAOXAV-oec25IgmqXMumeDov9r9JC5lJ4D6eRMOhnzVR_qyQkx5D30PAnvje/s320/IMG_2380+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here is kato, tomo, and mari (left to right)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNBKRkX61zL-8wd0s0DfRpMsHclaICKRtdK0l1uFFuZJleSMEVS3zGclE1hfJ0czdNI-08pfUyrNyrfI5Es4ppOruwv3hyphenhyphenjJC3E2-aE8d9QWuNNjulPvBVvmul7K_xmNqRGonxBnCeNSp/s1600/IMG_2382+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNBKRkX61zL-8wd0s0DfRpMsHclaICKRtdK0l1uFFuZJleSMEVS3zGclE1hfJ0czdNI-08pfUyrNyrfI5Es4ppOruwv3hyphenhyphenjJC3E2-aE8d9QWuNNjulPvBVvmul7K_xmNqRGonxBnCeNSp/s320/IMG_2382+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">tomo saw the tokyo tower from a distance! really cool to see it from here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkWh-2NLJtVF4p_0Q6FR32DRjnUEnFI7NwzrTf1b0r2bQzc1XEI8qBy5B32fLuy5_LImSw0N0CCTszfmN86eLl3PTc-qIvM469I7uEbCeK8Aoy9mWUfT7J1MQstSq_Du2AUyoAANA-MNI/s1600/IMG_2399+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkWh-2NLJtVF4p_0Q6FR32DRjnUEnFI7NwzrTf1b0r2bQzc1XEI8qBy5B32fLuy5_LImSw0N0CCTszfmN86eLl3PTc-qIvM469I7uEbCeK8Aoy9mWUfT7J1MQstSq_Du2AUyoAANA-MNI/s320/IMG_2399+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">so beautiful...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruqEummJFceJTW3AUEpsRvyRJXewcdZRtWu_Et2qSWpHTDgH90bkT8Cgk_taVAIlz2F9Xk8Iz1sHcRBn8IJ917zZMIV03gQXhVZvOunkbKQ9FkyD73ilX1tS6zOnxTabCmh0cHLP9QFnM/s1600/IMG_2419+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruqEummJFceJTW3AUEpsRvyRJXewcdZRtWu_Et2qSWpHTDgH90bkT8Cgk_taVAIlz2F9Xk8Iz1sHcRBn8IJ917zZMIV03gQXhVZvOunkbKQ9FkyD73ilX1tS6zOnxTabCmh0cHLP9QFnM/s320/IMG_2419+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">haha! i know this is sort of random, but someone on the textfugu forums really wanted to see japanese ducks, so here you go!!!! they were far away, but i got them for you! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwySoZETR5hB83zgUZ-4TKEzZVoEiRR4NNnhZe_Z0NB6q_uswCK9fa6pEUarN2b4IpdCMutjoccjk7QQCltxLJ76riyxmhpjjAEF_ZuUsATqkOE3NhT4fnjiI3N9ph2Jesuk3pfRFsFqQd/s1600/IMG_2432+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwySoZETR5hB83zgUZ-4TKEzZVoEiRR4NNnhZe_Z0NB6q_uswCK9fa6pEUarN2b4IpdCMutjoccjk7QQCltxLJ76riyxmhpjjAEF_ZuUsATqkOE3NhT4fnjiI3N9ph2Jesuk3pfRFsFqQd/s320/IMG_2432+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">more pics of the grounds...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyo2u6T8-LqpZ4l7bpbmlcMb_B3Qb18J3dn42VdMKSSURd9__qaTJokOrNy58u-CRD-MFwjJdzN7rv1nWpqFUuJjm2ZBA_X8Cm-PdowaJHE0HGf5TI0ByJm1NzzE1BIPtyHcIbfdMF1fS/s1600/IMG_2445+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyo2u6T8-LqpZ4l7bpbmlcMb_B3Qb18J3dn42VdMKSSURd9__qaTJokOrNy58u-CRD-MFwjJdzN7rv1nWpqFUuJjm2ZBA_X8Cm-PdowaJHE0HGf5TI0ByJm1NzzE1BIPtyHcIbfdMF1fS/s320/IMG_2445+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">so pretty!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;">but then....</div><div style="text-align: left;">GODZILLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbg-0aV3JyFnJGzUjK1VRd-Z6PkoilBGX_ohyDp3HMZdOqnNCeqbFN2bsrMZ4NlUCHL7gY0UZBig_XwveTObvZrLynzLXbyg51Xiqy5909qg_yirxNlVSGKIovmVl_em_tcMBHHyNL4Lot/s1600/IMG_2466+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbg-0aV3JyFnJGzUjK1VRd-Z6PkoilBGX_ohyDp3HMZdOqnNCeqbFN2bsrMZ4NlUCHL7gY0UZBig_XwveTObvZrLynzLXbyg51Xiqy5909qg_yirxNlVSGKIovmVl_em_tcMBHHyNL4Lot/s320/IMG_2466+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">oh. no. it's okay. it's just a statue. phew! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBoRLP55zS1HU55AKs5pckN7iUxwKFSm34kcvivu2pk4wKvPtYBaUXycggKwapp_bM0wtqniudK2MkODqFnxbUaevAglwSe3yI4VhGuF_Mwg0BoFCLRcevNp0AnFBUoRvqPPz59NjEvZB/s1600/IMG_2468+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBoRLP55zS1HU55AKs5pckN7iUxwKFSm34kcvivu2pk4wKvPtYBaUXycggKwapp_bM0wtqniudK2MkODqFnxbUaevAglwSe3yI4VhGuF_Mwg0BoFCLRcevNp0AnFBUoRvqPPz59NjEvZB/s320/IMG_2468+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">then it was time to get into our yukatas!!!!!!!!!! a store let us use their changing rooms to change into them, and a lady working there even helped natsuki by putting mine on me! so nice of her!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here we are!!!!!!!!! in traditional yukata!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nEBixtyZj9G9NfCw0LmrqT3PempMnvub5vtbqU8s65KofwOP3gCqqj8hH2xUkvbynWAcRjZpU9x6BSWv1D-Tnjp9OK5bBoFuBTb5mEHI7Id9DO3PRmFQjB0tWs8dSjpN0nZaVr9GOUx7/s1600/IMG_2473+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nEBixtyZj9G9NfCw0LmrqT3PempMnvub5vtbqU8s65KofwOP3gCqqj8hH2xUkvbynWAcRjZpU9x6BSWv1D-Tnjp9OK5bBoFuBTb5mEHI7Id9DO3PRmFQjB0tWs8dSjpN0nZaVr9GOUx7/s320/IMG_2473+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i LOVED the bow in the back, and my hair piece!!!!!!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycO_-swB_BqCzD_7b6r1mbPjMShC_s78r2OXpDdx1DmwI8XQzLrC66LEKu5imijroC3bXX9WqbC3tHovyMyqf4hZh_STSa6Vo00s3iGv1EEcA5VcjNqqltgxBLyUp1LRtHrnCAbe_VhNA/s1600/IMG_2478+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycO_-swB_BqCzD_7b6r1mbPjMShC_s78r2OXpDdx1DmwI8XQzLrC66LEKu5imijroC3bXX9WqbC3tHovyMyqf4hZh_STSa6Vo00s3iGv1EEcA5VcjNqqltgxBLyUp1LRtHrnCAbe_VhNA/s320/IMG_2478+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">on the subway hahahaha ;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKliBHyDcf4e1uFsC7GyNMfCt0OIkKIVBx62rt2ZpU-Cck_sAO-UefdwJR1A6EJMWQku-3NHu4hRGuRiOBzGUl10suiv069w_ThVOa_R0ZnZDTB1WCN8U60EIhG8yGfRF3rAOEVFSv5ejk/s1600/IMG_2479+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKliBHyDcf4e1uFsC7GyNMfCt0OIkKIVBx62rt2ZpU-Cck_sAO-UefdwJR1A6EJMWQku-3NHu4hRGuRiOBzGUl10suiv069w_ThVOa_R0ZnZDTB1WCN8U60EIhG8yGfRF3rAOEVFSv5ejk/s320/IMG_2479+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here we are arriving to the matsuri! it was AMAZING to see in person!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-B1qeflZ6L-d2PAXcYaEVuwGEacogpp9dV5ZKJrtcapiYNa7NJYYS8B0tIbZMFOeuRUl2Qxbri8i6XGq6jKVQCwLpGAggZGN0LXy3p9EW-WvPNlf4v20ByZuK4TZNXaYikDmVj6xLRzk/s1600/IMG_2482+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-B1qeflZ6L-d2PAXcYaEVuwGEacogpp9dV5ZKJrtcapiYNa7NJYYS8B0tIbZMFOeuRUl2Qxbri8i6XGq6jKVQCwLpGAggZGN0LXy3p9EW-WvPNlf4v20ByZuK4TZNXaYikDmVj6xLRzk/s320/IMG_2482+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">so beautiful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSP9KqNHMztEDIPtF-c6vD25ovPg9ECXOjmicMQHF7khxVqyQWWodM2TlnvHwRXLxzrugJW4U2NiwNFY9I3QxU9__btdUmv__KhvpPzK_LpFowdq9LkzK_bVr-qXA6giRaeOjwCRRRQ5HO/s1600/IMG_2488+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSP9KqNHMztEDIPtF-c6vD25ovPg9ECXOjmicMQHF7khxVqyQWWodM2TlnvHwRXLxzrugJW4U2NiwNFY9I3QxU9__btdUmv__KhvpPzK_LpFowdq9LkzK_bVr-qXA6giRaeOjwCRRRQ5HO/s320/IMG_2488+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">drums at the top and music being played while hundreds of people gathered around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1msqsD2VQaKJUrMyT-vgPTJfdLfOrC32jsJjSW35a4GMOipBZHaMLTo8OZYInNxf31eARF71lZ3lYK4THLb3HjAW6IxCwL-uCn-INetkedIuQEycluYYP2Lm17gHgNS4gP0hwxKiDDe5/s1600/IMG_2489+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1msqsD2VQaKJUrMyT-vgPTJfdLfOrC32jsJjSW35a4GMOipBZHaMLTo8OZYInNxf31eARF71lZ3lYK4THLb3HjAW6IxCwL-uCn-INetkedIuQEycluYYP2Lm17gHgNS4gP0hwxKiDDe5/s320/IMG_2489+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">those women in the center were dancing, and everyone on the ground was following them and doing the same dance. so cool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwIYdAEAKbFbcybXBxYpZe1tgvduGeCY8fyKGVMrcv1Duzfmcz_eseX0ayGfSROO9co08WqqEO3JqLAZwEn92MoEVhYby2DzSrEBiNe_NWmox_YD0v_W2jv2V4Cpcok9bZDY0lc6iWSep/s1600/IMG_2499+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwIYdAEAKbFbcybXBxYpZe1tgvduGeCY8fyKGVMrcv1Duzfmcz_eseX0ayGfSROO9co08WqqEO3JqLAZwEn92MoEVhYby2DzSrEBiNe_NWmox_YD0v_W2jv2V4Cpcok9bZDY0lc6iWSep/s320/IMG_2499+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">look at all the people! this is just ONE section of the whole circle!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbTw3OfGLeC-r6xt4ayP0YBL7NYqrM__Hsxs2AW8cpmqXYI5U0FXg-meW8iSNspj7c84RJGmj6nUtov28ou2kiKEqQe1slHkPdh00g-L1VjRlnOmXEGkvHWKDwd5YUH3SASa9hjqCSpUM/s1600/IMG_2510+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbTw3OfGLeC-r6xt4ayP0YBL7NYqrM__Hsxs2AW8cpmqXYI5U0FXg-meW8iSNspj7c84RJGmj6nUtov28ou2kiKEqQe1slHkPdh00g-L1VjRlnOmXEGkvHWKDwd5YUH3SASa9hjqCSpUM/s320/IMG_2510+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">us having the BEST time!!!! we were SO happy!</div><div style="text-align: left;">in the back is kato and tomo. in the front is natsuki, erik, me, and mari :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwD2nm0mG785oBzvVePeDYtjILLKvdd7HXiwkfKKtMrxnX77WNugLUCk5BO4Hmmzp3TJo1f9Wz8XHhTEpjvIuGfuoMfnqJFmjCsA3Xx9jQFZYLR06aHBop_4XazkhyphenhyphenCdlEQzHa88MkCGA3/s1600/IMG_2525+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwD2nm0mG785oBzvVePeDYtjILLKvdd7HXiwkfKKtMrxnX77WNugLUCk5BO4Hmmzp3TJo1f9Wz8XHhTEpjvIuGfuoMfnqJFmjCsA3Xx9jQFZYLR06aHBop_4XazkhyphenhyphenCdlEQzHa88MkCGA3/s320/IMG_2525+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards, we waited at the station because my friend ayumi was meeting with us too! i took this photo while we waited :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUJWyh_30G1cfs6OFCw3pmznNvxfd2uww1jjlhb7utRY69JLJkiuRxfj8tUo4vdXHRUDpXzWYYswI87D74d8S42OoJRRIbvS4DtuMhAQ0ShY0dYmKB8qG6rDR-2BzDj2HrKKxbe0sNlFs/s1600/IMG_2526+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUJWyh_30G1cfs6OFCw3pmznNvxfd2uww1jjlhb7utRY69JLJkiuRxfj8tUo4vdXHRUDpXzWYYswI87D74d8S42OoJRRIbvS4DtuMhAQ0ShY0dYmKB8qG6rDR-2BzDj2HrKKxbe0sNlFs/s320/IMG_2526+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">everyone in yukata everywhere!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0T7ydikvXj87aFeTbWkqxzV8sNU0BjHcK50KgKLUJgC5JwCdO3pLmH7a1ncZRCRagqILYrBRz6ZNzhrll61pdgwzOVpK2RMj3f6AP2iwiEMLTvhrILj0F-upK5-gOwMLfZEYNatsjy1y/s1600/IMG_2529+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0T7ydikvXj87aFeTbWkqxzV8sNU0BjHcK50KgKLUJgC5JwCdO3pLmH7a1ncZRCRagqILYrBRz6ZNzhrll61pdgwzOVpK2RMj3f6AP2iwiEMLTvhrILj0F-upK5-gOwMLfZEYNatsjy1y/s320/IMG_2529+s.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">after ayumi joined us, we headed off to get some dinner. we were going to a monjayaki/okonomiyaki place!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are some pics during our beautiful night walk!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iiAhPouVmzIlyJmtnK5d-DRoXEh4Q5h3KbVEzDMxW7VOU0CpO4Wy3G-ccu7d21UywrDKZWS9FNgKGknbiAsp4K6fB4sym-rqI7Q9KXVsAwyFuNlNVtvmQtK-xkZzUzdtrcjqDXDTa7zp/s1600/IMG_2530+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iiAhPouVmzIlyJmtnK5d-DRoXEh4Q5h3KbVEzDMxW7VOU0CpO4Wy3G-ccu7d21UywrDKZWS9FNgKGknbiAsp4K6fB4sym-rqI7Q9KXVsAwyFuNlNVtvmQtK-xkZzUzdtrcjqDXDTa7zp/s320/IMG_2530+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">AND WE SAW THIS!!!!!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBNTjDp6QBhCDfvHYIGVJysQ4w7VQZcjkgeyT-tsPPg_5gEBFiJ58c4BgckpkzxnjW8S306BNRbfFUecvIgDuMRA2grng1Yuasp2fENBZAz_sI-JZjTTcW-ZNghJGVeFVCmzvJLlOrt8J/s1600/IMG_2534+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBNTjDp6QBhCDfvHYIGVJysQ4w7VQZcjkgeyT-tsPPg_5gEBFiJ58c4BgckpkzxnjW8S306BNRbfFUecvIgDuMRA2grng1Yuasp2fENBZAz_sI-JZjTTcW-ZNghJGVeFVCmzvJLlOrt8J/s320/IMG_2534+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">so rare! a cicada coming out of it's shell!!!!!! unbelievable! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnVy4wsWKxVm55GbX_kH1mVLhzMSbcLjbKyukSC_Ujh51SoKyFpyUbTM22emXHuaEa_Nvb25P4mps10RXYZVd8vaeaXXgLJelvzCjJn7yKTfwVtc144Yx7sR1RbnbZ-of_ZVMQ_mxqECC/s1600/IMG_2538+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnVy4wsWKxVm55GbX_kH1mVLhzMSbcLjbKyukSC_Ujh51SoKyFpyUbTM22emXHuaEa_Nvb25P4mps10RXYZVd8vaeaXXgLJelvzCjJn7yKTfwVtc144Yx7sR1RbnbZ-of_ZVMQ_mxqECC/s320/IMG_2538+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here we are at the restaurant! japan is so smart...the spaces are all so small so the seats are where you store your bags!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6M5-Vrw8ScYoZsk1K3wDS3pQhSNqA1dx1JJCZM5X-bM3hxWp86QH9xOCWXLv9CUMFBHSOBiTgIg7FHvThJOkJNDXUUQ-xltkuDpnKRRmFVbPrijiR_drFPGXqtQ2pUe9zyQJshTkH-Z9s/s1600/IMG_2586+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6M5-Vrw8ScYoZsk1K3wDS3pQhSNqA1dx1JJCZM5X-bM3hxWp86QH9xOCWXLv9CUMFBHSOBiTgIg7FHvThJOkJNDXUUQ-xltkuDpnKRRmFVbPrijiR_drFPGXqtQ2pUe9zyQJshTkH-Z9s/s320/IMG_2586+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">let to monjayaki begin! monjayaki is like okonomiyaki, but more watery. we got fish egg kind! those are the red fish eggs on the left</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMvCCW1KeCAsRadFJmqKt7eNaroZm4sufoFodZ_VPHP0ZyDStkeiIvQQH-I3WZdsx9PeZitWATPCBT0l6XwFED5L1yGjtZZbyq6EhJNbBw98CkobXrrlGD_TCDRYQwxlLXpqLypXpcYPy/s1600/IMG_2547+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMvCCW1KeCAsRadFJmqKt7eNaroZm4sufoFodZ_VPHP0ZyDStkeiIvQQH-I3WZdsx9PeZitWATPCBT0l6XwFED5L1yGjtZZbyq6EhJNbBw98CkobXrrlGD_TCDRYQwxlLXpqLypXpcYPy/s320/IMG_2547+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here it is simmering for a bit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGar1s8X5bbRLDdOsQ3PC-9OE7R9qZgBcQwr1n2TcMrJ4sm5zXE_nrmpQatRDRj7rMtx3wLUVy13uhT96EsLGSNWw9qkBIaSmFGorfTE8JACCS_ECKC778PA5eoamF1xW4ZZH0nUhl9Gog/s1600/IMG_2549+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGar1s8X5bbRLDdOsQ3PC-9OE7R9qZgBcQwr1n2TcMrJ4sm5zXE_nrmpQatRDRj7rMtx3wLUVy13uhT96EsLGSNWw9qkBIaSmFGorfTE8JACCS_ECKC778PA5eoamF1xW4ZZH0nUhl9Gog/s320/IMG_2549+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the dots are fish eggs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNfh8U6BNfs2Vtn2-biqLirIK6mLVjRh6yNo0_0ZGTZUxbVg4sMZLgceNc3z6NetkQ4_I6Ed7O66ZKXo5QPOjYHE7BZfwKQduGybkni8sGUREUDiozoJTdohuuXLYVprejjt9DugiwsJ9/s1600/IMG_2551+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNfh8U6BNfs2Vtn2-biqLirIK6mLVjRh6yNo0_0ZGTZUxbVg4sMZLgceNc3z6NetkQ4_I6Ed7O66ZKXo5QPOjYHE7BZfwKQduGybkni8sGUREUDiozoJTdohuuXLYVprejjt9DugiwsJ9/s320/IMG_2551+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">omg it was sooooo good. i WISH they had these kinds of things in america! you cook your own stuff! they just give you a super hot plate in the center of the table, and it's great for friends to gather by! but i dont think they trust us in america to not burn ourselves haha...or if someone burns themselves, they will probably try to sue the restaurant in america or something....sad, because i want this in america!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPb8oiipBeO1z-vw10yHKtJMe_Dv1DucwreGX-LUwZ56uKNvsvyocE3SwCKSX6w1LEltJDAQoXVM9dtF4KO4WPuiFC6YPnHSi7v3qcroaXeiV4E5IJigNTjGbggUnugj7Prg_tqZVE2YM/s1600/IMG_2552+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPb8oiipBeO1z-vw10yHKtJMe_Dv1DucwreGX-LUwZ56uKNvsvyocE3SwCKSX6w1LEltJDAQoXVM9dtF4KO4WPuiFC6YPnHSi7v3qcroaXeiV4E5IJigNTjGbggUnugj7Prg_tqZVE2YM/s320/IMG_2552+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">eating!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpceu3ssbzGs0BRTUZF3C_VyRVnwk96lC0smiC4tHO05IHxVd7BW7Av61z5bk-5Gl80sFlBEi1IY7hAv3CYvwmS6l2X2YhMshnuinyP1-qzxm2Axy9btyBj1iSDS2_G50mpxqN1EMElTy/s1600/IMG_2554+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpceu3ssbzGs0BRTUZF3C_VyRVnwk96lC0smiC4tHO05IHxVd7BW7Av61z5bk-5Gl80sFlBEi1IY7hAv3CYvwmS6l2X2YhMshnuinyP1-qzxm2Axy9btyBj1iSDS2_G50mpxqN1EMElTy/s320/IMG_2554+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">next was this one! pork okonomiyaki</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7v1nmVfdxSoQcNCkQl3oFGPddgUORJCn0ujgSDPw7J-vjYDcTDJwzDPCxHfb02cuPBiFmQKIbyuM95rRTAPbiPuaIKrLJV1Xw7uKPuSmxrVR9cXRcEF9wRCn0OlTGDx5xEHtaWrpVWHO/s1600/IMG_2555+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7v1nmVfdxSoQcNCkQl3oFGPddgUORJCn0ujgSDPw7J-vjYDcTDJwzDPCxHfb02cuPBiFmQKIbyuM95rRTAPbiPuaIKrLJV1Xw7uKPuSmxrVR9cXRcEF9wRCn0OlTGDx5xEHtaWrpVWHO/s320/IMG_2555+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">you just mix up all the stuff in the bowl and pour it onto the griddle, wait a bit, then flip it. it's like a savory pancake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHDr-JwTZ13axl-E2S4U_vGEiMgHHYNwtUc0-2pqBpEWOe3flxtxSx3d6Qr03E-D6X34MXS-Vd4l6tRQ3PK-pRtPwD1w8gIWLxBrtWe2xvHsL7UwRjqnTNsKx2Z5Y6Pn1y6EDWUiZGOby/s1600/IMG_2557+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHDr-JwTZ13axl-E2S4U_vGEiMgHHYNwtUc0-2pqBpEWOe3flxtxSx3d6Qr03E-D6X34MXS-Vd4l6tRQ3PK-pRtPwD1w8gIWLxBrtWe2xvHsL7UwRjqnTNsKx2Z5Y6Pn1y6EDWUiZGOby/s320/IMG_2557+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">erik brushing on the okonomiyaki sauce :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sAyrdOFIUC4f6wS-OMY4kOVHo82aXSQX0N84E2iS_bfCHa5egWd4nLJvNyHlAthDmYQ0WU45RIM2JOqDHs2j-IF47meWdX8BznzUc5AK5x7dCOIuIkMKa-JTLs1rESkO8VrmcYFSExTY/s1600/IMG_2566+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sAyrdOFIUC4f6wS-OMY4kOVHo82aXSQX0N84E2iS_bfCHa5egWd4nLJvNyHlAthDmYQ0WU45RIM2JOqDHs2j-IF47meWdX8BznzUc5AK5x7dCOIuIkMKa-JTLs1rESkO8VrmcYFSExTY/s320/IMG_2566+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">tada! so pretty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-osyIKVLPsDdQ2ELWRJOT1iHcDzLkzvEB12m7ora8C0QImrsc-BmqavZ5ZrXC9sUsSZs56b2jG7oq1fZODOmo4QZTcCsuTq8RcmB-0C2WhNzsKEPIJ8TR0sLOEVVLRGOUL-DSFqqSuVGv/s1600/IMG_2572+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-osyIKVLPsDdQ2ELWRJOT1iHcDzLkzvEB12m7ora8C0QImrsc-BmqavZ5ZrXC9sUsSZs56b2jG7oq1fZODOmo4QZTcCsuTq8RcmB-0C2WhNzsKEPIJ8TR0sLOEVVLRGOUL-DSFqqSuVGv/s320/IMG_2572+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">mari cutting it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-2Qq4JbkwO5xE7zzuy4kADqa5GteZO3Am39jXQkyCyLQqgvYyR72-LpK9yJhVPKjDtmDwKaGuLFvaishlA5a1gOsgYfO7fRCf3OmxWcc4Rgeaow1zMG00IgdrY57nUELfzUzdtk2QOf2/s1600/IMG_2576+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-2Qq4JbkwO5xE7zzuy4kADqa5GteZO3Am39jXQkyCyLQqgvYyR72-LpK9yJhVPKjDtmDwKaGuLFvaishlA5a1gOsgYfO7fRCf3OmxWcc4Rgeaow1zMG00IgdrY57nUELfzUzdtk2QOf2/s320/IMG_2576+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">AMAZINGLY GOOD!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqgndQph8okN4YEmTt4-l7r6949086T8P8bz86RRAO5NF7EsCG4cgs-PEfhN0W6vCZhXTE6tW9Rh3KXyHwxhI-_9ilL3VdWrvgKqKy7YbgoN8i0WlK7gfH6UFQDP9YPlhyphenhyphenDmQ3-E7WKw0/s1600/IMG_2579+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqgndQph8okN4YEmTt4-l7r6949086T8P8bz86RRAO5NF7EsCG4cgs-PEfhN0W6vCZhXTE6tW9Rh3KXyHwxhI-_9ilL3VdWrvgKqKy7YbgoN8i0WlK7gfH6UFQDP9YPlhyphenhyphenDmQ3-E7WKw0/s320/IMG_2579+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i was stuffed by this point, but they ordered 2 other kinds. clam, and this one here is natto! i tried a bite of both even though my tummy was full and they were both yummy!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXXHhXpzkiXYXNs7HWuWZQ-6oO5W_-1t8vj-0aJOLLF8q1VlSWDtpaLbPD09hKZ3RJLRDCLi51DrCG1sNPjNRshLyUFAhl4R3Upi2Twy662LF9Ulpx_W50v4KFjVqoi4p41c7tOqliHc5/s1600/IMG_2581+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXXHhXpzkiXYXNs7HWuWZQ-6oO5W_-1t8vj-0aJOLLF8q1VlSWDtpaLbPD09hKZ3RJLRDCLi51DrCG1sNPjNRshLyUFAhl4R3Upi2Twy662LF9Ulpx_W50v4KFjVqoi4p41c7tOqliHc5/s320/IMG_2581+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here i am with natsuki and ayumi!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27d_df1hfLAiSCaCInM7eSsNLxqizxTotiyQOQdFlosVo-YRIi1285WNq_H8Ca3qga2O2-XgH3JLnBnza9_GYpVhtZ1Loks-iNqs8TjTI_eqYsrSBr3bgZf5j6BxOR81J3VPC203tThrn/s1600/IMG_2583+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27d_df1hfLAiSCaCInM7eSsNLxqizxTotiyQOQdFlosVo-YRIi1285WNq_H8Ca3qga2O2-XgH3JLnBnza9_GYpVhtZ1Loks-iNqs8TjTI_eqYsrSBr3bgZf5j6BxOR81J3VPC203tThrn/s320/IMG_2583+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here is the restaurant from the outside :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qY6ZDHJw-izN_iL3a7gpJBeNG-SWVRmft73iTghKiTA0vIFIzEsrtwRqsZwfpPwwAU27DURj_ymyki6gvsiVA4d07FyrnroDWLmyS2o-S2ndOsxeaHk3RoshhPTXwYl3JyYZ6Qt1wO3s/s1600/IMG_2587+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qY6ZDHJw-izN_iL3a7gpJBeNG-SWVRmft73iTghKiTA0vIFIzEsrtwRqsZwfpPwwAU27DURj_ymyki6gvsiVA4d07FyrnroDWLmyS2o-S2ndOsxeaHk3RoshhPTXwYl3JyYZ6Qt1wO3s/s320/IMG_2587+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">what an amazing day and night. seriously...we have the BEST FRIENDS!!!!!!!! they showed us so many amazing things, and i still cannot believe they bought us yukata :) we thanked them so much. </div><div style="text-align: left;">here is the beautiful walk home:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KSuSKFLaqxaP7bstBtGnKUlbpSi2LPpOTjWxQSzixXatowIa_TM6pAgZrrydPTu9t_iE1qjNBF9r4HBqYemrGhT-45OwtbII0oEbdc3ysMeWYUd6YQr9nsuvnKy0iQMcMQmw0RIdUyh2/s1600/IMG_2588+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KSuSKFLaqxaP7bstBtGnKUlbpSi2LPpOTjWxQSzixXatowIa_TM6pAgZrrydPTu9t_iE1qjNBF9r4HBqYemrGhT-45OwtbII0oEbdc3ysMeWYUd6YQr9nsuvnKy0iQMcMQmw0RIdUyh2/s320/IMG_2588+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">THANKS GUYS FOR THE AMAZING TIME!!!!!!! WE WILL NEVER FORGET IT! <3</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-62877290614306531562011-08-05T22:12:00.002+09:002011-08-05T22:14:44.030+09:00DAY 8: IT FELT LIKE THE SUN WAS 500 FEET AWAY FROM EARTH TODAY<div style="text-align: left;">there's no getting around it; it's pretty hot and VERY humid here. however, today was RIDICULOUSLY hot haha...the sun was out, and we both agreed it somehow felt as though it was closer to earth than usual! it was the hottest sun i think i have ever felt! and the 100% humidity always makes you feel like you are in a sauna whenever you step outside. my camera lens fogs up for over 30 minutes whenever we go from the cold inside of our hotel to the outside heat! but ah well...we deal with it! wiping sweat from our faces with hankercheifs every 2 minutes like every other japanese person haha...we knew the summers in japan are extremely hot and humid, so we came prepared!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i'll also preface this blog entry with this day was sort of full of food! we didn't do too much because of the heat, and so i think almost every photo will be of food!</div><div style="text-align: left;">here's breakfast today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi603-mE0XW-DUC5IZPjWJGRa9OJPCWAhLfdISme-_E-JOf9V0euoApqjnJD6yEs33D_uPeVHdjv2GQlFQ8LnmNtEKNFrmTrIjsw4Ej61XQVadxY7K0-ACRdXXtQ4GNG1I8gK5XPaT_326u/s1600/IMG_2321+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi603-mE0XW-DUC5IZPjWJGRa9OJPCWAhLfdISme-_E-JOf9V0euoApqjnJD6yEs33D_uPeVHdjv2GQlFQ8LnmNtEKNFrmTrIjsw4Ej61XQVadxY7K0-ACRdXXtQ4GNG1I8gK5XPaT_326u/s320/IMG_2321+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and today was the day we planned on meeting up with etsuko (our waitress at "shinano", a restaurant we love back home in the states). it just so happened that she is in japan at the same time as us! so we decided to meet up :) we met her, her sister, her little nephew, and her friend (who's parents own shinano). to get to our meeting spot, we of course walked back through the meiji jingu garden :) prettiest walk ever. we love it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhj10sHtO8g3l3X4mVjxyHKGnW27ONK-uQj2LyAUMb2xPSBxYqYD61XLSRiDfUELDBqP0miJEiMC7IwQJAKoFeM7rwyR97gUvl0CJeVWy9jon6HiA79h2nESIAIyUs6pb0s4f_7SkbU5P/s1600/IMG_2331+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhj10sHtO8g3l3X4mVjxyHKGnW27ONK-uQj2LyAUMb2xPSBxYqYD61XLSRiDfUELDBqP0miJEiMC7IwQJAKoFeM7rwyR97gUvl0CJeVWy9jon6HiA79h2nESIAIyUs6pb0s4f_7SkbU5P/s320/IMG_2331+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">erik almost stepped on this guy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF51TF-67dxAhcd95lMelOjN5Z7HWj7VzhMxKvTmiBcZgsyXjHeYSzZYI_5Ay-81kZBczP0_GIuJCMsKSdKe6BrYa8RLgC1cjRW-ATN73h8-5V3gUulrecbMhcpCldz9XVjshmnzoRvZk7/s1600/IMG_2326+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF51TF-67dxAhcd95lMelOjN5Z7HWj7VzhMxKvTmiBcZgsyXjHeYSzZYI_5Ay-81kZBczP0_GIuJCMsKSdKe6BrYa8RLgC1cjRW-ATN73h8-5V3gUulrecbMhcpCldz9XVjshmnzoRvZk7/s320/IMG_2326+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">not sure what kind of caterpillar he is, but he was pretty! we apparently always find interesting bugs while walking through meiji jingu. last time was the jewel beetle, this time strange caterpillar!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we got to harajuku, met up with all of them, and first we wanted to grab some lunch. we went to this place that serves fried rice inside an omlette with your choice of sauces on top. i can't believe i forgot to take a picture of it before i ate it! so, i put the plate on the placemat which had my choice on it (the bottom option, by the drinks), and my empty plate hahaha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77I771zIqYhw40Pftmc4-BuBdL57XQ3dVtceotTQe7hycYKmhqwVXq218AFmLJiG8HGX1sgbtTCfKVuopIcdgXJ7rB-g-LACsB8G4V3qYJKh5d_RVe53wUiXKye3u4gDfoIlFvS2syR5B/s1600/IMG_2333+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77I771zIqYhw40Pftmc4-BuBdL57XQ3dVtceotTQe7hycYKmhqwVXq218AFmLJiG8HGX1sgbtTCfKVuopIcdgXJ7rB-g-LACsB8G4V3qYJKh5d_RVe53wUiXKye3u4gDfoIlFvS2syR5B/s320/IMG_2333+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">so, you can kiiiinda see what it would have looked like. it was YUMMY though!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards, off we went to shop! it was nice going into stores here and there because it also gave us some time to get out of the heat! a lot of the english on clothing in japan is just...wrong. it can be funny at times! saw this today and had to take a picture haha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRIA4nRcvNFayEgmOYVOUJSBJonql9Y6p5kFh8jlka9xkWpBlRg5z7B0Qx-ufX-FUJBNfvLjzOx2HEe259zpUHZ5MNP-VYgDNzHRKMHPnSo2_qwSNKwiQsZtLAk0djqT2Xjs-GWs4ttfS/s1600/IMG_2336+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRIA4nRcvNFayEgmOYVOUJSBJonql9Y6p5kFh8jlka9xkWpBlRg5z7B0Qx-ufX-FUJBNfvLjzOx2HEe259zpUHZ5MNP-VYgDNzHRKMHPnSo2_qwSNKwiQsZtLAk0djqT2Xjs-GWs4ttfS/s320/IMG_2336+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">all japanese cake is great because it's not overly sweet. the 5 of us split 2 pieces of cake, and we all got drinks too. i got a chilled cafe latte, and the green one is kumiko's matcha (green tea) milk! she let me try it and it was SO GOOD. matcha anything is amazing :) the cakes were of course great too!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">it was wonderful hanging out with etsuko today and meeting everyone else too!!! we had a great time. afterwards we just walked back home, cooled off in the hotel room for a bit, then went out for some dinner. we looked at our list of food to try while we're here, and we chose lotteria!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6OtGpnZmhm1Fe3N46LS162N41460cMJ76o3zYH_ghSELlXnxqxuES_hR1XqWqiFMeL5HhCfWVnOHQiYSsyE9mzRCUyvncA0VlmTZIvISc40HIdLMGxllv43p60NfJ2AJod0rB8E2vBjJ/s1600/IMG_2345+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6OtGpnZmhm1Fe3N46LS162N41460cMJ76o3zYH_ghSELlXnxqxuES_hR1XqWqiFMeL5HhCfWVnOHQiYSsyE9mzRCUyvncA0VlmTZIvISc40HIdLMGxllv43p60NfJ2AJod0rB8E2vBjJ/s320/IMG_2345+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">it's a popular chain fast food restaurant. we both got the same thing. fried chicken sandwich with yummy back pepper mayo on it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UnoifjlIKNn8Ayt9Vbn1dEYirLfmrswvwqKig-D2IMt-gsVZw948XXMlxCX4n0NRivqwhUHGlTk-xsEgQ5U70RBg6MuQ2eh7l-CJC6VMGIXT75AwLhi1A49EfoYFdHdTIWZWJeWcHj7L/s1600/IMG_2340+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UnoifjlIKNn8Ayt9Vbn1dEYirLfmrswvwqKig-D2IMt-gsVZw948XXMlxCX4n0NRivqwhUHGlTk-xsEgQ5U70RBg6MuQ2eh7l-CJC6VMGIXT75AwLhi1A49EfoYFdHdTIWZWJeWcHj7L/s320/IMG_2340+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">so yeah, told you this was going to be mostly about food today hahaha...but food is great here! ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;">tomorrow we meet with the students that i had last fall! I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THEM AGAIN!</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-91910841283659835352011-08-05T09:51:00.002+09:002011-08-05T10:55:23.740+09:00DAY 7: TODAY WAS...AMAZING!<div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">today was simply amazing! where do i even begin?! i guess with breakfast like i always do hah...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i had an onigiri (rice ball filled with something on the inside with seaweed wrapped on the outside), and erik had some sort of pizza bread</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9u4Zs0drXEgjQV2j0IsZhbFJiufMlLeOCWdgj4n_6dvrDhpQdnqv8R5aNKxiyyP381cgB4M4ji_Kxg4iOAeTAhyphenhyphenwMNFWCPlWJCbpidhEkjQ9sDuPDmbNSvZhRCCz6bdzHrmCB9Ow5QRtr/s1600/IMG_2124+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9u4Zs0drXEgjQV2j0IsZhbFJiufMlLeOCWdgj4n_6dvrDhpQdnqv8R5aNKxiyyP381cgB4M4ji_Kxg4iOAeTAhyphenhyphenwMNFWCPlWJCbpidhEkjQ9sDuPDmbNSvZhRCCz6bdzHrmCB9Ow5QRtr/s320/IMG_2124+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my onigiri was filled with shrimp and mayo...yum yum yum!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQH0CNa3O1p17sgvM8xE8NBSC17IglTwXTomtQn0hBQaQZsIMxyXPuUBZ2V2qi56Y_zapI4FUuL5xxSzX5uniwHlU0rQUaupIHeNBz7nh07YC4YxM3yEyfXqatlOwwwlzPJ1xBVPI1IM9/s1600/IMG_2126+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQH0CNa3O1p17sgvM8xE8NBSC17IglTwXTomtQn0hBQaQZsIMxyXPuUBZ2V2qi56Y_zapI4FUuL5xxSzX5uniwHlU0rQUaupIHeNBz7nh07YC4YxM3yEyfXqatlOwwwlzPJ1xBVPI1IM9/s320/IMG_2126+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i really liked this woman's photography a lot</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvgqBxk9MrpPahyphenhyphenB2VdaDY50LvGWIcfOnbOqj9bJOlFPnFnW6o6fLdqRGJxlHPtr7ovBBGE3BKvFzRkJoN5-i6DnnojpO-38BdlMRWlSrpocp-FIpGfIzn05hgt8XS4hRFYob8vJt3B5s/s1600/IMG_2132+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvgqBxk9MrpPahyphenhyphenB2VdaDY50LvGWIcfOnbOqj9bJOlFPnFnW6o6fLdqRGJxlHPtr7ovBBGE3BKvFzRkJoN5-i6DnnojpO-38BdlMRWlSrpocp-FIpGfIzn05hgt8XS4hRFYob8vJt3B5s/s320/IMG_2132+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">these were done by kid's, and their photos were in the corner of each one</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYVQ7mE9ojUc3chZxHZvc7baZH12WZSbF5LCms9pIpx4g2jW05FVgnyxnPyKAZizsVx6l7K4BMJHpRYIOU3HEgboanoU1KMtocuWc0P5L8sgnyhukvaYtEEEjtNEQmyamJf8aMVEWPz_c/s1600/IMG_2138+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYVQ7mE9ojUc3chZxHZvc7baZH12WZSbF5LCms9pIpx4g2jW05FVgnyxnPyKAZizsVx6l7K4BMJHpRYIOU3HEgboanoU1KMtocuWc0P5L8sgnyhukvaYtEEEjtNEQmyamJf8aMVEWPz_c/s320/IMG_2138+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this little girl's mother folded origami for her to add to her painting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaBU2UCol4U7M4pkkmLmAs6MywcH_aKi5xj_C9YqpHCZ8Ogj8Db_mLh2NGyvtCz7LZcpBt1ggjzmPj7FhdOUu_xxbjmSd2629WHmOQqS1OGLfSAaVfN_6TDqjCyH8pJqPF1BiPefSDSTR/s1600/IMG_2139+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaBU2UCol4U7M4pkkmLmAs6MywcH_aKi5xj_C9YqpHCZ8Ogj8Db_mLh2NGyvtCz7LZcpBt1ggjzmPj7FhdOUu_xxbjmSd2629WHmOQqS1OGLfSAaVfN_6TDqjCyH8pJqPF1BiPefSDSTR/s320/IMG_2139+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
here we are with the owner of the building (on the right) and his friend on the left!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPDj8CdJCSfTyZObofTGHc3xaDlA32LNgIBHJqu3eJPYA8US0HOXEvWbP59xkn7kdrsXAsLNU137WayVzZO-wqljrzLsT7aPtV0DemcwZSDGvUSXNmpeBoiUFAsq6EMKusU3sK4BG_AM1/s1600/lyle1+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPDj8CdJCSfTyZObofTGHc3xaDlA32LNgIBHJqu3eJPYA8US0HOXEvWbP59xkn7kdrsXAsLNU137WayVzZO-wqljrzLsT7aPtV0DemcwZSDGvUSXNmpeBoiUFAsq6EMKusU3sK4BG_AM1/s320/lyle1+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">having a great time! :D hahaha</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8owVr0rUAczr6yz2vv-P7B29qq68ZqGlCWnrQqSbYoBgy-nHsUvKvVR1qK75PFC5__r1lJAZInPkqSZ-fTJGI8OZO4Ema7opK6_qo6R0rF__axQxoMxSxnVIvumjVdS-c5wdB1TSkjoU1/s1600/IMG_2150+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8owVr0rUAczr6yz2vv-P7B29qq68ZqGlCWnrQqSbYoBgy-nHsUvKvVR1qK75PFC5__r1lJAZInPkqSZ-fTJGI8OZO4Ema7opK6_qo6R0rF__axQxoMxSxnVIvumjVdS-c5wdB1TSkjoU1/s320/IMG_2150+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">one of the sections had photos from the tsunami affected area. the biggest two are a comparison photo. the one on the right was taken in may, and the one on the left was taken in july. there were a few other comparison photos, but these ones were the biggest</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWj58ZWVS4LtcIZxgcvq3-zh_Ccp3Q2Dte7Xtm6-AWmRT05qDnd-PN-WS0TpcPnTiJGDtJaX9lelVIIabQRm3AFif2c4KE0pYfuBc3t-FkXVn_c9JSCBETynueIbh-oAswOjUJeGPN-r1u/s1600/IMG_2153+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWj58ZWVS4LtcIZxgcvq3-zh_Ccp3Q2Dte7Xtm6-AWmRT05qDnd-PN-WS0TpcPnTiJGDtJaX9lelVIIabQRm3AFif2c4KE0pYfuBc3t-FkXVn_c9JSCBETynueIbh-oAswOjUJeGPN-r1u/s320/IMG_2153+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it was sad because while we chatted with the owner, he told us how one of his friends died in the earthquake/tsunami. we told him we were so sorry to hear this :( so many people were affected by this terrible disaster.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it was such a pleasure chatting with the people there. they were so kind, and we will never forget them. off we went to the next gallery!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">here we are!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GAV4yO2sRPvUcTXKp9TimQ5MmljFa1ZcIlPrKlVRFymt1iNXIBci8XSWC91tYqZlHVissk-CB6PPQaShd5_lDUON9bdOSQiC54Sm2VMSLMjeWO35CVplQMMHIuEd_aP-CjFoE3b3pU9O/s1600/IMG_2157+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GAV4yO2sRPvUcTXKp9TimQ5MmljFa1ZcIlPrKlVRFymt1iNXIBci8XSWC91tYqZlHVissk-CB6PPQaShd5_lDUON9bdOSQiC54Sm2VMSLMjeWO35CVplQMMHIuEd_aP-CjFoE3b3pU9O/s320/IMG_2157+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i got a picture of the artist standing next to his artwork (the one on the left)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUBiH5lc1Ul-mTc_JzLTF40d0faWrqDwZm3oLAEhmX7we40JbadPdpBkGZg7zkkSyPXLouoYSAtXgq2OKm3uyGrZ1zmgu-lclcAdieb7xlzAVD2THsartVVQRo7gRb_rdl0od5rW8v37I/s1600/IMG_2159+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUBiH5lc1Ul-mTc_JzLTF40d0faWrqDwZm3oLAEhmX7we40JbadPdpBkGZg7zkkSyPXLouoYSAtXgq2OKm3uyGrZ1zmgu-lclcAdieb7xlzAVD2THsartVVQRo7gRb_rdl0od5rW8v37I/s320/IMG_2159+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we actually saw art galleries for about 5 hours! it was great! chatting with the owners of the galleries and the artists was such a great experience. here are more shots </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY17y1-9sLg-NcjXQFswc_yX8BL9koEtSCPQnqSAzLgtBAClsQnoDHzohvu2M4I5mU5mk7XOiPRmSIpPB5fFRT9_TCbjGmUhrRufcEPW9uXS3iV2ndrwLTECnaXJAnKBg9oY4-YLbM47Hb/s1600/IMG_2161+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY17y1-9sLg-NcjXQFswc_yX8BL9koEtSCPQnqSAzLgtBAClsQnoDHzohvu2M4I5mU5mk7XOiPRmSIpPB5fFRT9_TCbjGmUhrRufcEPW9uXS3iV2ndrwLTECnaXJAnKBg9oY4-YLbM47Hb/s320/IMG_2161+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">walking to the next gallery building we passed by this really pretty reflection! today was the first day that wasn't overcast while we were here, so the clouds looked nice</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83UU6sD8ru9-vfi_HrpmvC-jeup1sg4SXDmsWCMkhi9GWCjALv7e90og51DS4saWxi5fvf4jWJkgC-is7Ke2bl2FMSMi6jCzCX9ZBV08z88kFbzImLi-SGZfLdAXWrRwBMakCueoS2JFW/s1600/IMG_2166+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83UU6sD8ru9-vfi_HrpmvC-jeup1sg4SXDmsWCMkhi9GWCjALv7e90og51DS4saWxi5fvf4jWJkgC-is7Ke2bl2FMSMi6jCzCX9ZBV08z88kFbzImLi-SGZfLdAXWrRwBMakCueoS2JFW/s320/IMG_2166+s.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">there were a TON of galleries in this building. doesn't it look cool from the outside too?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_g9LD5K1Hd324NAa9VBWFJqwaAZhxi0482HcjR5JKuHyukKxjJTYxJTZCublqQKre8vbWMexCwvaB1iw_s9TZEEr_k7iwh9Cg3TY3c47aLg1L3RptanPR-FvuChu_87oq7SMX28Hz1ge/s1600/IMG_2170+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_g9LD5K1Hd324NAa9VBWFJqwaAZhxi0482HcjR5JKuHyukKxjJTYxJTZCublqQKre8vbWMexCwvaB1iw_s9TZEEr_k7iwh9Cg3TY3c47aLg1L3RptanPR-FvuChu_87oq7SMX28Hz1ge/s320/IMG_2170+s.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">while we were chatting outside about the building, we spied a woman in kimono standing in a 3rd floor window! lyle remembered they were doing tea ceremonies today, so we sprinted to the 3rd floor!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeQNHHvqrBAwtUoS7vcmCOmt5cXzIewKEpxJQDdVXnV8Ijf7J346GN0NNqUYazEYSBNe1wdKIXVIsbe9u-iSc9HCwaiZ_fgjKCbsXOK-4-IjXCc9FosEL3rM00E0EAkKxYeilojjFKYT7/s1600/IMG_2177+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeQNHHvqrBAwtUoS7vcmCOmt5cXzIewKEpxJQDdVXnV8Ijf7J346GN0NNqUYazEYSBNe1wdKIXVIsbe9u-iSc9HCwaiZ_fgjKCbsXOK-4-IjXCc9FosEL3rM00E0EAkKxYeilojjFKYT7/s320/IMG_2177+s.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we got to experience a private tea ceremony! can you believe it?! a tea ceremony is a cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation of matcha (powdered green tea).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmjkDvZUkPg_fZtBg5AqvuW-fa2qzDEZNk6xKb-F-jOjWm8SW4y7XhpWxX9Dam1KAj43QPeBLWIPsAA_DLL099Wuzw1JnfGMsFMTHI7_tSwgRd6JhyphenhyphentmpE9huU7mp3oN5WaahPPpzHPmC/s1600/IMG_2184+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmjkDvZUkPg_fZtBg5AqvuW-fa2qzDEZNk6xKb-F-jOjWm8SW4y7XhpWxX9Dam1KAj43QPeBLWIPsAA_DLL099Wuzw1JnfGMsFMTHI7_tSwgRd6JhyphenhyphentmpE9huU7mp3oN5WaahPPpzHPmC/s320/IMG_2184+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm not sure what you call these, but we ate them before we had the tea. they were chewy in the center, and had a very thin, hard, outer coating.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_3IE5G5_66El8EP-FEYfREEpjHx-_mOEcpe2lYEeQTho1aNyPqODaF7Wbn9iafT7cMv9vW06TzoBAQmZsgYPUzUUBvwsE6HyUAW651iXp6wf3xu8Xp4aNhpaa1uwYiCvIqqKsofZmOZ6/s1600/IMG_2186+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_3IE5G5_66El8EP-FEYfREEpjHx-_mOEcpe2lYEeQTho1aNyPqODaF7Wbn9iafT7cMv9vW06TzoBAQmZsgYPUzUUBvwsE6HyUAW651iXp6wf3xu8Xp4aNhpaa1uwYiCvIqqKsofZmOZ6/s320/IMG_2186+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">around the room there were pretty glass bowls and cups. the woman preparing our matcha made these herself! she's a glass blower! i really liked them a lot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2aXu8GJgnl7Yr1N0WKLsmZeXnJX5UZdCHM3ImS2ZG0iBAbuBgyLyA8rN86RoMzFTvXQeY_YrifkwTndh8rXc6-2oBbKPYZ-6QCSCus1FNh-KRHc9PwHNyu56Xf4Q1ie30UVKykhWZ3gB/s1600/IMG_2189+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2aXu8GJgnl7Yr1N0WKLsmZeXnJX5UZdCHM3ImS2ZG0iBAbuBgyLyA8rN86RoMzFTvXQeY_YrifkwTndh8rXc6-2oBbKPYZ-6QCSCus1FNh-KRHc9PwHNyu56Xf4Q1ie30UVKykhWZ3gB/s320/IMG_2189+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">thanks to lyle again for these next two pics of us!</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it was really SO. COOL. actually, it was so great that i decided i had to upload a video that i took from when she was making lyle's! here you go!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JL7sonT8ckI?fs=1" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">another guy in the room had made this for the window! not only does it look really cool, it helps keep the room cool too :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyAtK6YH5Yea5tKcto4oAxbmB13HCXeQvSEwrKeqHcIJGXDpuE-2AN1qMq45en8br_JMK8GOra_ihC6HVq0k11DRtZ63uSf54XYSocu9UQ3qz8XOYuUAJN1-Ox0KS1INlaXyE37A5-zCw/s1600/IMG_2213+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyAtK6YH5Yea5tKcto4oAxbmB13HCXeQvSEwrKeqHcIJGXDpuE-2AN1qMq45en8br_JMK8GOra_ihC6HVq0k11DRtZ63uSf54XYSocu9UQ3qz8XOYuUAJN1-Ox0KS1INlaXyE37A5-zCw/s320/IMG_2213+s.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">another gallery in the building had really neat darumas!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll</span></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">here is us with naoko as she explains the white daruma to us (photo thanks to lyle)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXw7lNL4aC1FC0PC79pc_H47ckLwevVwYx1gWTDu4gep9HKQ-jwcYxOcQMa95ag-k6bSt6Qcs_jJAQ9qSUIS8JtEHRoFyPoPS-PDEDbkr0VIjvXRXx1BlqMCnsnba-ewz9KdNtsSPrUNj4/s1600/lyle5+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXw7lNL4aC1FC0PC79pc_H47ckLwevVwYx1gWTDu4gep9HKQ-jwcYxOcQMa95ag-k6bSt6Qcs_jJAQ9qSUIS8JtEHRoFyPoPS-PDEDbkr0VIjvXRXx1BlqMCnsnba-ewz9KdNtsSPrUNj4/s320/lyle5+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> she was so sweet to talk to. and she gave us our own daruma!!! it somehow came up that we were married and she went to her office door to get this for us! how cool!!!!! we were so surprised and thanked her very much. cannot believe this amazing day! here is our daruma!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">after we said our goodbyes to naoko, we continued looking at the galleries in the building</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjhyphenhyphenZXEK0ozJ2Xqo9ifWl7Hxqyngws4-hZAyaYIQBQvuxq-rkcfzIo5mIzdbudEgQPZTRb1Og4GAo6fahMZTbvl_6dnwwF2S3Nu90gIGbMCpQwUAD4-skqYTgZtNisCwh-Xq5AXj3J0m5/s1600/IMG_2246+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjhyphenhyphenZXEK0ozJ2Xqo9ifWl7Hxqyngws4-hZAyaYIQBQvuxq-rkcfzIo5mIzdbudEgQPZTRb1Og4GAo6fahMZTbvl_6dnwwF2S3Nu90gIGbMCpQwUAD4-skqYTgZtNisCwh-Xq5AXj3J0m5/s320/IMG_2246+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this jewelry was AMAZING. those are actual leaves and flowers! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFN9eweT-quhc4gYKLoHnMQE6PQ_3amZ41LB5hBsJ9BJU6AEGlOcnv6ASC2C1dUatMPkavTNfaNn4d60lZBb7jRTTKCdlsUdwHOSmyJTIU8U6WRZNfE50B6cbXsCHcr1SLTr8jxDolQcW/s1600/IMG_2251+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFN9eweT-quhc4gYKLoHnMQE6PQ_3amZ41LB5hBsJ9BJU6AEGlOcnv6ASC2C1dUatMPkavTNfaNn4d60lZBb7jRTTKCdlsUdwHOSmyJTIU8U6WRZNfE50B6cbXsCHcr1SLTr8jxDolQcW/s320/IMG_2251+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what a gorgeous necklace!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbkGn0kEg-IJXYmT9eZG2XK9ZXQ7ak9HvLT70F54ZEjVQsN-DR9uYSIvKfTKGnihj4qcpVPibcCrcChU-0sClPe7vWqC7mk_T6l3LDwbbD7-lBNvJYyfZY56pUG9lkEG2cDNIHcRYcSNp/s1600/IMG_2253+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbkGn0kEg-IJXYmT9eZG2XK9ZXQ7ak9HvLT70F54ZEjVQsN-DR9uYSIvKfTKGnihj4qcpVPibcCrcChU-0sClPe7vWqC7mk_T6l3LDwbbD7-lBNvJYyfZY56pUG9lkEG2cDNIHcRYcSNp/s320/IMG_2253+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this was a brooch, as well as a pendant for a necklace! you just twist off that part that hangs down and you have yourself a pendant!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEHNA5ti6VR8p94VhJ4S-_HhgzGqapDyuTD_eFiJDogXoV-iaWccAG9mOz875jyOgqGlR6PHkFcmb57Y6QrAOc6Q9_UUYZd0nN2KklpdFWaF4-UVGagAQ0y7EIZgMw5cSL-_OrllPGsHM/s1600/IMG_2255+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEHNA5ti6VR8p94VhJ4S-_HhgzGqapDyuTD_eFiJDogXoV-iaWccAG9mOz875jyOgqGlR6PHkFcmb57Y6QrAOc6Q9_UUYZd0nN2KklpdFWaF4-UVGagAQ0y7EIZgMw5cSL-_OrllPGsHM/s320/IMG_2255+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and what an amazing watch!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX48AtwYDQM3GpFgUlVPF4Edc6KD5lzQe6XH1yksaCUYYPWVKjyPx8E8JJ3eAId1BvSn5FCTEwtKLVQRNinsN4RDcIs-ZcRvkQnpa4SGYPQ_ooPOqNiOHHgx7dSfF82zJQW4QNRq4w-w3i/s1600/IMG_2256+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX48AtwYDQM3GpFgUlVPF4Edc6KD5lzQe6XH1yksaCUYYPWVKjyPx8E8JJ3eAId1BvSn5FCTEwtKLVQRNinsN4RDcIs-ZcRvkQnpa4SGYPQ_ooPOqNiOHHgx7dSfF82zJQW4QNRq4w-w3i/s320/IMG_2256+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">here is the last one we saw. this one was neat because those are strips of newspaper! so, the artist didn't color it or anything, just took colored sections of newspapers, cut them out, and spread them further apart and then sewed them together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu31_dPWA2gDZYQxTWsGrQDtYHFgnZtfDgiLSvRC1c9qVBQkHJkNGZucfNyKOF1KraB1BCMSyTtW8yOAH1rc085t6zobyvK_irrJN7SMMobhCeIRrCT-neHxPXSuF6kpi3Shjfl6SoFlB5/s1600/IMG_2260+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu31_dPWA2gDZYQxTWsGrQDtYHFgnZtfDgiLSvRC1c9qVBQkHJkNGZucfNyKOF1KraB1BCMSyTtW8yOAH1rc085t6zobyvK_irrJN7SMMobhCeIRrCT-neHxPXSuF6kpi3Shjfl6SoFlB5/s320/IMG_2260+s.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">here you can see the writing on one!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdonv-W-XhBgzRAxjFC7tL2tyZFVgznFSE3Yg_g9cN4egOAsG-IQ8iro-evDjaCFVaSM1QmUnlAx3fX0H1bBj6zShSr9MJ6Umu09S0_5nmu50XXZoMho8bPryTzoa7uOnal52dxwtwJuY/s1600/IMG_2262+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdonv-W-XhBgzRAxjFC7tL2tyZFVgznFSE3Yg_g9cN4egOAsG-IQ8iro-evDjaCFVaSM1QmUnlAx3fX0H1bBj6zShSr9MJ6Umu09S0_5nmu50XXZoMho8bPryTzoa7uOnal52dxwtwJuY/s320/IMG_2262+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they were also shaped in really interesting ways too</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ewjp2_79YwZefMSOpZslGBKSYuYnu04iQ8jcpykla73LMdlO428s3yNTI6CpearVrPo0rZ3izZJBQhanjKa5qqg7Yp3u9o492K1gWL1eyi2MJJ3V50Pn4vvbD8szbn2rJNuJscyYxItc/s1600/IMG_2264+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ewjp2_79YwZefMSOpZslGBKSYuYnu04iQ8jcpykla73LMdlO428s3yNTI6CpearVrPo0rZ3izZJBQhanjKa5qqg7Yp3u9o492K1gWL1eyi2MJJ3V50Pn4vvbD8szbn2rJNuJscyYxItc/s320/IMG_2264+s.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">afterwards, we were headed to the under-the-tracks izakayas (an izakaya is a place that mainly serves beer/other alcohol but also serves food to go with it if you want). lyle knew of a great yakitori place, and he was right! it was GREAT!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">saw this on our walk there:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OfReyCjYBrbKn8Wjo7hUZi2nQVaXo-tmR7JkaIJEDNqRO0MU8boewLCelivp8-XGCeRlvCdDlzR4IDEkIu6VilDv0p134uM8MaiLcggtksa0bglsTrJldgDv5DQ8JIs7z5tW2nMckFbD/s1600/IMG_2274+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OfReyCjYBrbKn8Wjo7hUZi2nQVaXo-tmR7JkaIJEDNqRO0MU8boewLCelivp8-XGCeRlvCdDlzR4IDEkIu6VilDv0p134uM8MaiLcggtksa0bglsTrJldgDv5DQ8JIs7z5tW2nMckFbD/s320/IMG_2274+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my ume (plum) drink mixed with shochu</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkc21hYGLzMpzW1Ybw0OlAu19VTBccbO83EoJhBrt73p1GN1vKQP2h22_ZznFyTy5WrkY8fEvVcM8RrfO_jFBj3BSnNp78JFOWGF0VTYhOi3Hi6ObOZcLCjdJiwZfX_1Lk-8Sq9ySKUna/s1600/IMG_2283+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkc21hYGLzMpzW1Ybw0OlAu19VTBccbO83EoJhBrt73p1GN1vKQP2h22_ZznFyTy5WrkY8fEvVcM8RrfO_jFBj3BSnNp78JFOWGF0VTYhOi3Hi6ObOZcLCjdJiwZfX_1Lk-8Sq9ySKUna/s320/IMG_2283+s.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yakitori!!!!! (it's chicken)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYtwd9eBMeB0GGHKAzGl-DFD79foKl4O17s-Xc2Wi9jq4f10QG1P2NqsI9Ap4aq0lCEd7fkGKX9McEPrKnEAus2KhHNO-j4tJHr64V8ra1p6BCMdsGeErHzGU_gIdjA0GH3kZ391WXohc/s1600/IMG_2284+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYtwd9eBMeB0GGHKAzGl-DFD79foKl4O17s-Xc2Wi9jq4f10QG1P2NqsI9Ap4aq0lCEd7fkGKX9McEPrKnEAus2KhHNO-j4tJHr64V8ra1p6BCMdsGeErHzGU_gIdjA0GH3kZ391WXohc/s320/IMG_2284+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and we had liver too! YUM.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaccHVhyoz-mnXDqebPnlrw7j9jz-c_c8o1JwGvDhAMkslyRcobnILgV-xjIo8s04RjZ1QO2K3gUN_vP7EYxliXpzP_OQcBm-awXVos_VWDykaA-YVXMC73txc1Iqoj1Q-ROR1jUUbaIVZ/s1600/IMG_2288+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaccHVhyoz-mnXDqebPnlrw7j9jz-c_c8o1JwGvDhAMkslyRcobnILgV-xjIo8s04RjZ1QO2K3gUN_vP7EYxliXpzP_OQcBm-awXVos_VWDykaA-YVXMC73txc1Iqoj1Q-ROR1jUUbaIVZ/s320/IMG_2288+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">there was also this spicy shakey stuff you could add to your food</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoOYxS0uqllZNM7RIPRggjyTNEi_gNNUQecFqto1KT_QlpTgctH8xPSZiscoubqws0TS1N0ivBIYOO84T-VnhHzBLgg4FqrhhZS2cHZmWfrZeNArMW_idk5DKhqmfOu_J8ScEkwlYE6Dw/s1600/IMG_2289+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoOYxS0uqllZNM7RIPRggjyTNEi_gNNUQecFqto1KT_QlpTgctH8xPSZiscoubqws0TS1N0ivBIYOO84T-VnhHzBLgg4FqrhhZS2cHZmWfrZeNArMW_idk5DKhqmfOu_J8ScEkwlYE6Dw/s320/IMG_2289+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you get a drink and stand to chat with others! it was pretty cool! we actually ran into another american guy named walter who had been living in japan 34 years, and he JUST finished working on the WORLD'S FASTEST SUPER COMPUTER in kobe, japan!!!! it was so cool to chat with him for a bit! meeting all the people today was really such a pleasure. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">afterwards we headed onto the trains for lyle's apartment! his wife had prepared a lovely homecooked meal for us!!! we were so excited :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3cj9GqODVgm555jUYWy_KDBWxwKUXWFrVmO4WZR9v3ee5iD1GRRIFfpZ7MJdDC5NczknfzbZ4gF6inZtu2Y9e1CP-ABvNoHD2De0sfWwzzw10pv0fVIyFsiHZJRhyphenhyphenbNIfrA9KazQMIxj/s1600/IMG_2301+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3cj9GqODVgm555jUYWy_KDBWxwKUXWFrVmO4WZR9v3ee5iD1GRRIFfpZ7MJdDC5NczknfzbZ4gF6inZtu2Y9e1CP-ABvNoHD2De0sfWwzzw10pv0fVIyFsiHZJRhyphenhyphenbNIfrA9KazQMIxj/s320/IMG_2301+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sitting on lovely tatami flooring we had cheese with smoked salmon, smoked cheese, and dried smoked salmon. all was SO GOOD.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAvFAmCm1RxaBh-vXeNqokD_p1F74S83e0MORZs8Ppg0Vv_YU9-UfqSUNTSHswe7ZTsXPXSkWoLDTH26XCGsBALUQzoHId_L1CTp9N_iw0uDY6mV_KXWL6MDIogQ6IEAvtyZDeqrjd30T/s1600/IMG_2311+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAvFAmCm1RxaBh-vXeNqokD_p1F74S83e0MORZs8Ppg0Vv_YU9-UfqSUNTSHswe7ZTsXPXSkWoLDTH26XCGsBALUQzoHId_L1CTp9N_iw0uDY6mV_KXWL6MDIogQ6IEAvtyZDeqrjd30T/s320/IMG_2311+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">then it was time for dinner! look at all this wonderful FOOD! what an amazing experience!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbqld_t8GSwT9IXjwg2F6UA62a4TOlVv8TZCYOCPsJSU0aZEHP_7O9CEKZa87ChawIQI3bOGDEmRe9KG_hfyL9Rl2BdmgOx8E9A5b-3_mBnh2ADMBuDj06ae7HevC_MyvhhEesiYyHWa1/s1600/IMG_2312+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbqld_t8GSwT9IXjwg2F6UA62a4TOlVv8TZCYOCPsJSU0aZEHP_7O9CEKZa87ChawIQI3bOGDEmRe9KG_hfyL9Rl2BdmgOx8E9A5b-3_mBnh2ADMBuDj06ae7HevC_MyvhhEesiYyHWa1/s320/IMG_2312+s.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">DELICIOUS rice</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTsVKZZQx4JjHym2ILEnLH-LV7iqWrXR4T44GOeb4R-ZC59-legQ6PmtlqUfqhWxdUrL-WyarbVF1E-8sMbRq8YW0PjscNRsXu_ZjX_dRDfj11V23lnR948gQTys2s93PheuQc65BjgHD/s1600/IMG_2314+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTsVKZZQx4JjHym2ILEnLH-LV7iqWrXR4T44GOeb4R-ZC59-legQ6PmtlqUfqhWxdUrL-WyarbVF1E-8sMbRq8YW0PjscNRsXu_ZjX_dRDfj11V23lnR948gQTys2s93PheuQc65BjgHD/s320/IMG_2314+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yakisoba</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTonXO4Y7Z9_N-oYHNJ1ZRu-uKPiZao5MjCWb0jUh1x-1j4oFEwvdGxaCzSw4jfQjof_ez4JFQBD8KlYw8qs7xFfy5gCO4Obqvc68QIVM_xR0BeryzmAN6XOHEsGFIrZWpRLr3Diyw2eJ/s1600/IMG_2316+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTonXO4Y7Z9_N-oYHNJ1ZRu-uKPiZao5MjCWb0jUh1x-1j4oFEwvdGxaCzSw4jfQjof_ez4JFQBD8KlYw8qs7xFfy5gCO4Obqvc68QIVM_xR0BeryzmAN6XOHEsGFIrZWpRLr3Diyw2eJ/s320/IMG_2316+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and tofu!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30pmKuGOLjErfe6Mov1k7GvvwhHdidDFyYHkkQSpBoMvaZZWkJz6qLxfJIPajv2ziNw7CDoyvkNzcRE4sCSVTOZGTNUVo0EpKp5qU5rZCuQYV3uNSSGSmusKlfXOG0DtpkQKMulii_gts/s1600/IMG_2317+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30pmKuGOLjErfe6Mov1k7GvvwhHdidDFyYHkkQSpBoMvaZZWkJz6qLxfJIPajv2ziNw7CDoyvkNzcRE4sCSVTOZGTNUVo0EpKp5qU5rZCuQYV3uNSSGSmusKlfXOG0DtpkQKMulii_gts/s320/IMG_2317+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">afterwards we had green tea and rum raisin ice cream with tea!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkAT4u0ISXXx_WlB7aRqCskAdfzIs4kYapf7NUWjEBYw9pZeLxje4SWdsYTGvWwFJ4OsYUfXKptRG-iUPCBhzwnVb3kHEJGGhH4EuQqCsjPXDF2CsGH7xZw4_qasPLqmRsbPdHu9ZxC0A/s1600/IMG_2318+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkAT4u0ISXXx_WlB7aRqCskAdfzIs4kYapf7NUWjEBYw9pZeLxje4SWdsYTGvWwFJ4OsYUfXKptRG-iUPCBhzwnVb3kHEJGGhH4EuQqCsjPXDF2CsGH7xZw4_qasPLqmRsbPdHu9ZxC0A/s320/IMG_2318+s.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">here are the drinks we had during dinner too! this is a flavor i have never had before, but i enjoyed it!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXT6WaJuA6oeA-926S983cBFd4iuy2olyyLPcx58Km8qIJW2JgAIvnE1hRDaz5foHCg0tVo1MlFgPnigSs9f40Tts2H8svc1kF8-PJABStzbic-oaYORGHJm3_GScrDi7wpcxPeIT4rYG/s1600/lyle6+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXT6WaJuA6oeA-926S983cBFd4iuy2olyyLPcx58Km8qIJW2JgAIvnE1hRDaz5foHCg0tVo1MlFgPnigSs9f40Tts2H8svc1kF8-PJABStzbic-oaYORGHJm3_GScrDi7wpcxPeIT4rYG/s320/lyle6+s.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this one was really sweet, but i LOVE sweet drinks, so i was totally fine with it haha</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1f83d1ITLjAAnLB7scF7yQGpXshRFTu5azwVcqS3KY_zgkzJlPcloneHps0Qz6orbx2LtTHqCUyfwi5mvRpkPQl9BLdcs_CUMxatHVLKGYlkjh0_ToQhueI7nrCRbBnCdqw79wx83t6Fd/s1600/lyle7+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1f83d1ITLjAAnLB7scF7yQGpXshRFTu5azwVcqS3KY_zgkzJlPcloneHps0Qz6orbx2LtTHqCUyfwi5mvRpkPQl9BLdcs_CUMxatHVLKGYlkjh0_ToQhueI7nrCRbBnCdqw79wx83t6Fd/s320/lyle7+s.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and as we left for the last train home of the night, his wife gave us a bag of snacks for the ride home! his whole family was so amazingly kind to us. japanese hospitality really cannot be beat! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">seriously today was THE BEST, EVER. thank you again lyle for giving us such an amazing day!!! we will never forget any of it, and i hope the next time we are in japan we can see you and your family again!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-11142182676416567482011-08-03T23:35:00.000+09:002011-08-03T23:35:11.959+09:00DAY 6: WE SAW A CAT BUS!<div style="text-align: left;">breakfast!</div><div style="text-align: left;">strawberry filled breakfast bread. quite tasty:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGHUmkh6I_lSy7P-knZ0b1fsmWC_A6U9DCRkIJoS0m5GvFE5UKfFHpHzm6rZjwt74tDhg8TJHXP63To2R7gjSnBBG6QchrGRmYmBloSbKQ2W6ZpySkSv0klhw4dDDFdhzD4kwKBH2JRuu/s1600/IMG_1990+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGHUmkh6I_lSy7P-knZ0b1fsmWC_A6U9DCRkIJoS0m5GvFE5UKfFHpHzm6rZjwt74tDhg8TJHXP63To2R7gjSnBBG6QchrGRmYmBloSbKQ2W6ZpySkSv0klhw4dDDFdhzD4kwKBH2JRuu/s320/IMG_1990+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">today we were heading out to the kichijoji/mitaka area (not far from our shinjuku train station). today was the day we planned to go to the studio ghibli museum! studio ghibli makes a lot of anime (cartoon) children's movies, and we really like them. you've probably seen at least one before! they are very popular. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">but first, we headed to the kichijoji area because we were going to a place called "satou" for lunch! they open at 11am, and we got there at 11:05 and were able to be seated right away. sometimes there is a line out the door because the steak they serve is so good! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are a few pics of the area around it:</div><div style="text-align: left;">from the train station looking down</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsqifEaKCr7ouQWi_2voj6VhuNxy8MXGXB5GI32XVtnU7gkpA4nfBfG4rDuXcXy7Pyltkqilli1W85w5gtpHBkUn5Zv0YJXBWLh5xKq3LdMSXIWRb_s2PbpxXK19xCMOHGCetrRc7pBwp/s1600/IMG_1991+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsqifEaKCr7ouQWi_2voj6VhuNxy8MXGXB5GI32XVtnU7gkpA4nfBfG4rDuXcXy7Pyltkqilli1W85w5gtpHBkUn5Zv0YJXBWLh5xKq3LdMSXIWRb_s2PbpxXK19xCMOHGCetrRc7pBwp/s320/IMG_1991+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">now down, looking up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89jveLkjozd5F9AUijaEplkJwEWoXSPzyjfwA0ujPN48_uIbjxHZPOYEtlP6ovCA5E7W77u6P5ZM8Ojr4yoVO8cmj34czBCg8gjt_dz9pDN2FA-U9eQmN9MwPFXqWVk6MoTIGtlcaa0mL/s1600/IMG_1993+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89jveLkjozd5F9AUijaEplkJwEWoXSPzyjfwA0ujPN48_uIbjxHZPOYEtlP6ovCA5E7W77u6P5ZM8Ojr4yoVO8cmj34czBCg8gjt_dz9pDN2FA-U9eQmN9MwPFXqWVk6MoTIGtlcaa0mL/s320/IMG_1993+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">walking into the covered arcade area (these types of things are all over japan. covered outdoor "malls". lots of stores/restaurants in them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORJ_4ccBLppk2UoQgUBaUmEywzrtEDcni6DMYiqo6V7zv1aExZIQ06YMfb5e-OR2TQ6OLlDmOvyVUf28C4VfTLu6HCjUQESYS-GuMwpXpGV_xek0EAkYz37T-KRMTfxFh81ZyMsJxZ8OC/s1600/IMG_1995+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORJ_4ccBLppk2UoQgUBaUmEywzrtEDcni6DMYiqo6V7zv1aExZIQ06YMfb5e-OR2TQ6OLlDmOvyVUf28C4VfTLu6HCjUQESYS-GuMwpXpGV_xek0EAkYz37T-KRMTfxFh81ZyMsJxZ8OC/s320/IMG_1995+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">pretty storefront sign! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtqOXtLUWPm0wXEUC4hInnskyt-P1R99fuBd3WcVZolXu5XckgPF4xcSfg6C3pXXedmHkiP9qc8sQw3i-4NNUG_Bc_85MJM_Jvj_yc1KXj8R1zzfoEBKNiz_eGh33btu4_yhQYwcsLlrQ/s1600/IMG_2000+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtqOXtLUWPm0wXEUC4hInnskyt-P1R99fuBd3WcVZolXu5XckgPF4xcSfg6C3pXXedmHkiP9qc8sQw3i-4NNUG_Bc_85MJM_Jvj_yc1KXj8R1zzfoEBKNiz_eGh33btu4_yhQYwcsLlrQ/s320/IMG_2000+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">i LOVED this! i might make my own at home sometime! really creative idea!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijr3ms6lC_3KASIv_hdwARleoVycgRTWxcfsyd6jAgsq_MaK_Us-nfZ4EOAKW4TPtj37a-7fs48pqI1n6Jxu8LGK5cOgf1_XYrYJLJ0DyHthvINfCx-xS68eUqoc1KW2fe-guruNC9qfyL/s1600/IMG_2002+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijr3ms6lC_3KASIv_hdwARleoVycgRTWxcfsyd6jAgsq_MaK_Us-nfZ4EOAKW4TPtj37a-7fs48pqI1n6Jxu8LGK5cOgf1_XYrYJLJ0DyHthvINfCx-xS68eUqoc1KW2fe-guruNC9qfyL/s320/IMG_2002+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">this was also a really cute windchime</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUabCt9BQE0QDT4vGzoamZgggs18S1RAImyERCyzXXtwmSD19YszSW50iygGFdrasQlbxhBc-vwGpldvmvvgFgPDjQa9MJQnU9U7cXWbLyo1I9kROwlVQ0K8rR6u2lHpoxxjlVhyphenhyphenS7IkSj/s1600/IMG_2018+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUabCt9BQE0QDT4vGzoamZgggs18S1RAImyERCyzXXtwmSD19YszSW50iygGFdrasQlbxhBc-vwGpldvmvvgFgPDjQa9MJQnU9U7cXWbLyo1I9kROwlVQ0K8rR6u2lHpoxxjlVhyphenhyphenS7IkSj/s320/IMG_2018+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here's satou!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7w4P7qOeMpQXwbv9zOqDC3NPB0Nzo2W8y25UsAd8VWCwdwSIH-wmJ3h-w8QZj8I-1uWiPzjyr5wFZw61pthIbuHM7hnJLjdhL6N34K5H_ANPwATWWxy1a1zVYSm6bd5PRNlCewzshW29/s1600/IMG_1996+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7w4P7qOeMpQXwbv9zOqDC3NPB0Nzo2W8y25UsAd8VWCwdwSIH-wmJ3h-w8QZj8I-1uWiPzjyr5wFZw61pthIbuHM7hnJLjdhL6N34K5H_ANPwATWWxy1a1zVYSm6bd5PRNlCewzshW29/s320/IMG_1996+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">when going there, you want to look for the little door to the right. THIS is the actual entrance. you go upstairs to eat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmFCUUQem5y4339MlRVCxsPFa0BhEgaGe8bMJpq0vUcAdMkhZzsrnSOa9-O2ehakxsy5hyphenhyphenvlGSAZ03OXMCh5NQQc-bkN4id27BqPHSvBUlaj7pepEd8_JhTrRyHDzxWm7se6vKfZ7J5Pr/s1600/IMG_1997+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmFCUUQem5y4339MlRVCxsPFa0BhEgaGe8bMJpq0vUcAdMkhZzsrnSOa9-O2ehakxsy5hyphenhyphenvlGSAZ03OXMCh5NQQc-bkN4id27BqPHSvBUlaj7pepEd8_JhTrRyHDzxWm7se6vKfZ7J5Pr/s320/IMG_1997+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">also, outside, there was this HUGE line to the left of satou. they were all lining up for the bakery next door! must be amazing stuff there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTaiICJoYdZi0JbJRk3L83DYHUrfSu5JuB0qt5InU5X35ZPcEQZNwv_icPkvNASdX45rNmRG4K8AA5G43alrj0F-l1h5484z4TnLjZs7adYkaRvaN8-511G7oL8tGb9UMnlzLVBmcA71x/s1600/IMG_2001+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTaiICJoYdZi0JbJRk3L83DYHUrfSu5JuB0qt5InU5X35ZPcEQZNwv_icPkvNASdX45rNmRG4K8AA5G43alrj0F-l1h5484z4TnLjZs7adYkaRvaN8-511G7oL8tGb9UMnlzLVBmcA71x/s320/IMG_2001+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we ordered the regular beef lunch set (they also have a premium, but you will pay a premium for it!), and it comes with a small salad, white rice, miso soup, pickled vegetables, some sauces for your food, some side veggies with the beef, and of course, the beef!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV41NrVJbt0OoxoVoKiztIiXfI8LC2qrCZgCpDwRRD8ArOWUkRQhfvd4CK-gABSPwGTAmo650QbgenPHfslvKSaV6FiQ0Ssj1lo9KR7fA8nIYRbU1A1XvM4doJUxdK8EIftpVgWjgry8ae/s1600/IMG_2006+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV41NrVJbt0OoxoVoKiztIiXfI8LC2qrCZgCpDwRRD8ArOWUkRQhfvd4CK-gABSPwGTAmo650QbgenPHfslvKSaV6FiQ0Ssj1lo9KR7fA8nIYRbU1A1XvM4doJUxdK8EIftpVgWjgry8ae/s320/IMG_2006+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">look at that beef! medium-rare! my favorite!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiy2oGKYziWMKChiy_Uc2qq1td8k1uQeMKGs7ECjG3_FVZBIfgAxES9xv06pqPaUTN568OPsWVd87MqFQI8xYjA7Yw7Y9EVTMDUjYnn368CvHBEXADku5itsxk2DHFia5oas_v7BTQ6bYL/s1600/IMG_2016+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiy2oGKYziWMKChiy_Uc2qq1td8k1uQeMKGs7ECjG3_FVZBIfgAxES9xv06pqPaUTN568OPsWVd87MqFQI8xYjA7Yw7Y9EVTMDUjYnn368CvHBEXADku5itsxk2DHFia5oas_v7BTQ6bYL/s320/IMG_2016+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here's totoro waiting! too cute. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHgdIKY9L70rNTQXpmeJmdx1jl1592tnJ_GGoG6Be8G-nKB-wnZTDJFtjnhfZOm8ol2YPXbYNq-tIrcIk5Z8sBpKtiFXZFaaXRKh_POb7apci3FUexnjQhTItfssBdkKYHx6nNIDC5IJw/s1600/IMG_2042+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHgdIKY9L70rNTQXpmeJmdx1jl1592tnJ_GGoG6Be8G-nKB-wnZTDJFtjnhfZOm8ol2YPXbYNq-tIrcIk5Z8sBpKtiFXZFaaXRKh_POb7apci3FUexnjQhTItfssBdkKYHx6nNIDC5IJw/s320/IMG_2042+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">you are not allowed to take photos inside (you can take as many as you'd like from the outside though), but it's seriously such a cool museum. SO many interactive things to play with, and they have a whole section on original artwork/sketches! being very much into art, i loved seeing that. even though this is our second time coming to the studio ghibli museum, it's still amazing to us. this time there was an adult sized cat bus though (last time they had one just for kids)! it was really cool!!! gah, wish i could have gotten a pic of it!!! if you like the movies, you will be blown away by this place. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">last time i got "the fruit sandwich of your dreams" and erik got the tonkatsu sandwich. both amazing. and we also got the coffee there too because they draw a design on it! if you want to read our blog about the studio ghibli museum last time, here is the link:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://cherryblossomsareawesomes.blogspot.com/2010/03/studio-ghibli-museum-is-amazing.html">http://cherryblossomsareawesomes.blogspot.com/2010/03/studio-ghibli-museum-is-amazing.html</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">coincidentally, we saw the museum both on our 6th day of our trips hahaha...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">afterwards, we just walked around mitaka a bit. found this nice big open field right next to the studio ghibli museum, and there is a track around it! some people were running, some were exercizing in the grass part (doing tai chi or something?), and some kids were playing on the playground next to it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRh_mV-nS4DuPF7jCTbOTTX7MYLfCrjwNTCvQ6TMizNnaiNhxhf-1hfDLcxlB3Fi7VTmQ3X3S0ohbRrmEQ2aiR4FvW6Wc2r-uHpcv9afoJs8KH83zqJitjHwPrwdOErqhyphenhyphengLUidsoF81q/s1600/IMG_2088+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRh_mV-nS4DuPF7jCTbOTTX7MYLfCrjwNTCvQ6TMizNnaiNhxhf-1hfDLcxlB3Fi7VTmQ3X3S0ohbRrmEQ2aiR4FvW6Wc2r-uHpcv9afoJs8KH83zqJitjHwPrwdOErqhyphenhyphengLUidsoF81q/s320/IMG_2088+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">but first we stopped inside a grocery store to pickup some muscat & lychee wine (YUM) and this!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJYlJfFV61byYPdwMxsPEErFIHGk8WsciiSZqZlxm69ujQaQaoy9RYby7NMjFbM68bIaqH3JTiZpxD-FWbdtEd0h4T4kPXrBbjt3JJc1Ne2roek1wO_KlarbpeYA_alTlFBihyphenhyphenu_e54K-/s1600/IMG_2112+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJYlJfFV61byYPdwMxsPEErFIHGk8WsciiSZqZlxm69ujQaQaoy9RYby7NMjFbM68bIaqH3JTiZpxD-FWbdtEd0h4T4kPXrBbjt3JJc1Ne2roek1wO_KlarbpeYA_alTlFBihyphenhyphenu_e54K-/s320/IMG_2112+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">a cocoichi sandwich! how great! erik LOVES cocoichi (a japanese curry chain), so this is literally perfect for him haha...it was GOOD!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we then took a train to the nakano station (again, not far), and headed towards the bradway mall which is at the north exit and impossible to miss. you walk through the shopping arcade, and soon you will see this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeVQZdhzpHkCaLHYIUHzYGvn70H06xKR4tjEvg_M51IsOZuxv2ljVM5egrRkhG0OoNpnNgdNjRV0gCQ-N6DiJBx_WY6aRBqSh8ISwNxhr5IlgFwpQ-mVMrgKDM9Vmk-Q0mR5QpSSLjNcj/s1600/IMG_2092+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeVQZdhzpHkCaLHYIUHzYGvn70H06xKR4tjEvg_M51IsOZuxv2ljVM5egrRkhG0OoNpnNgdNjRV0gCQ-N6DiJBx_WY6aRBqSh8ISwNxhr5IlgFwpQ-mVMrgKDM9Vmk-Q0mR5QpSSLjNcj/s320/IMG_2092+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">inside there were lots of origami cranes hung! obviously had to take a picture of those ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtNBhWTa4ZYXANmb7Qu2Y1CsaWgDNBr86eAFvsJ4lw_rbx6yallIaIEFtsHBzwkTDaYD4QzKoCasovFBVq_qeXlNdWOv_YTgFdnyj44qfPZLp2X-Zyw7_bMGIsV0fmaM_XI5eHCVePcpl/s1600/IMG_2094+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtNBhWTa4ZYXANmb7Qu2Y1CsaWgDNBr86eAFvsJ4lw_rbx6yallIaIEFtsHBzwkTDaYD4QzKoCasovFBVq_qeXlNdWOv_YTgFdnyj44qfPZLp2X-Zyw7_bMGIsV0fmaM_XI5eHCVePcpl/s320/IMG_2094+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">there were a ton of stores including this really neat antique one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSo6xrG1WJsHkL8A8k6LGKDEllMiLB29cN_6y0C9UxJSSL2I8Roo46osj0GrwYk897wg0TozGECSPAD3Qrtc_vWm0XmHz-9jViAKyYET8WJcyo10dLMNb0K-IXqXohdDiIpJr0-Vs2wmpz/s1600/IMG_2096+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSo6xrG1WJsHkL8A8k6LGKDEllMiLB29cN_6y0C9UxJSSL2I8Roo46osj0GrwYk897wg0TozGECSPAD3Qrtc_vWm0XmHz-9jViAKyYET8WJcyo10dLMNb0K-IXqXohdDiIpJr0-Vs2wmpz/s320/IMG_2096+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">i think everything was in glass cases, but we were still too afraid to walk in and look haha...</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here is a cosplay dress shop. soooo pretty. i love them all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvpilGLScw5Bgy1Txk8oltxXVPUC7nxnAeVK_3beVINA7Muw8FVQjBxJGxi2T7au8MYsSQm06_trzTEA365oMXa9G9_2Ut5FCotXFPrVwfOu0RmCA3W9RW8h3t1TIgIni_UwZdEWSpFdz/s1600/IMG_2097+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvpilGLScw5Bgy1Txk8oltxXVPUC7nxnAeVK_3beVINA7Muw8FVQjBxJGxi2T7au8MYsSQm06_trzTEA365oMXa9G9_2Ut5FCotXFPrVwfOu0RmCA3W9RW8h3t1TIgIni_UwZdEWSpFdz/s320/IMG_2097+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">time to head back...in the basement of the shinjuku station there is a "maplies cake" shop and their cakes look AMAZING!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweHrcj3524JI0Lxi0DgmL3KN_ikPtbS1a4w9ygdOkPaltljU5edtY1gxXzgn_KKuEJLdznbUk6ZEMeeKyAEJzpskaqSkmG9GZaFoU6HPs5jW-NL9zlxxaQTIJ6lM-F1TYLGGnNwzM0joQ/s1600/IMG_2103+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweHrcj3524JI0Lxi0DgmL3KN_ikPtbS1a4w9ygdOkPaltljU5edtY1gxXzgn_KKuEJLdznbUk6ZEMeeKyAEJzpskaqSkmG9GZaFoU6HPs5jW-NL9zlxxaQTIJ6lM-F1TYLGGnNwzM0joQ/s320/IMG_2103+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we ordered 3 things and took them home with us (just a 5 min walk to our hotel). and isn't this awesome?! this has happened to us a few times while in japan. for refridgerated things, they will put in a mini ice pack for you! so it's still cold when you get home. love it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPl139jpyAYu9z7r8s5PFGyfqZcO1dqF-5HDxFKhcln5wPXdllIF0oLKR6piwYHMsbZTGRCIBfyUTgCUHTa4AphWvAHRtLJ63fSwg1k9sHGHYLnQFaGQy9oufg4YSGYPEuX9rD7th6dtQ/s1600/IMG_2106+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPl139jpyAYu9z7r8s5PFGyfqZcO1dqF-5HDxFKhcln5wPXdllIF0oLKR6piwYHMsbZTGRCIBfyUTgCUHTa4AphWvAHRtLJ63fSwg1k9sHGHYLnQFaGQy9oufg4YSGYPEuX9rD7th6dtQ/s320/IMG_2106+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are the cakes!</div><div style="text-align: left;">i got this one (which has a crepe on top!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-w6IVL9Gqos6Z1hG1kMd6LMPAewdmgOk1ZuwMvf9TPtbPbwiUBsQeWsOo6DIP4swgbXYQQ56NoLmRgtk1jh69dP7lKkz8225YE8BW_U3lZ6xyCrysYl4AS6rRWDM3Nj46LMOgtYpcAmS/s1600/IMG_2108+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-w6IVL9Gqos6Z1hG1kMd6LMPAewdmgOk1ZuwMvf9TPtbPbwiUBsQeWsOo6DIP4swgbXYQQ56NoLmRgtk1jh69dP7lKkz8225YE8BW_U3lZ6xyCrysYl4AS6rRWDM3Nj46LMOgtYpcAmS/s320/IMG_2108+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">erik got tiramisu</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQGhFQbjSFoFPGv4FmdnJNOSCGNN_v23A2iX7bBxhNc-tI5rbiUTagA81rCY75CXOx4Zq5us6RXwg3VtgtJb8WLuTE6RcF2g6I1xiTFPnGbFQTvrsn-NYvp_bfj3yRtNn9gtKNrd4G1qY/s1600/IMG_2110+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQGhFQbjSFoFPGv4FmdnJNOSCGNN_v23A2iX7bBxhNc-tI5rbiUTagA81rCY75CXOx4Zq5us6RXwg3VtgtJb8WLuTE6RcF2g6I1xiTFPnGbFQTvrsn-NYvp_bfj3yRtNn9gtKNrd4G1qY/s320/IMG_2110+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and we split this raspberry one because it looked really yummy too and couldn't resist it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFhT8z60d8OTotnxb7djjBd4zRowkx5o8T1B8un6qTAlbNxP1AJ2Lf3aSvGyR2l_oAW2KvgVvmRVhMdqsjgfeJ_YCPKSinjoSiLDrESz3-tjF2MPwXYrH5LVu7hVTxg5RpHMx6sLD99oZ/s1600/IMG_2109+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFhT8z60d8OTotnxb7djjBd4zRowkx5o8T1B8un6qTAlbNxP1AJ2Lf3aSvGyR2l_oAW2KvgVvmRVhMdqsjgfeJ_YCPKSinjoSiLDrESz3-tjF2MPwXYrH5LVu7hVTxg5RpHMx6sLD99oZ/s320/IMG_2109+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">they were only $1.35 each, and SOOOOOO delicious. i bet we'll be going back some time!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">later on, we went out for some dinner. one thing i SUPER missed about japan (as crazy as it sounds...) was this ITALIAN restaurant called "pronto"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQWDrO8K8_wTWWVsOJ_2yh4kgPUqHwmEPaF5da5jqXRXaPshyphenhyphenqIsE4c_1TG5PdHtVbKKL5LEX2wTMPODI2KOLtcsPaJyBH-Q9xANVdPmS4LR7YEmE8JBHCPYHGsl-jh8S5R2ywp64J8bk/s1600/IMG_2121+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQWDrO8K8_wTWWVsOJ_2yh4kgPUqHwmEPaF5da5jqXRXaPshyphenhyphenqIsE4c_1TG5PdHtVbKKL5LEX2wTMPODI2KOLtcsPaJyBH-Q9xANVdPmS4LR7YEmE8JBHCPYHGsl-jh8S5R2ywp64J8bk/s320/IMG_2121+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">i know, weird right? but they make the BEST PASTA. i was so in love with it. </div><div style="text-align: left;">HOWEVER,</div><div style="text-align: left;">last time we were in japan, we only came to pronto for lunch, never dinner. so this was different. they had a different dinner menu, and it wasn't what i was expecing! so, instead of getting pasta (since they didn't list my favorite one for a dinner option) we just got a pizza and garlic bread</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wFIo1Bg-jl59Is2PdchEXTbEyHRAh9b7KrP7xMBahGbRxs4GNVZKAatm4OQGKy41n1BONHIVKuMePvDCyAdappsEKqHQx9yV7i1kXXh_9hSIyywhOkL4jO5xyCFv7QMBVolDQYSxkHFA/s1600/IMG_2122+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wFIo1Bg-jl59Is2PdchEXTbEyHRAh9b7KrP7xMBahGbRxs4GNVZKAatm4OQGKy41n1BONHIVKuMePvDCyAdappsEKqHQx9yV7i1kXXh_9hSIyywhOkL4jO5xyCFv7QMBVolDQYSxkHFA/s320/IMG_2122+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">it was good, but nothing out of this world. i miss my pasta! but, we'll just go back during lunch sometime ;) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">walking home, we saw some workers doing some construction, and they have light-up traffic cones! i have never seen these before so i took a pic! haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk7noVleRNXfZNTHU-hpNQjsS7Y2ax69HK5y65d17tt7NcYWiE1oXtJhjhU9jFq2k6uNn2M0xNDAk0qlcFc6Q_u_WUzCwtv774ovjuFrQw_9Wpk0mmKfqjUpfHIFqSVrWSOq9NfSNeWMq/s1600/IMG_2119+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk7noVleRNXfZNTHU-hpNQjsS7Y2ax69HK5y65d17tt7NcYWiE1oXtJhjhU9jFq2k6uNn2M0xNDAk0qlcFc6Q_u_WUzCwtv774ovjuFrQw_9Wpk0mmKfqjUpfHIFqSVrWSOq9NfSNeWMq/s320/IMG_2119+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we're on a normal sleep schedule now though! so YAY! probably going to bed soon-ish, then in the morning we're meeting up with my friend lyle! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-50776595939903023772011-08-03T04:20:00.001+09:002011-08-03T08:48:19.379+09:00DAY 5: IF AMERICAN BASEBALL WAS LIKE JAPANESE BASEBALL, WE WOULD LIKE IT A LOT MORE<div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">today's breakfast!</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">i absolutely love black sesame things, and this spread was no exception. AMAAAZING. the bread in the back is melon pan <3</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRpJY0kY0Ybq-tbuuAtC03jH21IHdwDUBt4MU_jQE8uRnSxfSn3P7iBGw0aM19q1pu3a-APHpJdq9ETAteY2U2e4p3LhgWMNR70y5D72-r46GVp3YwRczz_pLMcg0wAv-e2bHdNgJGAhT/s1600/IMG_1745+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRpJY0kY0Ybq-tbuuAtC03jH21IHdwDUBt4MU_jQE8uRnSxfSn3P7iBGw0aM19q1pu3a-APHpJdq9ETAteY2U2e4p3LhgWMNR70y5D72-r46GVp3YwRczz_pLMcg0wAv-e2bHdNgJGAhT/s320/IMG_1745+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">these drinks are really great. they pack in a ton of fruits (AND VEGGIES!) and they taste great!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjDvdpH0zvaUY7oQZRC-jk4-3EKe9Ia15CJI5giuR6bGq9CPdydfVfEvdHOwq0pmh-5bZzbScVzFYtjKrZhORaCiQjqqrC2wJv3YHplW0nVVvd-ffmhfi9kbNnXFcyZNGLF4u5iApY2YY/s1600/IMG_1746+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjDvdpH0zvaUY7oQZRC-jk4-3EKe9Ia15CJI5giuR6bGq9CPdydfVfEvdHOwq0pmh-5bZzbScVzFYtjKrZhORaCiQjqqrC2wJv3YHplW0nVVvd-ffmhfi9kbNnXFcyZNGLF4u5iApY2YY/s320/IMG_1746+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and we knew about this place called "choco cro" because my friend sara recommended it to us! we HAD to try it once she described the chocolate-filled croissants being so yummy!</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMoogTTUa_5V_0TRGhni_o8rv85CJR-Gn9bkKr2VAt98nRsPtATtAilg1Di4RmbRl12jSgH-ZqEqUhsH1Z101G6v396yozYpaP8tepcfxZpAfQylwlwKHWUdcHjYBvvTvBc4NKqsnu-Df/s1600/IMG_1767+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMoogTTUa_5V_0TRGhni_o8rv85CJR-Gn9bkKr2VAt98nRsPtATtAilg1Di4RmbRl12jSgH-ZqEqUhsH1Z101G6v396yozYpaP8tepcfxZpAfQylwlwKHWUdcHjYBvvTvBc4NKqsnu-Df/s320/IMG_1767+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">AMAZING. seriously so good. erik is not a huge fan of sweets/chocolate but even he said, "we're DEFINITELY going back to that place again!" afterwards! the chocolate was hot and melty, the croissant was flaky and it was really full of chocolate! not stingy at all. loved these.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">walked around some more exploring...here is a rooftop playground! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sbne4JAj8tGYC6EqYnmX4QKLagZ_RTtP4DqY8WFz8b_oan4YZ3da_goFK_au3_ToU_fR2t3g2QbjozSdJns4FyJWrptoyr7MBrDEJk4n9ODN2b7hD298JQl_qi0PS4h1EGofKem1yGOO/s1600/IMG_1774+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sbne4JAj8tGYC6EqYnmX4QKLagZ_RTtP4DqY8WFz8b_oan4YZ3da_goFK_au3_ToU_fR2t3g2QbjozSdJns4FyJWrptoyr7MBrDEJk4n9ODN2b7hD298JQl_qi0PS4h1EGofKem1yGOO/s320/IMG_1774+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">those blowers and shooting out cool air and misting water! nice for a hot afternoon like today</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">our lunch today!</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">MOS BURGER!!!!!</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">we walked through shinjuku to get to our favorite burger place: mos burger</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">please take note, america...this is a LARGE SOFT DRINK in japan! a LARGE. not 5 times the size of this!!!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vjMozQV8O9aIIIIp6QWqKFEOkm-sNtCbxf1pSekjF_-qRbn1TSS4XjKAg_T4qO6q6MCRwP_HnmXuswurvvgRyMZuw2kcA0r2V4VHC2PXHRmz95dYnPa_l8Lro1vOKaTnBmxNd4J36Gvd/s1600/IMG_1783+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vjMozQV8O9aIIIIp6QWqKFEOkm-sNtCbxf1pSekjF_-qRbn1TSS4XjKAg_T4qO6q6MCRwP_HnmXuswurvvgRyMZuw2kcA0r2V4VHC2PXHRmz95dYnPa_l8Lro1vOKaTnBmxNd4J36Gvd/s320/IMG_1783+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">erik got tonkatsu deliciousness (fried pork)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLWXlTmA45KtMmr2imI-AxxrOgYe5NdIN_sfz65AeNNzcU-HmQpmnaGGb9zUSe7PaLVICCKxVP9pX-P_zRqtdyyW9x26Hni4ndoUoNhxTrQSfKOPzr2dPaJv160RGvJ92edt5kXK4POLj/s1600/IMG_1785+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLWXlTmA45KtMmr2imI-AxxrOgYe5NdIN_sfz65AeNNzcU-HmQpmnaGGb9zUSe7PaLVICCKxVP9pX-P_zRqtdyyW9x26Hni4ndoUoNhxTrQSfKOPzr2dPaJv160RGvJ92edt5kXK4POLj/s320/IMG_1785+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">SUCH a great fast food burger chain in japan. love it!</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">we started making our way to the tokyo dome area since we were going to see the giants play the tigers tonight! i took a pic of this sculpture because i thought it was really cool</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfJIL_25cKk9vcf9jmVZ51KOi7CzvGPa5hPvprYRtY50LROcR10Gecu83-8C8Yo1I_LICJHznDDWcYv-AJtdv26L3CdNbHhKyLiQgXVAxSy9Mqxau5kMiVFXL4VgZjdHH4bJF905JitMz/s1600/IMG_1794+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfJIL_25cKk9vcf9jmVZ51KOi7CzvGPa5hPvprYRtY50LROcR10Gecu83-8C8Yo1I_LICJHznDDWcYv-AJtdv26L3CdNbHhKyLiQgXVAxSy9Mqxau5kMiVFXL4VgZjdHH4bJF905JitMz/s320/IMG_1794+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">we passed a restaurant, and all outside it had rosemary, sage and oregano lining the restaurant! so cool!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgummQZ3aK2AakAbVsGlk83S74RMTBDhIkCgYxr8la0RnRnfnOWBDL7KWXHAiy5pyPSaqxAZNCT1MXaGiHNaXLX5sgsxsrohyqIYs_JS9-t41MYuAkR0TBYsbiNwrLE2lgIdrRzm5j037/s1600/IMG_1795+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgummQZ3aK2AakAbVsGlk83S74RMTBDhIkCgYxr8la0RnRnfnOWBDL7KWXHAiy5pyPSaqxAZNCT1MXaGiHNaXLX5sgsxsrohyqIYs_JS9-t41MYuAkR0TBYsbiNwrLE2lgIdrRzm5j037/s320/IMG_1795+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">we had a little over an hour to kill before heading to the game, so we went to LaQua. 1/2 amusement park, 1/2 shopping.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqM76URD7OvMqpenUzyePNBXS8ONrPHEXH-O2BRsLgPFGaITK70YmBKAzXK6IIA3h9EMd4iM8v65zijiLu-b6awFhWo9d9jMi87AMd7ALEVWwfyC1g-3EQwufQkHctDMktTBr4VPX52h7A/s1600/IMG_1804+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqM76URD7OvMqpenUzyePNBXS8ONrPHEXH-O2BRsLgPFGaITK70YmBKAzXK6IIA3h9EMd4iM8v65zijiLu-b6awFhWo9d9jMi87AMd7ALEVWwfyC1g-3EQwufQkHctDMktTBr4VPX52h7A/s320/IMG_1804+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">shopping around, i saw this, and thought it was funny to see</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2cD21er-aEit199ZwYC6ZpZJ4zJwvZgc7D5nIH9LIqopwGIq7BAZyIihhmzS5pNcjhWiM1kTjOR669xEKhkE_1TJmrSVLxJTDosA3UhlK22EzIqoA2tK3nOKJVLlwblpD8ISubaCoTh9/s1600/IMG_1809+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2cD21er-aEit199ZwYC6ZpZJ4zJwvZgc7D5nIH9LIqopwGIq7BAZyIihhmzS5pNcjhWiM1kTjOR669xEKhkE_1TJmrSVLxJTDosA3UhlK22EzIqoA2tK3nOKJVLlwblpD8ISubaCoTh9/s320/IMG_1809+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">how adorable?!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7U1p7Gt1zcszDTZU0tf2N5BbbGnT9bgo-xocTPWFKPXwKEAjcIBVoPHHuY4kM3wKOrTEH2qgsfv08ecekQi_0HNs_M8fhuXiiorQ10hJvS4-76s-qEZEebZ_5YvNGIwJss5DMRiClqv7n/s1600/IMG_1810+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7U1p7Gt1zcszDTZU0tf2N5BbbGnT9bgo-xocTPWFKPXwKEAjcIBVoPHHuY4kM3wKOrTEH2qgsfv08ecekQi_0HNs_M8fhuXiiorQ10hJvS4-76s-qEZEebZ_5YvNGIwJss5DMRiClqv7n/s320/IMG_1810+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">really cool clocks for the dali lover</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbTcF3cR1E_T0YP8ambDnRvzAs1OHBgbSc_C4goSbkZbeygZZtZs2AvezZO2T2-DPuBl8Lwjp6-VUn86GQWSLC3hwFuwhc60UiNcTvZobz11niw28nUkVoV-vhnU6Tff6rElmYLkUHQt6/s1600/IMG_1811+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbTcF3cR1E_T0YP8ambDnRvzAs1OHBgbSc_C4goSbkZbeygZZtZs2AvezZO2T2-DPuBl8Lwjp6-VUn86GQWSLC3hwFuwhc60UiNcTvZobz11niw28nUkVoV-vhnU6Tff6rElmYLkUHQt6/s320/IMG_1811+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">GIGA PUDDING!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnB0VO5Hl3NFQc0VyS9SXe9WFtFhnq-muCAUS6KmXToFZQCciZlNEZge289KBgHaXBLV0O3P3KXJ5QLORts9T4s2p3rv8yfEaRZX8iMV3JlYHJ9PbCkB3qFPEKkHOShq2a-rSdrVsmzv6/s1600/IMG_1812+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnB0VO5Hl3NFQc0VyS9SXe9WFtFhnq-muCAUS6KmXToFZQCciZlNEZge289KBgHaXBLV0O3P3KXJ5QLORts9T4s2p3rv8yfEaRZX8iMV3JlYHJ9PbCkB3qFPEKkHOShq2a-rSdrVsmzv6/s320/IMG_1812+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">outside there were some cool things too</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhcB2rMyhBDCjL_zZsIAlzZ6mFLq1qR9q5JPeethPiX87doT1O_XayrzTRgTmjDPlSE_OKUTgVL3lZzDOcYSotxBBeg3xjEQLN7lNCwV8b0C0RByZXN7j-dk4xpBIENQdXlA20fIo87Oj/s1600/IMG_1813+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhcB2rMyhBDCjL_zZsIAlzZ6mFLq1qR9q5JPeethPiX87doT1O_XayrzTRgTmjDPlSE_OKUTgVL3lZzDOcYSotxBBeg3xjEQLN7lNCwV8b0C0RByZXN7j-dk4xpBIENQdXlA20fIo87Oj/s320/IMG_1813+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">i wanted to go in here!!! SO COOL! the kids get into a giant bubble and flop around on top of the water!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrXMyANW0kS4a2PcAOBYXtewszufw2mG9TsZLi8D6Ze3cj9iamZnnaWvh2mkqTxxMatJQCyXSy1b2BkcOCKRjr9AUrn7f2tfpyR0wo_th3vns-xxUL2OGV3wWoWeZjMo3bjtdBAl8RPwt/s1600/IMG_1816+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrXMyANW0kS4a2PcAOBYXtewszufw2mG9TsZLi8D6Ze3cj9iamZnnaWvh2mkqTxxMatJQCyXSy1b2BkcOCKRjr9AUrn7f2tfpyR0wo_th3vns-xxUL2OGV3wWoWeZjMo3bjtdBAl8RPwt/s320/IMG_1816+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">bumper boats of some sort</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvw0fMwYCzuvpL8E7Uz8qa72XLX_vISc1NfXwVhuLCpxWs3125DkJUvpKKYYHRtCoTknWQEE7NKnUH5B56ZADt7dte_byQ4WwAlbL9iwrEZhh7HYFAZNuNUPCK8nDJVTDgIEt7i1zmoVB/s1600/IMG_1821+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvw0fMwYCzuvpL8E7Uz8qa72XLX_vISc1NfXwVhuLCpxWs3125DkJUvpKKYYHRtCoTknWQEE7NKnUH5B56ZADt7dte_byQ4WwAlbL9iwrEZhh7HYFAZNuNUPCK8nDJVTDgIEt7i1zmoVB/s320/IMG_1821+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">too little to do it himself haha</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7xm_BorRx3Zx4-arPIc8YNxdcfbnEjs-e4-SCoOykD7RvL5BA4on8ZPaFTyDFjSBHa_zOZdxdkt0Nm1JM2vyO-duG6FZRarBlHvWNfRiUtfMmdi5GDfBMdN5uwWypln1S2LgSqsQJPZO/s1600/IMG_1822+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7xm_BorRx3Zx4-arPIc8YNxdcfbnEjs-e4-SCoOykD7RvL5BA4on8ZPaFTyDFjSBHa_zOZdxdkt0Nm1JM2vyO-duG6FZRarBlHvWNfRiUtfMmdi5GDfBMdN5uwWypln1S2LgSqsQJPZO/s320/IMG_1822+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">pretty fountain</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQ6vq7gRPm7WfclIjZnNJIh9DTu_fmUc_0oO-vquyYrOY-sK_fW-NWRyVpL2IsYDLt9V1My44SlRBw1eaU-IzOa29hDRYz81WI1Lobghh365jwZ55dv8Kt065W0yc38fAl3Pa_dba3RB8/s1600/IMG_1823+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQ6vq7gRPm7WfclIjZnNJIh9DTu_fmUc_0oO-vquyYrOY-sK_fW-NWRyVpL2IsYDLt9V1My44SlRBw1eaU-IzOa29hDRYz81WI1Lobghh365jwZ55dv8Kt065W0yc38fAl3Pa_dba3RB8/s320/IMG_1823+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and fish that eat the little tiny things on your feet to clean them! </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSF-8V30bHIalw-pMWD7dqmFAeiAQADQa-WyoyGlX59aXNJdcqVXNBCvq3AgTwhyphenhyphenKNOUozbnBNSyNd5nErpFUoZWpMDhJ62YZvzlkPeNHXADTiKpNsl352-95V6FSAjmmgB6BGmJjScJO/s1600/IMG_1828+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSF-8V30bHIalw-pMWD7dqmFAeiAQADQa-WyoyGlX59aXNJdcqVXNBCvq3AgTwhyphenhyphenKNOUozbnBNSyNd5nErpFUoZWpMDhJ62YZvzlkPeNHXADTiKpNsl352-95V6FSAjmmgB6BGmJjScJO/s320/IMG_1828+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">crazyness...we also popped into a supermarket to check it out. apparently they call "POM", "ZAK" over here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHR9oOiOgPk0_Wio2GpE7apCuou2iSG2LiwW1LYkY4Xc-j0hMguP41Ci0SF7K8aI3OhRIcawFZZ7sMxCB5izGsewC-t1f9hyMqHi_-8pVrnqChhsYbaCLpIVfGJJrhdSX6RSaZEvLopnj/s1600/IMG_1832+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHR9oOiOgPk0_Wio2GpE7apCuou2iSG2LiwW1LYkY4Xc-j0hMguP41Ci0SF7K8aI3OhRIcawFZZ7sMxCB5izGsewC-t1f9hyMqHi_-8pVrnqChhsYbaCLpIVfGJJrhdSX6RSaZEvLopnj/s320/IMG_1832+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">what a gorgeous watermelon right? too bad it's...$45!!!!!!!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZKrhnUvQbQchkAGGOcHZ9Ogt9aBAqnb8By76iqCFLeLWqSUILyNNKpgT-fDbMAGn9qLhcffsGn21RvekLHvQDOxfDErv0gSbWXPyclAnSIUDIoKPE2dwat9AMPR6eFdxnl9G3-9gVllW/s1600/IMG_1833+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZKrhnUvQbQchkAGGOcHZ9Ogt9aBAqnb8By76iqCFLeLWqSUILyNNKpgT-fDbMAGn9qLhcffsGn21RvekLHvQDOxfDErv0gSbWXPyclAnSIUDIoKPE2dwat9AMPR6eFdxnl9G3-9gVllW/s320/IMG_1833+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and this melon is $42.50!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RqHqjFfZ5EPBT6Fuan373-6e0G1ckEi3tWKAvt5YtA3wqzvAzob8Tlq-cX0F0v6d6gd6qE6uJV43AjY9cTPcLJ9G8Jz-HU8Zubr0w8SGqb7rMaVrfN4cVrVCrOVk0fzgxv241F2ONucg/s1600/IMG_1835+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RqHqjFfZ5EPBT6Fuan373-6e0G1ckEi3tWKAvt5YtA3wqzvAzob8Tlq-cX0F0v6d6gd6qE6uJV43AjY9cTPcLJ9G8Jz-HU8Zubr0w8SGqb7rMaVrfN4cVrVCrOVk0fzgxv241F2ONucg/s320/IMG_1835+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">muscats are....$75?!?!?!?!?!? WHOA.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4lszk-I4uaOZaLWekzzwLGKrCdKVSHxpD3Do5fFVu3eZuhJ2urt6Wv-Yja7HDXNS3aNEUvvolwNBMvpeLlA4jvdLv5gUpCienr7w579cKiDeZsq8_JFZgrMfCR2pPJHLHmP-_di1nOZa/s1600/IMG_1836+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4lszk-I4uaOZaLWekzzwLGKrCdKVSHxpD3Do5fFVu3eZuhJ2urt6Wv-Yja7HDXNS3aNEUvvolwNBMvpeLlA4jvdLv5gUpCienr7w579cKiDeZsq8_JFZgrMfCR2pPJHLHmP-_di1nOZa/s320/IMG_1836+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">carrots were reasonably priced, but i took their pic because i think japanese carrots are fat and cute</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-H_lp23vfX_csjfmZS4RUk3r96Q8h4HGoJpoajVtNHH_gB6IN5IzZ6_DGLfWWoQEwWu4lhZ7DEbA8N_OzlmW0Z3dMW6Yg3Z9bNk-z58J5AGJOq9lkOeIZpZCP1LJqURzbLugQBvkkHjw/s1600/IMG_1837+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-H_lp23vfX_csjfmZS4RUk3r96Q8h4HGoJpoajVtNHH_gB6IN5IzZ6_DGLfWWoQEwWu4lhZ7DEbA8N_OzlmW0Z3dMW6Yg3Z9bNk-z58J5AGJOq9lkOeIZpZCP1LJqURzbLugQBvkkHjw/s320/IMG_1837+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">peanut cream sort of tastes like a mix of peanuts and caramel? i guess? it's really good!!! afterwards, we were off to ikebukuro! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEf87b0hkcbmm1BqBLlQIiEr89p5guxUutV6Fez5FmVKyJC86_6RBqvRkwYFRq-mAmzPBdSAIJFdj25Ts4omM7loYtY1q6b2PXaZHIpezkZN1hJ4GJZuEAUbSuX_wsnhcNoADbsNZ1__x/s1600/IMG_1548+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEf87b0hkcbmm1BqBLlQIiEr89p5guxUutV6Fez5FmVKyJC86_6RBqvRkwYFRq-mAmzPBdSAIJFdj25Ts4omM7loYtY1q6b2PXaZHIpezkZN1hJ4GJZuEAUbSuX_wsnhcNoADbsNZ1__x/s320/IMG_1548+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">sunshine city is a must in ikebukuro. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPl3Mj6o_Kk9hOc4CrnA1ZGVy1wXTfAKrRrtHgYVEhqpNANn_QLgjyuhXAHe_syGecaRizyeV2qPAZARZS9pqp7OETMgEeSkAkqeKtx6hG-9-qYJmOSwzykhDp6jeMioRPXKOM6objEdW/s1600/IMG_1550+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPl3Mj6o_Kk9hOc4CrnA1ZGVy1wXTfAKrRrtHgYVEhqpNANn_QLgjyuhXAHe_syGecaRizyeV2qPAZARZS9pqp7OETMgEeSkAkqeKtx6hG-9-qYJmOSwzykhDp6jeMioRPXKOM6objEdW/s320/IMG_1550+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">especially the tokyu hands building because on the 8th floor there is a pet shop and cat cafe (i'll get into what a cat cafe is in a few minutes hahaha...don't worry, you don't eat cats)!</div><div style="text-align: left;">here is the pet store! i REALLY almost bought one of these for kahlua! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">fancy-schmancy cat treats for spoiled kitties!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpMtJr0NxXNjIEX_KoovaOhCiICGL4uV876UKfAcDqGi3etAJV1iVEvAGqNPeK9mVTv9aE0q5i07xo0Hx1IgEo6n7Ean1AhxjiEWLzWNKggOe1INZS_o0KRQMSIYWZkveErK74sBqxSmq/s1600/IMG_1554+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpMtJr0NxXNjIEX_KoovaOhCiICGL4uV876UKfAcDqGi3etAJV1iVEvAGqNPeK9mVTv9aE0q5i07xo0Hx1IgEo6n7Ean1AhxjiEWLzWNKggOe1INZS_o0KRQMSIYWZkveErK74sBqxSmq/s320/IMG_1554+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">hamsters...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z77wQDh3IORanVl53BYVB439oKdcuGf7oCvUeXeL1r4c992PNOwyjrimwW-WZDJyjutkWDDjqTHE6M_rlfjy3WuyMUoev7tAAE1VshIA0oYcPtapNwra0cCnlM_86rtCpsbRh8keohXZ/s1600/IMG_1555+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z77wQDh3IORanVl53BYVB439oKdcuGf7oCvUeXeL1r4c992PNOwyjrimwW-WZDJyjutkWDDjqTHE6M_rlfjy3WuyMUoev7tAAE1VshIA0oYcPtapNwra0cCnlM_86rtCpsbRh8keohXZ/s320/IMG_1555+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and they had these guys! they are really similar to mudpuppies, and look so cool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFOFVHkvKHnWCVm3oxmXNe7KNMwsv4q1dVrvr-1ZCmcbAcv4SQNgzxjTEJK-lNgitASTsajyEmOWt_ingVl8CYDcgUFP-cGttrWY5_mNDZyL1brVUBy3PHGAoKU92VKiFys27hi3WUWOk/s1600/IMG_1557+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFOFVHkvKHnWCVm3oxmXNe7KNMwsv4q1dVrvr-1ZCmcbAcv4SQNgzxjTEJK-lNgitASTsajyEmOWt_ingVl8CYDcgUFP-cGttrWY5_mNDZyL1brVUBy3PHGAoKU92VKiFys27hi3WUWOk/s320/IMG_1557+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and stag beetles! very popular in japan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFmsC_ytjtjzz_vsmoDefkOd8CSeZf4fx3ZpFVVw10twzp3InA0Hzg2ZgQYCGGGL-qVgXQ1WwTQXG7ZyvJCgk8RFC443MFl8m69aGN4ORlf9LLPSQcXnU5HonFotN6Evo7lsftX2zXvtP/s1600/IMG_1561+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFmsC_ytjtjzz_vsmoDefkOd8CSeZf4fx3ZpFVVw10twzp3InA0Hzg2ZgQYCGGGL-qVgXQ1WwTQXG7ZyvJCgk8RFC443MFl8m69aGN4ORlf9LLPSQcXnU5HonFotN6Evo7lsftX2zXvtP/s320/IMG_1561+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this bunny was too cute! but he was about $100!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVzAxvFxUgBsUcoQm4LcfXLfHjiM-l-aQ2BQEyxA_ZY6OJVM1arK_aTSrET5VUpQbQKWwUcilg4GtOCnxv68J8AVp3UF7xvXoJIFjQhdpzLTKDa6jN_zK3wFT0XreIU8GBKMm39fRwhX1/s1600/IMG_1563+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVzAxvFxUgBsUcoQm4LcfXLfHjiM-l-aQ2BQEyxA_ZY6OJVM1arK_aTSrET5VUpQbQKWwUcilg4GtOCnxv68J8AVp3UF7xvXoJIFjQhdpzLTKDa6jN_zK3wFT0XreIU8GBKMm39fRwhX1/s320/IMG_1563+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">now onto the cat cafe! since buying a pet is so expensive in japan (dogs, and even cats can be $1,000 - $2,000 dollars), there are "cat cafes" so people living in japan can come visit and play with kitties to get their cat fix :) this one is called "nekobukuro" which is a play on words involving "neko" (cat) combined with it's location in ikebukuro. cute entrance!</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dohwUfFFZDcetX2cOkp5nN68AtzPM4Xkbqtg3upSiBjbf0lJumDMJNg8YWAxc4ilUwihv4SwiSGlPDB-cl-S4hz7cjFWdgcqrsbWz16ZfCSQxmA0rKQhzeGporxLfj1PxcFAimcfYozC/s1600/IMG_1552+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dohwUfFFZDcetX2cOkp5nN68AtzPM4Xkbqtg3upSiBjbf0lJumDMJNg8YWAxc4ilUwihv4SwiSGlPDB-cl-S4hz7cjFWdgcqrsbWz16ZfCSQxmA0rKQhzeGporxLfj1PxcFAimcfYozC/s1600/IMG_1552+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dohwUfFFZDcetX2cOkp5nN68AtzPM4Xkbqtg3upSiBjbf0lJumDMJNg8YWAxc4ilUwihv4SwiSGlPDB-cl-S4hz7cjFWdgcqrsbWz16ZfCSQxmA0rKQhzeGporxLfj1PxcFAimcfYozC/s320/IMG_1552+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">cute lion tail!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tR27ty0aDA6t2eSVeHun38UgT7dI5wMvGaHfsXc9eNra2x95_2c7DNdS83z6kQGbyJfULdR62nSY6fNXTAR6qAnU89IB18_RGIXjgD3lhhQ2YyhJI05wl6kAA1l68AOcDl95YxZ-FrQs/s1600/IMG_1581+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tR27ty0aDA6t2eSVeHun38UgT7dI5wMvGaHfsXc9eNra2x95_2c7DNdS83z6kQGbyJfULdR62nSY6fNXTAR6qAnU89IB18_RGIXjgD3lhhQ2YyhJI05wl6kAA1l68AOcDl95YxZ-FrQs/s320/IMG_1581+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this kitty really loves being groomed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUH9YZZm3WWpwMNZeYr47V2BZ9V9FYBXh3uynynalFRlgI17QYSrKL1R3Hgx4Cw5t92aSwMk5rX1Mym_FVO0rEI4PC7Vo5w8SsuDY8Xvn_chzb4WSR1Ojgw86Q-TjhZK0JNg-wRpmylhe/s1600/IMG_1583+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUH9YZZm3WWpwMNZeYr47V2BZ9V9FYBXh3uynynalFRlgI17QYSrKL1R3Hgx4Cw5t92aSwMk5rX1Mym_FVO0rEI4PC7Vo5w8SsuDY8Xvn_chzb4WSR1Ojgw86Q-TjhZK0JNg-wRpmylhe/s320/IMG_1583+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the cat's bios haha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVRpUOZnWa0ip-t3Me8VYwxa3MmhXasYLmnbDB-rJkw_0zpMzGmwmWfjITkd3fowUvA_6kJgbsqOOXzejsCHOz5JSll7bOlYqzlcPReFFr4WUZE5uR7w2itUQ7RkkG9UkDBuwnlk0D3KD/s1600/IMG_1585+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVRpUOZnWa0ip-t3Me8VYwxa3MmhXasYLmnbDB-rJkw_0zpMzGmwmWfjITkd3fowUvA_6kJgbsqOOXzejsCHOz5JSll7bOlYqzlcPReFFr4WUZE5uR7w2itUQ7RkkG9UkDBuwnlk0D3KD/s320/IMG_1585+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">safe spot really high up away from kids haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWRuX9peKANuEbBtye-G9yg7Q8ZoLr7C4xOLpt4b7TD8PNPrwL3VlglFC6IeVpCVTo_uxD2cM308Oj_N9hZsGiKhYeatdy1PU6SKRg4dzeTFPWINEJQyIdwkWOT0knCc45W7lu3UU-MZd/s1600/IMG_1592+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWRuX9peKANuEbBtye-G9yg7Q8ZoLr7C4xOLpt4b7TD8PNPrwL3VlglFC6IeVpCVTo_uxD2cM308Oj_N9hZsGiKhYeatdy1PU6SKRg4dzeTFPWINEJQyIdwkWOT0knCc45W7lu3UU-MZd/s320/IMG_1592+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">the smaller kitties getting excited because a cage was being set-up outside their glass cage for them! they heard the noise and knew they would be out soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsIOCgn6FFEWCpcvGVyQBb9_bKmpk3N6O502dGqhSwXG9aA6cKT5uu3mcfikq8B2OalKzeJlQQBEP79ZjQxI90zcMHBeA7s-FLWYlonrrCEaLsUBhnrR5vrxfeW4Ez_5dOhQGixuG_pqC/s1600/IMG_1607+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsIOCgn6FFEWCpcvGVyQBb9_bKmpk3N6O502dGqhSwXG9aA6cKT5uu3mcfikq8B2OalKzeJlQQBEP79ZjQxI90zcMHBeA7s-FLWYlonrrCEaLsUBhnrR5vrxfeW4Ez_5dOhQGixuG_pqC/s320/IMG_1607+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">whee!</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChb5pbBzXDVYB7jFKaPOk8sF6Mshf8ouGw2G3lreCUmkHjlcHyT4TQBHWSWNt95C2Mvr2dkMa69wvz5c59XB6ZxfM6liAeJRsR7YWBS48KWIkSnXktS5nHiu_pgrjHq6b6NPX438xijgl/s1600/IMG_1626+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChb5pbBzXDVYB7jFKaPOk8sF6Mshf8ouGw2G3lreCUmkHjlcHyT4TQBHWSWNt95C2Mvr2dkMa69wvz5c59XB6ZxfM6liAeJRsR7YWBS48KWIkSnXktS5nHiu_pgrjHq6b6NPX438xijgl/s1600/IMG_1626+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChb5pbBzXDVYB7jFKaPOk8sF6Mshf8ouGw2G3lreCUmkHjlcHyT4TQBHWSWNt95C2Mvr2dkMa69wvz5c59XB6ZxfM6liAeJRsR7YWBS48KWIkSnXktS5nHiu_pgrjHq6b6NPX438xijgl/s320/IMG_1626+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">older cats not caring...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF95mcROeHMnbJVbnfDzyrlU0ag00LrrQAQ34u2Wtg_K1R_VPpmQvyAi5HFn6Rfnwp7Xk6yJiedcSB-mpKXKqWDq_EB_rD90S50lo8CrQU2G2ZyDZxSrfh67ogJqCl7Pl07i6ybLvrpcnd/s1600/IMG_1610+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF95mcROeHMnbJVbnfDzyrlU0ag00LrrQAQ34u2Wtg_K1R_VPpmQvyAi5HFn6Rfnwp7Xk6yJiedcSB-mpKXKqWDq_EB_rD90S50lo8CrQU2G2ZyDZxSrfh67ogJqCl7Pl07i6ybLvrpcnd/s320/IMG_1610+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">THIS ONE WAS MY FAVORITE. MUNCHKIN CAT!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r2XjR8y5t4JvFpqRlrVa9qWNyEiIL5UvDGATAucy9NnUUytOG2pYULE3CbMu5heBkm_BRltzRSZQXcD0Zc9RJ6LeD5YVfzuZccW3rqYvWgKt6E71cnJOOLxEV3qMCsr3vNB4aUvP0FL3/s1600/IMG_1618+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r2XjR8y5t4JvFpqRlrVa9qWNyEiIL5UvDGATAucy9NnUUytOG2pYULE3CbMu5heBkm_BRltzRSZQXcD0Zc9RJ6LeD5YVfzuZccW3rqYvWgKt6E71cnJOOLxEV3qMCsr3vNB4aUvP0FL3/s320/IMG_1618+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">this cat spied erik's backpack strap and REALLY wanted it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbsbVUai8knCtBKiT6-R3bRvvN2d9picFDVfUwMUFmid__ulbEUaB6WPQS-ZY895DMVpg2qyKP1EA_CN4eu8EKpWd8B3CqOo6TlqXVtqFqCjZ4xDm8fOYgQGIGGh1XKpNHoDfhgvxDylE/s1600/IMG_1642+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbsbVUai8knCtBKiT6-R3bRvvN2d9picFDVfUwMUFmid__ulbEUaB6WPQS-ZY895DMVpg2qyKP1EA_CN4eu8EKpWd8B3CqOo6TlqXVtqFqCjZ4xDm8fOYgQGIGGh1XKpNHoDfhgvxDylE/s320/IMG_1642+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">more kitties just hanging out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7xpdhWB41i60RcYmxvRfqJeqguErlT-U7OODiyq7SlxHImnZJgRRYbmcbN5vv0eZ-B1GpJgybnVQtiy5ISPHHT9KMTnwqWXLfBrXzMW48f7ItyId3z__Z8Mj11kWkEWhOW-8Jn7CsG7N/s1600/IMG_1650+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7xpdhWB41i60RcYmxvRfqJeqguErlT-U7OODiyq7SlxHImnZJgRRYbmcbN5vv0eZ-B1GpJgybnVQtiy5ISPHHT9KMTnwqWXLfBrXzMW48f7ItyId3z__Z8Mj11kWkEWhOW-8Jn7CsG7N/s320/IMG_1650+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">after we got our cat fix, we went to namja town which is very close by. we were SO excited for this because it's like a food amusement park! i wish we could have tried more things, but our tummies are only so big!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWE1OmDctjlQoMV5zGpQ3ncUgKFE6EvMR_aLXsVoCqBIZHRUkvOSzen8vV1k1ZJCRbJCzSkKQbglB6XSrWbGtM7p0M9b548d91i-lbR1Ml4L96NfOYhTaXVYmCwJ-SPqWhCDYd-MI9UuH/s1600/IMG_1687+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWE1OmDctjlQoMV5zGpQ3ncUgKFE6EvMR_aLXsVoCqBIZHRUkvOSzen8vV1k1ZJCRbJCzSkKQbglB6XSrWbGtM7p0M9b548d91i-lbR1Ml4L96NfOYhTaXVYmCwJ-SPqWhCDYd-MI9UuH/s320/IMG_1687+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">this is called "gyoza stadium"!!! gyoza are potstickers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPpsMlgHTronU3l3ELJz8ri0lww762ptLZnsjKLBY06PS84_ToLxWd_Q47BBqMDK3vQrfvajzuhQHXLlJ904RpaxSvSbiO62temBghP-bfznjW2JpiNkG217S3qG_OmfmG_fl8izDTWHk/s1600/IMG_1692+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPpsMlgHTronU3l3ELJz8ri0lww762ptLZnsjKLBY06PS84_ToLxWd_Q47BBqMDK3vQrfvajzuhQHXLlJ904RpaxSvSbiO62temBghP-bfznjW2JpiNkG217S3qG_OmfmG_fl8izDTWHk/s320/IMG_1692+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">YUM!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPCIFw1GjTvu9TjE_qLQfbcmdJKngeRipnaj0sKX5-ZaPZk0K6EHa8jDWpvkPv-qerUmAKnSAh6xeKfPe8YoCmc0b2s_E4iZFLDiC1dfPMDkQNVziniInR9ZwjHLIJwAK3lKbHFFaLB0U/s1600/IMG_1693+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPCIFw1GjTvu9TjE_qLQfbcmdJKngeRipnaj0sKX5-ZaPZk0K6EHa8jDWpvkPv-qerUmAKnSAh6xeKfPe8YoCmc0b2s_E4iZFLDiC1dfPMDkQNVziniInR9ZwjHLIJwAK3lKbHFFaLB0U/s320/IMG_1693+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">inside there were a TON of different gyoza restaurants. hard to choose which one to go to! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHP1SNajTieYu7kiw9mhyDU_v86n5L7ztP1xVg_LE04AGbIpTi3QshoaZ1yNuo9dT1K8StmJuaozcBcjaSJFWEuO-4KXXJg6ubwOd4ot3DWA6y6pOKOf1u97x68NzXP4m7Eg3F5AjIHt0/s1600/IMG_1694+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHP1SNajTieYu7kiw9mhyDU_v86n5L7ztP1xVg_LE04AGbIpTi3QshoaZ1yNuo9dT1K8StmJuaozcBcjaSJFWEuO-4KXXJg6ubwOd4ot3DWA6y6pOKOf1u97x68NzXP4m7Eg3F5AjIHt0/s320/IMG_1694+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">these ones looked cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVnVVQdGe4KvbZEJJUo-4-626OLsVw4zVQf9qFstcUUYWjrKpv4xt5D5L6ACKgkrqSxjxW8vv2j2U3Qcju8ra1zTU5TYG8q817ctC62H0qdLiRrMk3qTDDKtREHy9ugkKQHelLDTSrkcM/s1600/IMG_1700+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVnVVQdGe4KvbZEJJUo-4-626OLsVw4zVQf9qFstcUUYWjrKpv4xt5D5L6ACKgkrqSxjxW8vv2j2U3Qcju8ra1zTU5TYG8q817ctC62H0qdLiRrMk3qTDDKtREHy9ugkKQHelLDTSrkcM/s320/IMG_1700+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are the ones we got. they were really good! handmade, and fresh! they were pork inside :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_IC5ln2QnuMUJKeDsYJ1RLz-sehNse4lGXgoF7EOCWITheHhlwGvFkbR4N2k7f4VDrLR3pNjhhj7jmH9ucvl1dhxtj-wqEBOgSCrg457y5bn4n2MYQC_To5QSimtQPedb-oWMTQ9jlTH/s1600/IMG_1706+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_IC5ln2QnuMUJKeDsYJ1RLz-sehNse4lGXgoF7EOCWITheHhlwGvFkbR4N2k7f4VDrLR3pNjhhj7jmH9ucvl1dhxtj-wqEBOgSCrg457y5bn4n2MYQC_To5QSimtQPedb-oWMTQ9jlTH/s320/IMG_1706+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the circle ones had shrimp in there with the pork! SO GOOD!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJr9P88tB6WG0GprCcLiyMdxtzmimdDpvR16VAvSOGS9-L7iXT5aioCbGFMAyZtHNS5-maD8U1U2k_z00Bu-LhYJn5PvpgN5eD8sBkwEI5avw8rBFdEG8DwUUoCFt5eErnmek06ivJwnf/s1600/IMG_1707+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJr9P88tB6WG0GprCcLiyMdxtzmimdDpvR16VAvSOGS9-L7iXT5aioCbGFMAyZtHNS5-maD8U1U2k_z00Bu-LhYJn5PvpgN5eD8sBkwEI5avw8rBFdEG8DwUUoCFt5eErnmek06ivJwnf/s320/IMG_1707+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">for dessert, we walked around namja town some more and arrived at "ice cream city". yesssssssss....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh369SneYcuJG_Q8GaKMFGz0TmwmU0L9zcW4rOORcCGcM5GxGN0FrigSbNUdqLe3ZnU0Y_BrdhIukDZjWLGCX7YnpdgapOlUKT4i0YHAIIJY5f75mtSockoCAYpPuk-faUd75tLxA6kFKLq/s1600/IMG_1709+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh369SneYcuJG_Q8GaKMFGz0TmwmU0L9zcW4rOORcCGcM5GxGN0FrigSbNUdqLe3ZnU0Y_BrdhIukDZjWLGCX7YnpdgapOlUKT4i0YHAIIJY5f75mtSockoCAYpPuk-faUd75tLxA6kFKLq/s320/IMG_1709+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">there were SO many options for ice cream. not only in little tubs like these, but also soft serve, shaved ice, everything i think!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkO8IczdZ_bNEyTMd_o4L_jFu-MEvq9u_4gLtOtHEua4QU991oWi0l6mWTXCjcvB_A7tD_1rM_ljfUe5MBRFbDkdVuqet8GVRyMRFhQOfaAeUkEL44BgcgzQjRflWCaKMHkrFYfAgZhCl/s1600/IMG_1710+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkO8IczdZ_bNEyTMd_o4L_jFu-MEvq9u_4gLtOtHEua4QU991oWi0l6mWTXCjcvB_A7tD_1rM_ljfUe5MBRFbDkdVuqet8GVRyMRFhQOfaAeUkEL44BgcgzQjRflWCaKMHkrFYfAgZhCl/s320/IMG_1710+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the little tubs had a ton of flavors. some were normal like these...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDv1uzHq6b9EjMCsGPjA8dRNPFvseRCT3rMBEkJCVDofLwOF0MjVltniWwlgOuN80FsBznWvThq_nmpwrj6Fns2vNW-d_KP8bz5SsoZfDAnGpCWtkY53IBq9Es_FPztIFN61CaWPwSuDFq/s1600/IMG_1714+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDv1uzHq6b9EjMCsGPjA8dRNPFvseRCT3rMBEkJCVDofLwOF0MjVltniWwlgOuN80FsBznWvThq_nmpwrj6Fns2vNW-d_KP8bz5SsoZfDAnGpCWtkY53IBq9Es_FPztIFN61CaWPwSuDFq/s320/IMG_1714+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and as i'm sure you suspected, others were not to normal...</div><div style="text-align: left;">this one is chicken wing:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkdPYppcesLYMBQ8XsFMGM9S-kEZ2Kv6qsuVSSc_jEeb3Rp6XIgieZSSnDNsKXQrWqR_m3hKxSH1BlHw-qRoLhNmqEUPydz6GpRn-pJUREZNzxpHzN9kRdtlQ4kquKEfHGt1Jq5GNcgBw/s1600/IMG_1711+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkdPYppcesLYMBQ8XsFMGM9S-kEZ2Kv6qsuVSSc_jEeb3Rp6XIgieZSSnDNsKXQrWqR_m3hKxSH1BlHw-qRoLhNmqEUPydz6GpRn-pJUREZNzxpHzN9kRdtlQ4kquKEfHGt1Jq5GNcgBw/s320/IMG_1711+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">eel & wasabi</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ-BuwyXjlf4Q4Zm-_vwqAKsRa_7WJceGnHSAdAM9vBMNdyKnnXJ7ZqFy_82IdMedUZuUlybj46tdA8QTXLB3cmLx7oZY_j8patDMwoJ-RmoMGK92Ev2HtiH6FT508HZsk1rl-Z6It8mu/s1600/IMG_1713+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ-BuwyXjlf4Q4Zm-_vwqAKsRa_7WJceGnHSAdAM9vBMNdyKnnXJ7ZqFy_82IdMedUZuUlybj46tdA8QTXLB3cmLx7oZY_j8patDMwoJ-RmoMGK92Ev2HtiH6FT508HZsk1rl-Z6It8mu/s320/IMG_1713+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">a variety of alcoholic options haha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wGUg7k2LukclETQVxj1dyTqdQutP4cVs_hu1OIQcuwhZO2ZNiCvl8x5rn1fQCkm7SVgMwjdNfSsO_cBt9heuYr-adz5Th4T1lSGeMmoBknzA_mPlxifb9-lQJ6zvWQpiqbNU6eziMwtO/s1600/IMG_1716+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wGUg7k2LukclETQVxj1dyTqdQutP4cVs_hu1OIQcuwhZO2ZNiCvl8x5rn1fQCkm7SVgMwjdNfSsO_cBt9heuYr-adz5Th4T1lSGeMmoBknzA_mPlxifb9-lQJ6zvWQpiqbNU6eziMwtO/s320/IMG_1716+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">garlic! almost got this one! i want garlic ice cream one day! maybe we will go back ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;">i also love how on the tub it says "dracula" haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4IziW8Do1ASstueNDSnwjQPOvT5WB37_HWhwa1RnA0JJpd3yB_OpoC-5RjYeC2hzSYsLBynZ0pi9mQloytCXPOdiCKCOYhiquYB63ZX3m1NjD_MCqd65xmTqwdM2OyiwfcWnZFW-i6cn/s1600/IMG_1718+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4IziW8Do1ASstueNDSnwjQPOvT5WB37_HWhwa1RnA0JJpd3yB_OpoC-5RjYeC2hzSYsLBynZ0pi9mQloytCXPOdiCKCOYhiquYB63ZX3m1NjD_MCqd65xmTqwdM2OyiwfcWnZFW-i6cn/s320/IMG_1718+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">fried noodle, curry, caviar, viper, saury, silk, miso noodle and ox tounge...i don't even know what viper and silk would taste like!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IWAebSG_Bb3EXnK5nqioBUqUZBF6PDZ2ucebseucTOp6u7KeV2GFEYRz2E5M8-IKRTO7vHIhIj5RDSlYIiVw5B_R8HNYi4j-d280mJrfjGbNRh1ARZamyY8UyCo2BuXbZU4_Sbn1ZTCl/s1600/IMG_1720+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IWAebSG_Bb3EXnK5nqioBUqUZBF6PDZ2ucebseucTOp6u7KeV2GFEYRz2E5M8-IKRTO7vHIhIj5RDSlYIiVw5B_R8HNYi4j-d280mJrfjGbNRh1ARZamyY8UyCo2BuXbZU4_Sbn1ZTCl/s320/IMG_1720+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">shark's fin & noodle:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxpV4fpr0OxgIcdOSkciEDliKxgRNMct_r15TiAqDP1yWt5t7aJLE_LXpvtKfBD-GaofJ9B7z_NKeLOJxBVLje0qD_19vYGowE7m9qN5gVzWwftsDk2wyfEBuidUY0qguRZ2rVTzxLug_/s1600/IMG_1721+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxpV4fpr0OxgIcdOSkciEDliKxgRNMct_r15TiAqDP1yWt5t7aJLE_LXpvtKfBD-GaofJ9B7z_NKeLOJxBVLje0qD_19vYGowE7m9qN5gVzWwftsDk2wyfEBuidUY0qguRZ2rVTzxLug_/s320/IMG_1721+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">craziness! i got "rice" and erik got "curry". both were really good! mine tasted vanilla-y, but a bit different, and has rice in it! erik's really did taste like curry! but a sweet curry. it has a little spice to it, but it was really perfect and well done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh16ISbbJyQfh5IZLFabBDChPHBOa09vgpGmv1IOk6QQ4iuuNCQOFmExCINKi3uvI-6bjznH38w7g20sBx_y2VmKlXvPP5WMn0Mn78rqIfrCfX4Ca0-JgkatGQP8QlVEqH7WdsnQ-ll8d/s1600/IMG_1723+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh16ISbbJyQfh5IZLFabBDChPHBOa09vgpGmv1IOk6QQ4iuuNCQOFmExCINKi3uvI-6bjznH38w7g20sBx_y2VmKlXvPP5WMn0Mn78rqIfrCfX4Ca0-JgkatGQP8QlVEqH7WdsnQ-ll8d/s320/IMG_1723+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here are some other examples of fancy food you can get!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXXxL_DJVY5yDWdRs84VnaGFVZET4a4jYC2a7zHee4mpy0PG-kQ2b1N-IhmHA88Kc6yPKMfXiw6h5_8_bzoyNq6VCBXGeskfdq0HJhyphenhyphen3EXp6Ut5pXIeo7qOw4rn7CGIt6Lc13snZpX0Ac/s1600/IMG_1725+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXXxL_DJVY5yDWdRs84VnaGFVZET4a4jYC2a7zHee4mpy0PG-kQ2b1N-IhmHA88Kc6yPKMfXiw6h5_8_bzoyNq6VCBXGeskfdq0HJhyphenhyphen3EXp6Ut5pXIeo7qOw4rn7CGIt6Lc13snZpX0Ac/s320/IMG_1725+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">really cool :) afterwards, we went to toys R us/babies R us because it was nearby. they have a lot of the same things that we do, but some were different. this lego display was really awesome though!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqsCiaolWY2BnE8mIcG8RFb_XfiGv1nR_1TG7n0SQrbcgaf1J5fHOkjrL9WVZN4XJHIV8SYzqvYESRgLkQA7tMiJ7RADsMbbBCb1z4ggTICBsHE9j8oTSCD43BGEAQJtWLsJEnXxAc5Hu/s1600/IMG_1728+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqsCiaolWY2BnE8mIcG8RFb_XfiGv1nR_1TG7n0SQrbcgaf1J5fHOkjrL9WVZN4XJHIV8SYzqvYESRgLkQA7tMiJ7RADsMbbBCb1z4ggTICBsHE9j8oTSCD43BGEAQJtWLsJEnXxAc5Hu/s320/IMG_1728+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this game is sweet! it's a baseball game, and the bat is attached to it, and when you swing the bat, it swings the player's bat on the board! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUfsAGK7QLSA_UlxgZb_tGastfaHzhE3hq596Ci9lpm060Bm8biz-zElgc03Nt3VgkyHKq-E0jFzDDhlI1rJhwNm_8hc0bK22F2xNGb5UjpKg4YZu6h6c9zFpxBQIAMvegITVdurHR55N/s1600/IMG_1730+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUfsAGK7QLSA_UlxgZb_tGastfaHzhE3hq596Ci9lpm060Bm8biz-zElgc03Nt3VgkyHKq-E0jFzDDhlI1rJhwNm_8hc0bK22F2xNGb5UjpKg4YZu6h6c9zFpxBQIAMvegITVdurHR55N/s320/IMG_1730+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">mario BOARD GAMES! the mario kart one was SUPER cool. you can drive around on the course! and it's not a video game! a board game!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFj4J2fdFbtp_kkHS8xz0uuje_5Uc2Nmdgg9KezOmSsOx1-_Hhu5_O6cUwpm0qLVSEmzqub4aW_mPb0K_jXeuAeZr3Mk1OD7U8ejxEzlJ_mPPDUPY5I1PiwiK4NqikOLzk6PkzOA7-wr8u/s1600/IMG_1732+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFj4J2fdFbtp_kkHS8xz0uuje_5Uc2Nmdgg9KezOmSsOx1-_Hhu5_O6cUwpm0qLVSEmzqub4aW_mPb0K_jXeuAeZr3Mk1OD7U8ejxEzlJ_mPPDUPY5I1PiwiK4NqikOLzk6PkzOA7-wr8u/s320/IMG_1732+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the writing on this made us laugh. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhOfc72B9bnjmrzBneOg4x0M7Ww1Ep53F33MLEq_yWUekczeKeskL9sngoN83CjXbiRrIUIP_J4pF5X3zFIDQ72rLSCrkrI__9rzXwkpT8MQPs3usbF0Bx7U2-iSRNBsilg7ylu4gEc-Q/s1600/IMG_1733+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhOfc72B9bnjmrzBneOg4x0M7Ww1Ep53F33MLEq_yWUekczeKeskL9sngoN83CjXbiRrIUIP_J4pF5X3zFIDQ72rLSCrkrI__9rzXwkpT8MQPs3usbF0Bx7U2-iSRNBsilg7ylu4gEc-Q/s320/IMG_1733+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">okay, done with that! now we were making our way towards animate, a store with lots of, well, anime and manga! took this shot because i love how all the highways are above in the air.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFe4AFIVOHMId3BnNqiBXNzZBDIAWGQCZ2B7c1x10DUQPrnEOQzyUTtc69uvtkb6NcKLIHjB4pWLbrqwcEo10j1uvGqGPH0d2uJ7JKF4V3Jdqlj3pdnPzFOw2C1shPM_51RNM7EKo11-zu/s1600/IMG_1735+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFe4AFIVOHMId3BnNqiBXNzZBDIAWGQCZ2B7c1x10DUQPrnEOQzyUTtc69uvtkb6NcKLIHjB4pWLbrqwcEo10j1uvGqGPH0d2uJ7JKF4V3Jdqlj3pdnPzFOw2C1shPM_51RNM7EKo11-zu/s320/IMG_1735+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here we are! many floors (as usual), but honestly? it was only "eh". we really like anime, but this store had 2 whole floors of just books (in japanese). so there wasn't much there for us. the upper floors had cute knickknacks/figurines, but it was nothing special. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW93HpxJ8JUlWE1GJl91SYW9tDz5PTLLSJ35efMTHn4jbIyCbi67g6B7l0mn8c_9bVW6gBMU3osQ2jRbbBM6ria7TT2LX-nU5l_e7D7sT1JXndrQ7eNVxUKQgx6rA4njYB90-9Au4Sapt/s1600/IMG_1739+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW93HpxJ8JUlWE1GJl91SYW9tDz5PTLLSJ35efMTHn4jbIyCbi67g6B7l0mn8c_9bVW6gBMU3osQ2jRbbBM6ria7TT2LX-nU5l_e7D7sT1JXndrQ7eNVxUKQgx6rA4njYB90-9Au4Sapt/s320/IMG_1739+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">on our way back to the hotel, we stopped in a grocery store (cheaper to buy things here than at convenience stores all the time!). they had thin AND thick asparagus!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKWst35qmcenVJNVhiXul_KxgrN-K8KTp0PRHQ-ddYqE9as_eHsOtcmqSyvtdvS9xoB8TPUhALD4iEx1G6nmUqyxyb_xVBwsf8PKqyb7atDp9PrScZRl75s2jOYh2T7XFP4s_Idt91zKJ/s1600/IMG_1741+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKWst35qmcenVJNVhiXul_KxgrN-K8KTp0PRHQ-ddYqE9as_eHsOtcmqSyvtdvS9xoB8TPUhALD4iEx1G6nmUqyxyb_xVBwsf8PKqyb7atDp9PrScZRl75s2jOYh2T7XFP4s_Idt91zKJ/s320/IMG_1741+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">absolutely perfect looking grapes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZvI4-gSZVCeBdnb0GZFayhqaWcEGf6Jg8FYM16gkukv7-zNudPCaw5w52S4d4cnQ2_5MyCdOLVGArEicrGvtCi0rxX8eQvMOo8mTWiYsACbaXnkQb7WKYRCJH8pTb96OqTaySNEt3I0I/s1600/IMG_1742+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZvI4-gSZVCeBdnb0GZFayhqaWcEGf6Jg8FYM16gkukv7-zNudPCaw5w52S4d4cnQ2_5MyCdOLVGArEicrGvtCi0rxX8eQvMOo8mTWiYsACbaXnkQb7WKYRCJH8pTb96OqTaySNEt3I0I/s320/IMG_1742+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">whoa, japan...slow down there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGilTNi49MNm4DrB-WfqAWdr9D5kQI3UXhDZ0bOaMAulJgsYjauWoQuuh3jXamE5u6gl21W1WVxJk1udUN6d8N2E5MLUY8juarNxhRjEyv9Gl3LbAOSkzzqV___lEguu5VpmIoc08lcNQy/s1600/IMG_1744+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGilTNi49MNm4DrB-WfqAWdr9D5kQI3UXhDZ0bOaMAulJgsYjauWoQuuh3jXamE5u6gl21W1WVxJk1udUN6d8N2E5MLUY8juarNxhRjEyv9Gl3LbAOSkzzqV___lEguu5VpmIoc08lcNQy/s320/IMG_1744+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">another amazing day!!! our sleep schedules are getting better, so that's good :) definitely easier! hopefully tomorrow will be even better sleep-schedule wise!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-2703365784454742312011-08-01T00:57:00.000+09:002011-08-01T01:07:27.804+09:00DAY 3: EARTHQUAKE AND JET-LAG<div style="text-align: left;">well, we were awakened this morning by our first earthquake! it was a 6.4, and up by the fukushima area, so it wobbled tokyo (it didn't feel like a 6.4 to us since we're 114 miles away). but it was shaking enough to wake us up, and afterwards the building swayed a smidge (as it should. all the buildings here are built to sway because of the earthquakes, so that's normal). it was weird to feel though! we hopped on twitter because all the people i follow in japan immidately were posting things like, "that was a long one...now i'm awake" and, "4am and big shake here" and a reporter living in japan wrote, "millions awakened by big shaking in tokyo". after it woke us up, i told erik, "i bet that was just like a 3 or a 4" so i was surprised it was a 6.4. again, it was NOT in tokyo, we just felt the effects from it, but i still thought it would feel like the effects from a 3 or a 4. i guess i was wrong!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">anyway, we got up, had our coffee, some breakfast, and tried these kitkats :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Sa6EgWe3ZvDuQMhnDP7j9m3q5DxUmbNySCGP9KDUmU2wVcjpjKO8Hy9CM7C8BWNoGu19-G56unmf2ZrTpf_xRp9xQ2TLlwSlwzWHwobumZYRnJBP-VFeVEWJrME1nbhP-K8-lFZ0iFWj/s1600/IMG_1384+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Sa6EgWe3ZvDuQMhnDP7j9m3q5DxUmbNySCGP9KDUmU2wVcjpjKO8Hy9CM7C8BWNoGu19-G56unmf2ZrTpf_xRp9xQ2TLlwSlwzWHwobumZYRnJBP-VFeVEWJrME1nbhP-K8-lFZ0iFWj/s320/IMG_1384+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in japan, they switch out the flavors of kitkats all the time! they don't only have milk chocolate like we do in the states, they have all sorts of cool flavors. this style of marketing always gets customers back in the doors to keep buying the new flavors because they want to see what they're like! also, "kitkat" is very similar to the phrase “kitto katsu” in japanese, which is a common sentiment of good luck. the phrase literally means “you shall surely win!”. because of this, kitkats have become a small good luck charm given out to students taking school entrance exams. the interesting flavors right now in the convenience stores are "strawberry hazelnut" and "cookies and cream", both extremely delicious!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">one of the things we wanted to do today was to visit the meiji jingu garden and shrine. here is the entrance:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07T7uc6Ej88q7I6lTWxq26KPJZSis1hPXdr65L8sVxRGZlnS4ed1TtfS9P61IKu5O8NAntCONaXSixrtd4KOndLIVhK-Klf9kDpZvPQchojwr_V1jeOutWdB6mhfuMCXO09l69OI-NhGE/s1600/IMG_1387+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07T7uc6Ej88q7I6lTWxq26KPJZSis1hPXdr65L8sVxRGZlnS4ed1TtfS9P61IKu5O8NAntCONaXSixrtd4KOndLIVhK-Klf9kDpZvPQchojwr_V1jeOutWdB6mhfuMCXO09l69OI-NhGE/s320/IMG_1387+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i absolutely love this place. it's so gorgeous and calming. and right now you can hear the cicadas since it's summer! we really enjoy walking through here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ixg3COfIgdybOF2U8ZQ-y4XjzzBNzaoynAUlf9gdXxgRMePIJkyPC4_3t2qpkGSadBXznX8Q5md5Z8V71a6vO2zL6Ty63zSEcP7AXo8MIqGqu_-N3BtOQlQWRnhl5XX18yWwKf1JjWqt/s1600/IMG_1388+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ixg3COfIgdybOF2U8ZQ-y4XjzzBNzaoynAUlf9gdXxgRMePIJkyPC4_3t2qpkGSadBXznX8Q5md5Z8V71a6vO2zL6Ty63zSEcP7AXo8MIqGqu_-N3BtOQlQWRnhl5XX18yWwKf1JjWqt/s320/IMG_1388+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">one of the exits to it has this parking lot, and i like how the trees were popping out of the concrete haha :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2YpdXoQEPuT9XhXVPMHfVQgTCpdvoUMrlkBrT9KtqRCIk64wImcSoCQtAyTlF4JIhfTfUXBS4gNtOEPMOmFBabngIFdXEjnRLUT4PS7U3DsYmRl-X6XsnQJu3i1FYIeEPmHWdWZhyphenhyphen1MC/s1600/IMG_1395+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2YpdXoQEPuT9XhXVPMHfVQgTCpdvoUMrlkBrT9KtqRCIk64wImcSoCQtAyTlF4JIhfTfUXBS4gNtOEPMOmFBabngIFdXEjnRLUT4PS7U3DsYmRl-X6XsnQJu3i1FYIeEPmHWdWZhyphenhyphen1MC/s320/IMG_1395+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">during our walk in the garden, i found this beetle! isn't he GORGEOUS?! his metallic shell makes him almost look robotic, and my camera doesn't even fully capture it's beauty. i've never seen a bug so colorful! he was stuck on his back, and trying desperately to flip himself over, so i snapped a few shots, and erik grabbed a twig for him to hold onto so he could flip himself over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Raenkbe0bmqkdfEHG-yVBtebluaYWch8tB0fk1RRb1GXKDpN2PF27jn8rIs86gGzgVcNC9vIvnIMHCaYQUfE0HEwkz_yKAk8Hu9X6AFuDXakrkDVxhi4jrfd-z3osW1ESLXplmAbUeIU/s1600/IMG_1400+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Raenkbe0bmqkdfEHG-yVBtebluaYWch8tB0fk1RRb1GXKDpN2PF27jn8rIs86gGzgVcNC9vIvnIMHCaYQUfE0HEwkz_yKAk8Hu9X6AFuDXakrkDVxhi4jrfd-z3osW1ESLXplmAbUeIU/s320/IMG_1400+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">still so pretty from this angle too! when we got back to the hotel room later on, we googled him, and found out h<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">e is a "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">Tamamushi" which is in the large family of jewel beetles. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAGkELN0Rw9Zxfux2Aybk5_NerkgSZXZlocq3M2jbn2WnXSuozQ8AnbDMlBGwF2JW3qnV8ve1sGYhijOUSWxSQ15aUP7szt8Ag95CT_Aek-vAfqof0yVDnsHXhOQ4xwenMB-3oCAprF70/s1600/IMG_1403+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAGkELN0Rw9Zxfux2Aybk5_NerkgSZXZlocq3M2jbn2WnXSuozQ8AnbDMlBGwF2JW3qnV8ve1sGYhijOUSWxSQ15aUP7szt8Ag95CT_Aek-vAfqof0yVDnsHXhOQ4xwenMB-3oCAprF70/s320/IMG_1403+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we walked around some more, and of course went to go see the meiji jingu shrine inside the garden :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1RfvYLl85HcsrQK7JprKlbkIVOlFQG2NOGej4NQWyv92GIDGMEOieTzUnPNcJzyZVl8gcfYeaNl1VIrqAQCT8eG0QbVU3K0rNZjjwY7cU4dEuLHiuXa_RRZSBZfZTWPZEDQv3KJO-iap/s1600/IMG_1421+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1RfvYLl85HcsrQK7JprKlbkIVOlFQG2NOGej4NQWyv92GIDGMEOieTzUnPNcJzyZVl8gcfYeaNl1VIrqAQCT8eG0QbVU3K0rNZjjwY7cU4dEuLHiuXa_RRZSBZfZTWPZEDQv3KJO-iap/s320/IMG_1421+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we didn't catch a wedding actually happening this time, but we DID see them taking photos afterwards which was still nice to see!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqq8EJaUe8yjNHz0sY1C4WlN8wu8cr8FVM8lJe4A4VIkZXaBoiVXMGpGUm8k_lJ8vCyyB5fcSJQjZAiP13RJjZLFU70miZVGQnj0apLCY5mh22Gjm7LNtiwdtuuXjsb2kg9h5JvjQXtfm/s1600/IMG_1426+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqq8EJaUe8yjNHz0sY1C4WlN8wu8cr8FVM8lJe4A4VIkZXaBoiVXMGpGUm8k_lJ8vCyyB5fcSJQjZAiP13RJjZLFU70miZVGQnj0apLCY5mh22Gjm7LNtiwdtuuXjsb2kg9h5JvjQXtfm/s320/IMG_1426+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i absolutely love this tree!!! i remembered it from last time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nwqerggvpkoAHTrhnFC75P2ooZ5mPoxeftSlDVEf0HYfkH2vhG0b6SvJfGDWWEheE5Q27L6JEBz8ApiHNLPPaPXL82eXay0kWsnMkBfwXwpodN_gxos4UTiiIuCL4N9l6_MzT4vlHfGt/s1600/IMG_1430+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nwqerggvpkoAHTrhnFC75P2ooZ5mPoxeftSlDVEf0HYfkH2vhG0b6SvJfGDWWEheE5Q27L6JEBz8ApiHNLPPaPXL82eXay0kWsnMkBfwXwpodN_gxos4UTiiIuCL4N9l6_MzT4vlHfGt/s320/IMG_1430+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">back into the garden to keep walking through, here are some sake barrels! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPywLwEY58uMZCCdWjCwQjSdOTRp0rBjoHzOshVFJdGF_gQ8Xz9UAsZCOz91g6m-gxt3HjOiba-8D4tPeju8jNfGQUOep2GZzuh_nevqpdGfq-1ZtMQHOLb2tme__QSPPxl8cIzK1UFLFk/s1600/IMG_1457+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPywLwEY58uMZCCdWjCwQjSdOTRp0rBjoHzOshVFJdGF_gQ8Xz9UAsZCOz91g6m-gxt3HjOiba-8D4tPeju8jNfGQUOep2GZzuh_nevqpdGfq-1ZtMQHOLb2tme__QSPPxl8cIzK1UFLFk/s320/IMG_1457+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and an awesome hat >_<</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGOv-qal__eMsqhaR1lwa5ZAUlVE4zIKmJ6288mrP-GkjBy0RrCU7e3M2sm1rtkYJuuQzt0K556VVRPeICj57f7P5PcC4SxZjDIg2iH83SucVHMyiKxIqcXzTJj4Xx4kvpM_IPm659zEq/s1600/IMG_1464+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGOv-qal__eMsqhaR1lwa5ZAUlVE4zIKmJ6288mrP-GkjBy0RrCU7e3M2sm1rtkYJuuQzt0K556VVRPeICj57f7P5PcC4SxZjDIg2iH83SucVHMyiKxIqcXzTJj4Xx4kvpM_IPm659zEq/s320/IMG_1464+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">of course you have to walk through takeshita street! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTazXb8XEYmHSHRavAoNissRXNhyTVEUhK8g7Wxmh3ULut9BaXax_VIBmV8VrZ0YzIwZ2Zoj4INqqHN8ynP-OjXmV1yMBWT9rGMRPPKY1yLp_gy_euBFrd40KlJO-U-R2EkjAizLCqO0Y/s1600/IMG_1466+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTazXb8XEYmHSHRavAoNissRXNhyTVEUhK8g7Wxmh3ULut9BaXax_VIBmV8VrZ0YzIwZ2Zoj4INqqHN8ynP-OjXmV1yMBWT9rGMRPPKY1yLp_gy_euBFrd40KlJO-U-R2EkjAizLCqO0Y/s320/IMG_1466+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">billions of things inside, but i really liked these bath salts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct8Wr7EBk0kp7XEXXPe-t7U7TshP14cUh3RNp8VjRG4l-JIB81F8kWwmkY3p96__5KHDOdMj_ay52d-2WSxQkfQPIR1FsQPLf2G4mdH_z9esrDUYec3X5YvotgtkOBnSYjdz6baZeYl96/s1600/IMG_1469+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct8Wr7EBk0kp7XEXXPe-t7U7TshP14cUh3RNp8VjRG4l-JIB81F8kWwmkY3p96__5KHDOdMj_ay52d-2WSxQkfQPIR1FsQPLf2G4mdH_z9esrDUYec3X5YvotgtkOBnSYjdz6baZeYl96/s320/IMG_1469+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> back outside onto takeshita street...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59M5d99W9AN8q58xM3wkJjk-vghTi6yi-9b6_dB4s9nsgAl-bs5lrAnRdj00xW5HmCZSCujP8GX9djZM0sFLNHLaaxuUJAFXgLPFb77BwNXdhs1tv8iAkUYVGiUi5xsGnQe6XLFcrdJEv/s1600/IMG_1470+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59M5d99W9AN8q58xM3wkJjk-vghTi6yi-9b6_dB4s9nsgAl-bs5lrAnRdj00xW5HmCZSCujP8GX9djZM0sFLNHLaaxuUJAFXgLPFb77BwNXdhs1tv8iAkUYVGiUi5xsGnQe6XLFcrdJEv/s320/IMG_1470+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">"help...me?" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvZoGcNdcb71BVMNsDsSLFGms6z573Y51KUYb6E2IoefGx7YZkdMZb1zUDFmyDQYShLCKX1YN695QXKn_OFFmha25lqWYtPhRjMsVlH5d-XfozR9f9fZB2cTGGC4-JWPaKvWOkkimkeiq/s1600/IMG_1473+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvZoGcNdcb71BVMNsDsSLFGms6z573Y51KUYb6E2IoefGx7YZkdMZb1zUDFmyDQYShLCKX1YN695QXKn_OFFmha25lqWYtPhRjMsVlH5d-XfozR9f9fZB2cTGGC4-JWPaKvWOkkimkeiq/s320/IMG_1473+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">so many different outfits</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmnYJeCQ08zNjLfR8KbA0c1IuclE4DKGj5h7gwl47DWIpH9ui454cDhY-953Wwz1Ftr_xNJGUDpCd2PKhYjQt4mVJeVuT9qpJWmaT1taRyWM2j02XvgMB-5yDgq18FQbpQHGiut3CiFPc/s1600/IMG_1476+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmnYJeCQ08zNjLfR8KbA0c1IuclE4DKGj5h7gwl47DWIpH9ui454cDhY-953Wwz1Ftr_xNJGUDpCd2PKhYjQt4mVJeVuT9qpJWmaT1taRyWM2j02XvgMB-5yDgq18FQbpQHGiut3CiFPc/s320/IMG_1476+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and of course crepes! these ones had a slice of PIE in them!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5x4UwbonFmrzeVjDAcaN1jOBuWhzupsqg6c6k2OW0hPyFFUUkE0MoH8Y4jVZHBcKrVZ8PZ411X9AFbSeUIS0L_Bo2xGbkkWqJRXntyUA-sUVYmDb3ykb0y35W16RgcRiqtN4JmEZdyF-/s1600/IMG_1478+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5x4UwbonFmrzeVjDAcaN1jOBuWhzupsqg6c6k2OW0hPyFFUUkE0MoH8Y4jVZHBcKrVZ8PZ411X9AFbSeUIS0L_Bo2xGbkkWqJRXntyUA-sUVYmDb3ykb0y35W16RgcRiqtN4JmEZdyF-/s320/IMG_1478+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we didn't get one yet, but we for sure will (note: not one with a slice of pie in the center hahaha...a regular one)! they taste SO GOOD.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeRDtuquNml15OzvtnF91UOMDgaR9ijBed4lO6-LbKXd_fqAwuGbdeJm7hZT9NyVYeooLtBU7DvsKkLAm9W3xzcE7EblnNGEUxQEEWaJiumJf_hBpHsjpaAYfvSr7WS9ox3apsh6If6Lt/s1600/IMG_1480+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeRDtuquNml15OzvtnF91UOMDgaR9ijBed4lO6-LbKXd_fqAwuGbdeJm7hZT9NyVYeooLtBU7DvsKkLAm9W3xzcE7EblnNGEUxQEEWaJiumJf_hBpHsjpaAYfvSr7WS9ox3apsh6If6Lt/s320/IMG_1480+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">adorable store with outfits for your animals!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPKV2U5mH8weHTLwaQuQN-m7fxfy_AQ7qc1URbBx7M_tDNuq5LXVJ9nB-l93fxJGUM6nsiSSCEj_U_VD0D7eGnexRrX3CDYqhgoYGwGH2g56H54pBwVREP_UQ63-ge0nj5ig3n5M7t8ap/s1600/IMG_1483+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPKV2U5mH8weHTLwaQuQN-m7fxfy_AQ7qc1URbBx7M_tDNuq5LXVJ9nB-l93fxJGUM6nsiSSCEj_U_VD0D7eGnexRrX3CDYqhgoYGwGH2g56H54pBwVREP_UQ63-ge0nj5ig3n5M7t8ap/s320/IMG_1483+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">fake food in restaurant windows (very popular in japan) to display what they have. looks SO real!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ15Tokz8zTfX0CV9ZW7jEopA6RVjLHuE6rwTOIxpp6EFEErpPBs6G1YQpDveHCIix-2IC8imEM9htZccAvrbvtcvEl0l1TBIbdosTHgRwOBgrrBhHTgmDdzoC8WcFDOG9tsjbLjOggX5/s1600/IMG_1485+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ15Tokz8zTfX0CV9ZW7jEopA6RVjLHuE6rwTOIxpp6EFEErpPBs6G1YQpDveHCIix-2IC8imEM9htZccAvrbvtcvEl0l1TBIbdosTHgRwOBgrrBhHTgmDdzoC8WcFDOG9tsjbLjOggX5/s320/IMG_1485+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">YUM.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TxTF6ewvQbcXqyhL2PIMnH7F3Un3sYHKXz5ofT6NKXZIj-X66MhpYzDkuvVpD_pAPjbRkEGlHJgcwEwqrXkHiyDLdJSToM1kXd3s6e8famY2xdt1TrdCdC65MjQmIVXesWgs63KnEd1w/s1600/IMG_1489+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TxTF6ewvQbcXqyhL2PIMnH7F3Un3sYHKXz5ofT6NKXZIj-X66MhpYzDkuvVpD_pAPjbRkEGlHJgcwEwqrXkHiyDLdJSToM1kXd3s6e8famY2xdt1TrdCdC65MjQmIVXesWgs63KnEd1w/s320/IMG_1489+s.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">so pretty. i know i've said it a dozen times in the past, but i really do love how green tokyo is for being a huge city with so many alleyways/streets. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDiWPGXumSzpuOIOuV0SUp2xW9pOmTqxWwUSsDib_9HW-SBeDJoTggHLHBjdEPD3B-RH6Uf4nBtxeV5cPgIa25ndyDqOF6JPvrMVuyqYP3Diyq1uas4aIQRFa8q1827oIW7EUuXf5yHAG/s1600/IMG_1490+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDiWPGXumSzpuOIOuV0SUp2xW9pOmTqxWwUSsDib_9HW-SBeDJoTggHLHBjdEPD3B-RH6Uf4nBtxeV5cPgIa25ndyDqOF6JPvrMVuyqYP3Diyq1uas4aIQRFa8q1827oIW7EUuXf5yHAG/s320/IMG_1490+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">um....what is going on here?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVfcmhdYe1iM_BEb7JnQ2MPdWpjs07DSbPEwciWc5yDQUhbQMs8cFhmUYvAbR2tgTOLGL5hDmBu0FZCHblXBp9KK5PanTGCfCyxdOPd4xq4Y-1u8qNEO32SbkgLRjpIowlPIv5qJ008Gh/s1600/IMG_1491+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVfcmhdYe1iM_BEb7JnQ2MPdWpjs07DSbPEwciWc5yDQUhbQMs8cFhmUYvAbR2tgTOLGL5hDmBu0FZCHblXBp9KK5PanTGCfCyxdOPd4xq4Y-1u8qNEO32SbkgLRjpIowlPIv5qJ008Gh/s320/IMG_1491+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">there were only a few girls we saw who were in costume! and they just were walking by, so i couldn't get the chance to capture them! bummed! and the kids who dress up weren't on the harajuku bridge today either (we even went specifically on a sunday because that is supposed to be when they come out!), but i read a little while ago that this tradition might be fading in harajuku. some people still dress up and walk around, but posing on the bridge seems to be less popular now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we continued our walk to shibuya to just explore a bit. but we were thirsty, so we popped into a convenience store and got some mitsuya cider because my friend sara told me about it and how much she loved it (and misses it!). it's really good!!! nice and refreshing. i cannot pinpoint the flavor of it, but it tastes and smells like something i had before. something when i was a kid i think? because when i smelled it and drank it, i thought of my childhood hahaha...but i can't think of where i've had a similar flavor to it before! anyway, it's GOOD!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0iyvvQ3D21AIr_jiZyGYOPSZ28OMr3dxXAgrpeHDGM29Z2XLc0nPyANE3GNS-fzBd83hC253IyhlQbhHIwXA2038gBBLwY1HkI0LJGGtfoSKnXug1aRBo_s_eZE45RQMXFW5_nhlgSa_/s1600/IMG_1494+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0iyvvQ3D21AIr_jiZyGYOPSZ28OMr3dxXAgrpeHDGM29Z2XLc0nPyANE3GNS-fzBd83hC253IyhlQbhHIwXA2038gBBLwY1HkI0LJGGtfoSKnXug1aRBo_s_eZE45RQMXFW5_nhlgSa_/s320/IMG_1494+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">continuing our walk into shibuya...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm31dXZaKYnkE0RPqWyMckDK_LlSjaTVtV7bJbqACQzT_FWfVGlcMugQNB3DRlIKd5icCG7BC2VcY2QAcz-g_ho6ZKpQdIod5WB0BBJrLrKnF-xXALXaMRdFFDnjS00RIQojTw6nO9d_9v/s1600/IMG_1498+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm31dXZaKYnkE0RPqWyMckDK_LlSjaTVtV7bJbqACQzT_FWfVGlcMugQNB3DRlIKd5icCG7BC2VcY2QAcz-g_ho6ZKpQdIod5WB0BBJrLrKnF-xXALXaMRdFFDnjS00RIQojTw6nO9d_9v/s320/IMG_1498+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">CUTE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax-lPfijgmu8K467oRz0brWqCog6DsHuaI1m9szns7ov-hAlV8OAa9FFGHbbhRb7ZtBMXKyvZqotZsXOrQuaes1wyUOmpgpVbNFD_0t4nE0I935-UWQo0obSdJbEOo2vgpzjrXtbrXoAT/s1600/IMG_1499+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax-lPfijgmu8K467oRz0brWqCog6DsHuaI1m9szns7ov-hAlV8OAa9FFGHbbhRb7ZtBMXKyvZqotZsXOrQuaes1wyUOmpgpVbNFD_0t4nE0I935-UWQo0obSdJbEOo2vgpzjrXtbrXoAT/s320/IMG_1499+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this guy was AWESOME. i cannot read his "hat" besides the part where it says 日本 (japan), but he was great. and yes, those are actual goldfish hanging on him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdq00MqqngyHptJ2yoN8hpt6FU2FX8-PG9u0-H7aco2UgcZq1diMiZndZeB-bw4CWCd3LlSCTh3kwaSSKE79zNN2ucqwfkTlVsY-qqMATo_OUSD4pfqcf6LIx80Lfgg35eIBAafNfG_Jmr/s1600/IMG_1505+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdq00MqqngyHptJ2yoN8hpt6FU2FX8-PG9u0-H7aco2UgcZq1diMiZndZeB-bw4CWCd3LlSCTh3kwaSSKE79zNN2ucqwfkTlVsY-qqMATo_OUSD4pfqcf6LIx80Lfgg35eIBAafNfG_Jmr/s320/IMG_1505+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">he posed so i could see his back too. the starbucks employees look concerned hahaha ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkg2JEnp51YeLbMjPQ0bZUdFgxfADLXid_Af2jrfpYJPYJluFN3726nKBAM2NJkDN_iPuhXchTCcWZjQk0M0lM7bFERsJKxFnyA-eFPyHiBgP_36I_DLRr5N9fCxatxtmwE5CtFUDZTFY/s1600/IMG_1506+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkg2JEnp51YeLbMjPQ0bZUdFgxfADLXid_Af2jrfpYJPYJluFN3726nKBAM2NJkDN_iPuhXchTCcWZjQk0M0lM7bFERsJKxFnyA-eFPyHiBgP_36I_DLRr5N9fCxatxtmwE5CtFUDZTFY/s320/IMG_1506+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">pretty decorations</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_PnirMr4Zct9GJ19X4wjQe7oSn-3WpGTMyG1LY267TQcLRbbGXFkBg-Q_ZHh_1axpb1FPXZd1G8FsefQZ67tDrb5_2RGoe-j2K9qcXBniAk-ZgnbhCsgEG1dRiVdl1Xd6k2ufStpg_Mn/s1600/IMG_1507+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_PnirMr4Zct9GJ19X4wjQe7oSn-3WpGTMyG1LY267TQcLRbbGXFkBg-Q_ZHh_1axpb1FPXZd1G8FsefQZ67tDrb5_2RGoe-j2K9qcXBniAk-ZgnbhCsgEG1dRiVdl1Xd6k2ufStpg_Mn/s320/IMG_1507+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and of course...arcades! everywhere!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixh5xmp7GHuk9-VCnvox-iRZiCu7JRAolnx12u6UYCPWCZQF1RNJu7j2xk9zyWg7RXCeEde79c8FKvtc8vYFbGL651IRC1t8fnZK1s_y5z3PyckWuiaWrwHMBwWORXsg4MgFPJz8n-YvJt/s1600/IMG_1515+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixh5xmp7GHuk9-VCnvox-iRZiCu7JRAolnx12u6UYCPWCZQF1RNJu7j2xk9zyWg7RXCeEde79c8FKvtc8vYFbGL651IRC1t8fnZK1s_y5z3PyckWuiaWrwHMBwWORXsg4MgFPJz8n-YvJt/s320/IMG_1515+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">then we went into this really cool store! but we didnt know it was going to be as cool as it was when we walked in! it's called "the loft" and it's probably a chain, but it had multiple floors of amazingness. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzmWhyphenhyphenZoEDweyCLJBOXuxbAldg7flvSfUTj4ocTsaBq7YQ_1yuikWf_4May0I-M5Q1hjH7FagPgsVv3ByTNBY3D3sbiccsD4n55egGvPG4k5nvGcEbSG0HXo9FQY0SOguzZCVQJY3jNBO/s1600/IMG_1539+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzmWhyphenhyphenZoEDweyCLJBOXuxbAldg7flvSfUTj4ocTsaBq7YQ_1yuikWf_4May0I-M5Q1hjH7FagPgsVv3ByTNBY3D3sbiccsD4n55egGvPG4k5nvGcEbSG0HXo9FQY0SOguzZCVQJY3jNBO/s320/IMG_1539+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">summer yukata (which is sort of like a kimono, but WAY less bulky and WAY less material, etc., but you still get that pretty "look" of a kimono in summer, while staying cooler). they are commonly worn at matsuri firework festivals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0_oT2yUrb9flZLK5LzP25NnyXRATFn_houkLQC9V98QIBuroiN_K2VAri-vQwzyPWSGUyY8XcG5UCLhdfhsOYuIGM3Vg6A_Y6-s2AERmo0btp2Va-Mt36JYvScpiAC9QqZ6B5QFbsJBk/s1600/IMG_1521+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0_oT2yUrb9flZLK5LzP25NnyXRATFn_houkLQC9V98QIBuroiN_K2VAri-vQwzyPWSGUyY8XcG5UCLhdfhsOYuIGM3Vg6A_Y6-s2AERmo0btp2Va-Mt36JYvScpiAC9QqZ6B5QFbsJBk/s320/IMG_1521+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">pretty fancy fans to go with your yukata (more expensive than those typical cheepie ones you see...i saw some that were like $30-$40, and i'm sure there were even fancier ones for more money too!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganAnpvsOmNxtBmqEg5rb7GtIPZkFd_t6NlsrteftlFcJz-8Jb6C7vEfm8neceIRsDJuAHIw7ZG0cU2Nu5tL071QzplGzRL8CWXnloSuGJU1upPgA0qSUtJH5R3lLZbg-EPn2taiUKT2Em/s1600/IMG_1522+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganAnpvsOmNxtBmqEg5rb7GtIPZkFd_t6NlsrteftlFcJz-8Jb6C7vEfm8neceIRsDJuAHIw7ZG0cU2Nu5tL071QzplGzRL8CWXnloSuGJU1upPgA0qSUtJH5R3lLZbg-EPn2taiUKT2Em/s320/IMG_1522+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">on a different floor, there was kitchen stuff, and these pretty interesting trash cans hahaha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2FgcN5uipAnN0Zw_ezmbdeiv969OJL40_UA3C5JRstMtbtBaSi-eM0OU-KrEQfR6kM63PRRTyjXkPWiqDI-ZVOleG2pCUbgF2DDJuop0dPmH5fstsEEPHp3SbAb9OQE5wAAl0rvSukP7/s1600/IMG_1523+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2FgcN5uipAnN0Zw_ezmbdeiv969OJL40_UA3C5JRstMtbtBaSi-eM0OU-KrEQfR6kM63PRRTyjXkPWiqDI-ZVOleG2pCUbgF2DDJuop0dPmH5fstsEEPHp3SbAb9OQE5wAAl0rvSukP7/s320/IMG_1523+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">chair socks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3Z7f6rF-Z01OwXvCaXMyn7rKFND5Y_ZAMjysvtnSsaNclNaxfIvcX9-S7523dm4m5U5tom6zpDQ3cjxC67_ISvyoHlrO-Q-KytsmRm_Z1RopkhHY7sUdl2NJhz7uzS9gBkiENBDe_IYx/s1600/IMG_1524+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3Z7f6rF-Z01OwXvCaXMyn7rKFND5Y_ZAMjysvtnSsaNclNaxfIvcX9-S7523dm4m5U5tom6zpDQ3cjxC67_ISvyoHlrO-Q-KytsmRm_Z1RopkhHY7sUdl2NJhz7uzS9gBkiENBDe_IYx/s320/IMG_1524+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this little guy holds down your instant ramen lid afer you put the water in it :) he changes color too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98QEWKhGiE8N7lgPEcMMg8uXqskfJ3slb4OdtjsFlVUB0iNuIyicNB35JzEFDfyggaACK6xoJTOkjlCrmdcA3KLm3jicl84IuFAPZzG33kwskIYq218aE3xgxV32cxhx8Ogsbvm744P58/s1600/IMG_1525+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98QEWKhGiE8N7lgPEcMMg8uXqskfJ3slb4OdtjsFlVUB0iNuIyicNB35JzEFDfyggaACK6xoJTOkjlCrmdcA3KLm3jicl84IuFAPZzG33kwskIYq218aE3xgxV32cxhx8Ogsbvm744P58/s320/IMG_1525+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">adorable mini-grills!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKfGP7Pq1rva8yIoRSr5ni9U0Y29SWFEOQZbP5bqc8e4aTKb8gK_rAUmDa2i97-XLvPTgaan4mQh6qjjjiUXlj_Yb6tweP_cXB66Ev0dJTd8ec8C1pGJa3BCG45a43hPNMBsMjBAqPX8P/s1600/IMG_1526+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKfGP7Pq1rva8yIoRSr5ni9U0Y29SWFEOQZbP5bqc8e4aTKb8gK_rAUmDa2i97-XLvPTgaan4mQh6qjjjiUXlj_Yb6tweP_cXB66Ev0dJTd8ec8C1pGJa3BCG45a43hPNMBsMjBAqPX8P/s320/IMG_1526+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">ice cube molds!!! the dinosaur fossil one, and the "gin and TITONIC" ones were especially awesome.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7t695AAuycVDGmG9CuW4xNcFfAaOpfTd5csynS-wurzOkpgV0nRTmGBsKdILWEZaRMK2Hb1N6no-n-ISgE3pCB6IyzmUJ_mBZlDYMWAyuW3FNwkBLoq07jAGbnufR6FZM6g8Ri2lw94UC/s1600/IMG_1528+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7t695AAuycVDGmG9CuW4xNcFfAaOpfTd5csynS-wurzOkpgV0nRTmGBsKdILWEZaRMK2Hb1N6no-n-ISgE3pCB6IyzmUJ_mBZlDYMWAyuW3FNwkBLoq07jAGbnufR6FZM6g8Ri2lw94UC/s320/IMG_1528+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">most genius thing ever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38ZC6iZ39O7iY02faovWQn0tOfTDXVfgdx2eJcYoKC3XjNnhjzwEOFTHucatooWBxSxEhjlgiko3DW3XCt2jpvjHa_8lhwgulcRIMIT8yswq3Zeid2JdxmhbrgA5Wxge6fiRoSG0VUSsl/s1600/IMG_1529+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38ZC6iZ39O7iY02faovWQn0tOfTDXVfgdx2eJcYoKC3XjNnhjzwEOFTHucatooWBxSxEhjlgiko3DW3XCt2jpvjHa_8lhwgulcRIMIT8yswq3Zeid2JdxmhbrgA5Wxge6fiRoSG0VUSsl/s320/IMG_1529+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">i gotta say, i agree!!! hahaha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0VlZkPpUMRT-cmB05BjMPV0DTDA45O8Ssu9N0Da9ETo1Zlu2AhVzUnlwJRb6Ag4uN4i1_TiT7ZUBgqbskEOkkWeganpLI2ULF8wJZvnzjWy8SQPrYGpf-a44uHo4Z000UO_cMK451gek/s1600/IMG_1531+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0VlZkPpUMRT-cmB05BjMPV0DTDA45O8Ssu9N0Da9ETo1Zlu2AhVzUnlwJRb6Ag4uN4i1_TiT7ZUBgqbskEOkkWeganpLI2ULF8wJZvnzjWy8SQPrYGpf-a44uHo4Z000UO_cMK451gek/s320/IMG_1531+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">haha! cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqp9OHZzQBs66sGr-gaDG3n0jSTelmSPODCZfzDITR-2Rskz1KkxsJlkQilVXyvZPJ6jUCt0ig9vjxoeXCq4v1mR0BA99keP_Hcar4UE_s1oOSuzC0D4CPz9nfyxDaPOU8BMhtQqP_m3k/s1600/IMG_1532+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqp9OHZzQBs66sGr-gaDG3n0jSTelmSPODCZfzDITR-2Rskz1KkxsJlkQilVXyvZPJ6jUCt0ig9vjxoeXCq4v1mR0BA99keP_Hcar4UE_s1oOSuzC0D4CPz9nfyxDaPOU8BMhtQqP_m3k/s320/IMG_1532+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">these clocks were pretty great too. the "clock" is only the center part. the outside stuff are decals that you place on your wall! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjX385OI7hOZ0KlBPxeXEj3hZJiccjpT7WulTITQUpIoSPjei-nfGcS6ao7Pa0uTAOtxGsU-_-kh5fTclscue7mQXfIpQr-os6BndIweLyPIHd_lpNfLfjQbMgNfhCpnY5XWYjf2W7jS4U/s1600/IMG_1533+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjX385OI7hOZ0KlBPxeXEj3hZJiccjpT7WulTITQUpIoSPjei-nfGcS6ao7Pa0uTAOtxGsU-_-kh5fTclscue7mQXfIpQr-os6BndIweLyPIHd_lpNfLfjQbMgNfhCpnY5XWYjf2W7jS4U/s320/IMG_1533+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">oh, of course. "smorkin' labbit". and it's apparently 10". whatever that means!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xdSzQ2ReJkf4_pGRR_F48PKfxLSisYrXs6n03gIaWkv73_MRcA9K4bzXL_hHCCPBkXPrCI50Kcv1fU7w6qdn-VJTwz6MzQzE7MMMZpHBveHcq12Xwkln6hG2VKS4fCnPbgJ87LzsnOVY/s1600/IMG_1534+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xdSzQ2ReJkf4_pGRR_F48PKfxLSisYrXs6n03gIaWkv73_MRcA9K4bzXL_hHCCPBkXPrCI50Kcv1fU7w6qdn-VJTwz6MzQzE7MMMZpHBveHcq12Xwkln6hG2VKS4fCnPbgJ87LzsnOVY/s320/IMG_1534+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">pringles in japan are sort of like kitkats. they constantly switch up the flavors to be different. here is a really good example hahaha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0xpIhN3Bj2K02RbHAgncYqIBGaHanfwonmwGgwh6vXX5XCFdZHJ03Ogn0Q00jXmgStkuW8x1RTmU55mhBQbScKiF5E0PPxWPznpr6bx7y2GSWBpoTo75ey6w7uq9HfgbweZ0qu-xPE0k/s1600/IMG_1535+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0xpIhN3Bj2K02RbHAgncYqIBGaHanfwonmwGgwh6vXX5XCFdZHJ03Ogn0Q00jXmgStkuW8x1RTmU55mhBQbScKiF5E0PPxWPznpr6bx7y2GSWBpoTo75ey6w7uq9HfgbweZ0qu-xPE0k/s320/IMG_1535+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">love these! wish we could take them home! little shrimps in there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJn87OAUO7hD2QznptL1LmjFQmB8f7g-W6ZVl_Ik20iV3G9ZB84UweO2YquE-jrTX7L8A1UFjNv_gTTz3EGnbksCnAXCQZodscNZxtERIhKHZe5_LBbicpYFDTILzO1XWvd6P9WrDSaf-/s1600/IMG_1536+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJn87OAUO7hD2QznptL1LmjFQmB8f7g-W6ZVl_Ik20iV3G9ZB84UweO2YquE-jrTX7L8A1UFjNv_gTTz3EGnbksCnAXCQZodscNZxtERIhKHZe5_LBbicpYFDTILzO1XWvd6P9WrDSaf-/s320/IMG_1536+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this sort of freaked me out! i turned around and there was this thing! the kids were flipping out over it, but i thought it was creepy </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Rxh8ySP_T6yEtAzUhS-pb0WBKgkZl7iTumobXQVBBmWQqUC_fW3-AhneNQorP3bD9MVAcLi1YZSc1Li6gyfCRJMPIL-dCiz3_dqL1U5eqfz8glJm_uUt5CjEEvUDr4ZdAvDfvByo7rPE/s1600/IMG_1537+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Rxh8ySP_T6yEtAzUhS-pb0WBKgkZl7iTumobXQVBBmWQqUC_fW3-AhneNQorP3bD9MVAcLi1YZSc1Li6gyfCRJMPIL-dCiz3_dqL1U5eqfz8glJm_uUt5CjEEvUDr4ZdAvDfvByo7rPE/s320/IMG_1537+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">after a ton of walking around, we walked back to the hotel to eat lunch and relax a bit. picked up these great bentos (lunch boxes) at "family mart" which is like a 7-11 :D they were amazing! and so cheap. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGciqztyhWcrRaaLJ6g2I3hpe8SdtH0aCkOVldYxAzi2Co8fBGzraEp3pmmRRSVNqFpl9aTeJSIfQqSzBh1bDLaAG2eEvfh4c5yMG_AGQtxPEvCpQrycEU5YRt_NhrtoPYrRD7JSZ6IRzj/s1600/IMG_1540+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGciqztyhWcrRaaLJ6g2I3hpe8SdtH0aCkOVldYxAzi2Co8fBGzraEp3pmmRRSVNqFpl9aTeJSIfQqSzBh1bDLaAG2eEvfh4c5yMG_AGQtxPEvCpQrycEU5YRt_NhrtoPYrRD7JSZ6IRzj/s320/IMG_1540+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">after lunch we made the mistake of taking an "hour nap" which turned into a 4 HOUR NAP. whoopsies. still trying to get on a normal, non jet-lagged, sleep cycle. it's 12:55am right now, so we're hoping to go to bed soon and maybe take another 5-6 hour "nap" and maybe that will get us on track. </div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-84666285579122784012011-07-30T20:38:00.000+09:002011-07-31T07:45:51.567+09:00DAY 2: WE WAITED 2 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES FOR THE BEST SUSHI OF OUR LIFE<div style="text-align: left;">i forgot to post this photo yesterday! we are in tokyo right now, and in case you don't know where that is in japan, here it is marked on a map:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzwVbjr_uCSdwRa5Sg5qKrjOB2nYHz-9oavCeHKkGhVzUJjlbyvxGBVVa6jPgB_zIE-sLTCEtc7RTb5pLQ8SV2ekkTuV_3L0XWO1oBxqOBgAB7ZZLfpPQRqa4E_MTtxqDO73T3-OaGwij/s1600/tokyo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzwVbjr_uCSdwRa5Sg5qKrjOB2nYHz-9oavCeHKkGhVzUJjlbyvxGBVVa6jPgB_zIE-sLTCEtc7RTb5pLQ8SV2ekkTuV_3L0XWO1oBxqOBgAB7ZZLfpPQRqa4E_MTtxqDO73T3-OaGwij/s320/tokyo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">anyway! i planned for us to go to tsukiji fish market this day because i know how the jet lag is. you end up waking up at like 4am anyway, so might as well use that to our advantage and go to "sushi dai" known for it's AMAZING sushi! time for some coffee, breakfast pan, and off to the subway we go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5h2USAKD87yx-hQymXWdPTn89EQWTxhPOCuw1Hxue6u39GvzD_FZZUdFk1LV1OsAwdXOZg3uUmaB3AellhGMbPbKkWXUNFuUuWtBox3XWJn8mFrk1dNwj3dgCIthjEfOCiepkYf-QKQw/s1600/IMG_1257+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5h2USAKD87yx-hQymXWdPTn89EQWTxhPOCuw1Hxue6u39GvzD_FZZUdFk1LV1OsAwdXOZg3uUmaB3AellhGMbPbKkWXUNFuUuWtBox3XWJn8mFrk1dNwj3dgCIthjEfOCiepkYf-QKQw/s320/IMG_1257+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they open at 5am, and there is already a line. we got there at 5:45am because we walked out at 4:45am and it was POURING rain. we hadn't gotten our umbrellas yet from 7-11, so we had to get those first. we caught the next train (5:25). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">sushi dai is the one with the people in front of it, and the green banner across the doors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6WJLCdsOfajdfc9Lk_P-4FNGahhAw8kDPWV6hNzcctqcD5hNCDXXTfEfkqABPNT_9V-f35ozG7RJqZNEYwLbcbWK1qYVG0lfilMtDZItyFTYgCJKdm54MXnnlKkL6Q11yOYf-7Cqjzr5/s1600/IMG_1264+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6WJLCdsOfajdfc9Lk_P-4FNGahhAw8kDPWV6hNzcctqcD5hNCDXXTfEfkqABPNT_9V-f35ozG7RJqZNEYwLbcbWK1qYVG0lfilMtDZItyFTYgCJKdm54MXnnlKkL6Q11yOYf-7Cqjzr5/s320/IMG_1264+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we thought, "OH GOOD! the line isn't that long!" (their line is KNOWN to be a 3 hour long wait on any day), but then we saw how it wrapped around the corner and UP a flight of stairs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDnGLxtuJqyWHXyR9Y7b7tyBM0ztn_7Z7_uzFH4Hdxe9G-wzYLHTi4TGgZZ1GXhfl2-GMYhkkTNHepl1GheK-5oS_kK549ROuhZacxTzTLWMsx3r2lhR6f8AgQMisPLc5Rf4VA-NRuPa9/s1600/IMG_1269+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDnGLxtuJqyWHXyR9Y7b7tyBM0ztn_7Z7_uzFH4Hdxe9G-wzYLHTi4TGgZZ1GXhfl2-GMYhkkTNHepl1GheK-5oS_kK549ROuhZacxTzTLWMsx3r2lhR6f8AgQMisPLc5Rf4VA-NRuPa9/s320/IMG_1269+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">yipes. well, we decided to wait anyway. it didn't look THAT long, and we really wanted this amazing sushi after hearing so much about it. i took this photo of the market below as we waited in line:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOF0bhJimpju-Ognwf5tGltQ8Ew7V5l19uUM-nrQJJ5AEBpLiqblCKjiEL3RhFVH5loaZS567DX7xdKNh0jGz1bcC-IF74GaG89k96g17XJ1puQ_1RUcW1610eG3eTP3QS-omxz4W0t8J/s1600/IMG_1267+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOF0bhJimpju-Ognwf5tGltQ8Ew7V5l19uUM-nrQJJ5AEBpLiqblCKjiEL3RhFVH5loaZS567DX7xdKNh0jGz1bcC-IF74GaG89k96g17XJ1puQ_1RUcW1610eG3eTP3QS-omxz4W0t8J/s320/IMG_1267+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">those people driving those carts mean business. they don't wake up super early to screw around at a fish auction. they will not hesitate to run you down hahaha...i'm pretty sure they despise tourists getting in the way of their job (and i can't blame them! people don't seem to pay attention to these things whizzing by them!!!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">anyway, we FINALLY got to the front of the line after a 2 hour and 40 minute wait.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKUMP2zjHxwmcq934w1a5u3dkwr7ZH_HlyySt3JcSlBqUKt_BYXhQ1-zABfxuLU4-bL-TTTA-db8gArjsQF_UEVEdzE6NuqBQvrNYjwPAmm94zx9Ik-pzTuV6Qj9r-dwO4qNYDJCBZIGK/s1600/IMG_1275+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKUMP2zjHxwmcq934w1a5u3dkwr7ZH_HlyySt3JcSlBqUKt_BYXhQ1-zABfxuLU4-bL-TTTA-db8gArjsQF_UEVEdzE6NuqBQvrNYjwPAmm94zx9Ik-pzTuV6Qj9r-dwO4qNYDJCBZIGK/s320/IMG_1275+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they have their menu on the door. we chose the standard set because it looked filling, and it was already a lot of money to be spending on breakfast...but, i gotta say...we are both SO. GLAD. WE. DID.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was worth EVERY minute of waiting!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">egg (but the way the japanese prepare it, it's the tiniest bit sweet too. really good starter)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRUETnPe3Pv9Ua6SPEtGg8ukPt8zSwhBN_8JKDEZ1dubqMJECg3jkOg0osYHyEzLoy1F1sAerJCYr37tN09AlXYvSq0p017SFOLNfu3erYm9o_S_y0Jfb7cqDwPjw4q9fHLEuSVQdGa-M/s1600/IMG_1279+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRUETnPe3Pv9Ua6SPEtGg8ukPt8zSwhBN_8JKDEZ1dubqMJECg3jkOg0osYHyEzLoy1F1sAerJCYr37tN09AlXYvSq0p017SFOLNfu3erYm9o_S_y0Jfb7cqDwPjw4q9fHLEuSVQdGa-M/s320/IMG_1279+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">miso soup, and green tea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB3Ut9SaZKpJHhwfpXD_fNqtoSRwQTgc4Qw0UbCSZPRWZaLPtk2VOFB1xrog2i7TGtJ0CnyBqvd2YzdJy-ivZqTZuKfOVQLMYsWCT9BGKu3JsuCqK5qU-F7SGOSfdRFGOUvx5vNvivNyw/s1600/IMG_1281+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB3Ut9SaZKpJHhwfpXD_fNqtoSRwQTgc4Qw0UbCSZPRWZaLPtk2VOFB1xrog2i7TGtJ0CnyBqvd2YzdJy-ivZqTZuKfOVQLMYsWCT9BGKu3JsuCqK5qU-F7SGOSfdRFGOUvx5vNvivNyw/s320/IMG_1281+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and who could resist hot sake at 8am? hahaha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hsw-dM52TMYwsM126CNwhhCo0_KYlfBIcvR7jHC8rYCL-aralQNzH2WP8ozrNALkgwCxl1o7CZjcVNW7y2WNcKZioY-BbNZ1b0RlPL8uE1KtcZXPsUwh9_VAZncRDEj2Svh9dtiBCvxo/s1600/IMG_1283+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hsw-dM52TMYwsM126CNwhhCo0_KYlfBIcvR7jHC8rYCL-aralQNzH2WP8ozrNALkgwCxl1o7CZjcVNW7y2WNcKZioY-BbNZ1b0RlPL8uE1KtcZXPsUwh9_VAZncRDEj2Svh9dtiBCvxo/s320/IMG_1283+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here comes the sushi!!! this AMAZING melt-in-your-mouth, semi-fatty tuna was to die for:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU22H4-xNWCLPusHu2zwXo6bh9ZQ2Ijf4JcMzsHQY6Z_tYhft_Dm4PApZ-OcV4UsFpMhglWsm8QwlzRHj-DGF7cWXmOkmTA-ITddDFIZgf57hfotglqMkoWy4jQJZbIvS-xPCEwhQ7WHz-/s1600/IMG_1280+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU22H4-xNWCLPusHu2zwXo6bh9ZQ2Ijf4JcMzsHQY6Z_tYhft_Dm4PApZ-OcV4UsFpMhglWsm8QwlzRHj-DGF7cWXmOkmTA-ITddDFIZgf57hfotglqMkoWy4jQJZbIvS-xPCEwhQ7WHz-/s320/IMG_1280+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">makerel:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgz9fodayL6VUCUFJ4cRZ56_uwIGcgkMNHgFtgp8sWONbD7K9w6rCZTJ4WzVs1X9S1mVIRXq-nW1mTZVTqafd5_LtXBEzEVWZ0_zWJ7SdKyChhhP_D87XnrQzCn3Vsq-dsub5LWXtjfSu/s1600/IMG_1284+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgz9fodayL6VUCUFJ4cRZ56_uwIGcgkMNHgFtgp8sWONbD7K9w6rCZTJ4WzVs1X9S1mVIRXq-nW1mTZVTqafd5_LtXBEzEVWZ0_zWJ7SdKyChhhP_D87XnrQzCn3Vsq-dsub5LWXtjfSu/s320/IMG_1284+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">salmon from hokkaido: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BE2zpfwc7Y6NP39LweUKLxN9xwzWr4e8-y9YzFsA3TM0LNe5W9fUkCr_e3JUOTkXQAGe-7HaTkNwXxgEHV9PC8Wl5rKsxeM7LiobEtW-stYPvNY4rETunKHb-RMP4CUqvuJTMXE9mpkR/s1600/IMG_1285+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BE2zpfwc7Y6NP39LweUKLxN9xwzWr4e8-y9YzFsA3TM0LNe5W9fUkCr_e3JUOTkXQAGe-7HaTkNwXxgEHV9PC8Wl5rKsxeM7LiobEtW-stYPvNY4rETunKHb-RMP4CUqvuJTMXE9mpkR/s320/IMG_1285+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">more sushi...can't remember what these were (green stuff one is cucumber though):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtDfLu18oKiOPGgZ8PNrXjmEesuLEyl98yAgnAFjjh_AK8sya6BBT07f5Gvxr9mn1cyE8Lcj9MeiOZ5lUc6S1qpy85Sn0pkhBOv3cAFXWuadXnq3eFta8HUwqatgey-id4L-LBKlg57Kk/s1600/IMG_1286+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtDfLu18oKiOPGgZ8PNrXjmEesuLEyl98yAgnAFjjh_AK8sya6BBT07f5Gvxr9mn1cyE8Lcj9MeiOZ5lUc6S1qpy85Sn0pkhBOv3cAFXWuadXnq3eFta8HUwqatgey-id4L-LBKlg57Kk/s320/IMG_1286+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and delicious eel:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAWgj-YieV8L8onBOi11ibgazPKttV_rpMunUEBAHirk73ZUXqSjHzrDNeg2t0VbK5D6R3E8US8iKL6ze4g1OmM3P6sPSwVPiG2a4nRpZEJ5ss1RVDoeLZNJNzsKKGTFYsrN4TP_z03zF/s1600/IMG_1287+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAWgj-YieV8L8onBOi11ibgazPKttV_rpMunUEBAHirk73ZUXqSjHzrDNeg2t0VbK5D6R3E8US8iKL6ze4g1OmM3P6sPSwVPiG2a4nRpZEJ5ss1RVDoeLZNJNzsKKGTFYsrN4TP_z03zF/s320/IMG_1287+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">there was a different mackerel one too, and a shellfish one, but i forgot to take a photo of it! gah...too eager to eat the deliciousness! and it was all truly delicious. i cannot stress that enough haha...and the guys sitting next to me chatted with us a bit (they were exchange students from taiwan, but they knew english well and also japanese!) and one of the sushi pieces that they got was STILL. MOVING. when it was placed in front of them! THAT'S HOW FRESH THIS WAS!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">after our glorious meal, we walked around the market. whenever you see fresh fruits, veggies, or even flowers in japan, they are PERFECT LOOKING. seriously. picture perfect. never a bad anything in there. they look amazing. those melons are like $15 each though! so watch it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJo5AACuNosofJLLGHjCq-bjU9Ta59px_-wJ8jbYyHwBT6ntYV631Du3yw5-t-pqJ_EvlvIAIBusAqJzRGzU6vEjTeivRu81GUY4LvQMK2eJd-OMBAZanqLrs6q38hVNyM8Z3PjBSBSJ0K/s1600/IMG_1288+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJo5AACuNosofJLLGHjCq-bjU9Ta59px_-wJ8jbYyHwBT6ntYV631Du3yw5-t-pqJ_EvlvIAIBusAqJzRGzU6vEjTeivRu81GUY4LvQMK2eJd-OMBAZanqLrs6q38hVNyM8Z3PjBSBSJ0K/s320/IMG_1288+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">pretty plates/bowls to buy. i wish i could buy it all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqt-06uOc-B63F7Ztdstw9YIPfP3UM4ZRFbG5xELm_qj1JqCi2HkQanK4VYnKXKhxyLMjYs95JyBrOdTQg1vPw6REThEVG622jSnB7T0DofjCfRhyphenhyphenF74PPLOvwLBfCLiM5TWknXiuXN3X/s1600/IMG_1289+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqt-06uOc-B63F7Ztdstw9YIPfP3UM4ZRFbG5xELm_qj1JqCi2HkQanK4VYnKXKhxyLMjYs95JyBrOdTQg1vPw6REThEVG622jSnB7T0DofjCfRhyphenhyphenF74PPLOvwLBfCLiM5TWknXiuXN3X/s320/IMG_1289+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and these things! they were SO cute, and the lady working there was too sweet. we bought one, and she offered to take our picture for us! SO nice! seriously, japanese people are the nicest people you will ever meet. EVER. they always go above and beyond to do something special for you and make sure you are having a great time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRAWJOrC8m0NXJnihEb1h2VRXRFA9PVzLiO-gq2uxmWgvsr_-Dmf6b5l-3hNCxy8_yT_1SBicnaCqmFyDxdQyd5N8f5gcwo3uquVNIWl-FMdtGE-m6NDVRq8ac7_TvsB1tHmyfPpbAeHH/s1600/IMG_1290+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRAWJOrC8m0NXJnihEb1h2VRXRFA9PVzLiO-gq2uxmWgvsr_-Dmf6b5l-3hNCxy8_yT_1SBicnaCqmFyDxdQyd5N8f5gcwo3uquVNIWl-FMdtGE-m6NDVRq8ac7_TvsB1tHmyfPpbAeHH/s320/IMG_1290+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here is the photo she took! cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwMQgYvlQys9ifjx8d7xe5K_4cG5X0stVQh5NoNO2IcF6lMipnrhXln9mrF-vqXuk_HK6r7ENKKJqG8Yw2lle5EuePmnpJK62GWqzNMMoHg07YLxcXx00bBFrBr7DyhrbYTRtjseghdeO/s1600/IMG_1291+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwMQgYvlQys9ifjx8d7xe5K_4cG5X0stVQh5NoNO2IcF6lMipnrhXln9mrF-vqXuk_HK6r7ENKKJqG8Yw2lle5EuePmnpJK62GWqzNMMoHg07YLxcXx00bBFrBr7DyhrbYTRtjseghdeO/s320/IMG_1291+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and here is the one we bought from her. it's edible, and it looked like marzipan, so that's why i was attracted to them! however, i doubt it's marzapan (haven't eaten it yet). probably mochi of some sort (but i'm still hoping for marzipan hahaha...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAlQJQcv3i_EjOoGhW8N7Kr-28R1F1jLaxYMMSbAT7wgD3ZgwpMgCneyMU3o1OV9B1ete1T4faS67tFlYQ8XaWT_HYLkbAz2rL_HRJSvwqeSRteKURQYGBPkebc6T40SHu-PvdCq0rEYO/s1600/IMG_1297+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAlQJQcv3i_EjOoGhW8N7Kr-28R1F1jLaxYMMSbAT7wgD3ZgwpMgCneyMU3o1OV9B1ete1T4faS67tFlYQ8XaWT_HYLkbAz2rL_HRJSvwqeSRteKURQYGBPkebc6T40SHu-PvdCq0rEYO/s320/IMG_1297+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">looking around the market more we saw a lot of other really cool things like this wasabi!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFqS13d3oPycs8jVaj4mrNEJLsAfCtv_uyR_cdW4HAGddZB8sm9GQUF297uI69PXnerJSd9F4oQ8ZQYTqn4DatFXbcCunWK0aRQteuOU-AlJtH0AGrOK5ueiEDv7G0t5T6QWVF-pSuOVy/s1600/IMG_1293+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFqS13d3oPycs8jVaj4mrNEJLsAfCtv_uyR_cdW4HAGddZB8sm9GQUF297uI69PXnerJSd9F4oQ8ZQYTqn4DatFXbcCunWK0aRQteuOU-AlJtH0AGrOK5ueiEDv7G0t5T6QWVF-pSuOVy/s320/IMG_1293+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and i love how even though tokyo is a huge metropolis, they still have greenery wherever they can fit it. really nice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1MR6z2PlimqxQRsKTJCjCUCSdvA8zyCFp02OnNJHmgi2fZuTBf-FeCt950xnRbbCnRdN3gGRM2d1-ETFlJ22cqs29Lr-popmcMdZugsJzhf4mQgaKpu7pVIuilvYkPumZ8WKihki-Btw/s1600/IMG_1292+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1MR6z2PlimqxQRsKTJCjCUCSdvA8zyCFp02OnNJHmgi2fZuTBf-FeCt950xnRbbCnRdN3gGRM2d1-ETFlJ22cqs29Lr-popmcMdZugsJzhf4mQgaKpu7pVIuilvYkPumZ8WKihki-Btw/s320/IMG_1292+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">afterwards we went to a toy store and ameyoko in ueno, but i had to take a photo of this ice cream vending machine first! how awesome?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVNVzeyodP23Xf9S6VzM7bKgkeEEkRt9kFFjAU8e7c27JSazH9WEq9qG0ZXXnZjMVdKJbjRseg1Y5nsPDrD3GfJ7PLWkOcISie1ekhEhY5lQdOmPf84IkdLuepRGgdDOyjw2C7S-PkDLh/s1600/IMG_1294+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVNVzeyodP23Xf9S6VzM7bKgkeEEkRt9kFFjAU8e7c27JSazH9WEq9qG0ZXXnZjMVdKJbjRseg1Y5nsPDrD3GfJ7PLWkOcISie1ekhEhY5lQdOmPf84IkdLuepRGgdDOyjw2C7S-PkDLh/s320/IMG_1294+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we didn't buy any...yet ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the toy store is right outside ueno station, and it's called, "yamashiroya". it's 7 (maybe 8?) floors of pure crazy, chaotic fun. here are some pics. first, the store itself:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZuSaedTCdMo7u2ofHP1NVzxvYowLCsu14r5-WlsxsQd4hyphenhyphen_YI9yt5z8jvViszcNmc8hrVG0D55_PZYwXmjKQM2F5xv6kiFn85LRyv8pqEYnb8kC8A832_nASKHor3mqftEZ2j0GAtTLl/s1600/IMG_1311+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZuSaedTCdMo7u2ofHP1NVzxvYowLCsu14r5-WlsxsQd4hyphenhyphen_YI9yt5z8jvViszcNmc8hrVG0D55_PZYwXmjKQM2F5xv6kiFn85LRyv8pqEYnb8kC8A832_nASKHor3mqftEZ2j0GAtTLl/s320/IMG_1311+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and OMG i am in LOVE with this adorable siamese kitty character! i wanted EVERYTHING in this corner! how cute is he??? made me miss my little (big) kahlua kitty though!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAkv-T05vBYIaXTdgM5WuQoaEsyU4c2i_piCOjCfyTwDdy0rAh669tkExaNhDHAUTgpO-mGkfkWWRLav69onELsM9eVS_qp0F7sV8i7_7M3iZq6glYa3dqs7IX5UEQIN_khoXIVEccWGV/s1600/IMG_1314+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAkv-T05vBYIaXTdgM5WuQoaEsyU4c2i_piCOjCfyTwDdy0rAh669tkExaNhDHAUTgpO-mGkfkWWRLav69onELsM9eVS_qp0F7sV8i7_7M3iZq6glYa3dqs7IX5UEQIN_khoXIVEccWGV/s320/IMG_1314+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">got to see these iphone cases in person! i heard about them online, and they are pretty awesome! the same company who makes the realistic food examples in windows for restaurants/etc., decided to make phone covers that look like food! and they look SO real :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9saeN_25F-ukWGeUIQNI28UXkIZSZUe9ERr5PA-2V28qkjBOogHi-d9TYstH_qgUB8FBtpEBy2Xax2d4oYzOww38cvZqgNR1M6o5HdLmj8Yfynu5w6oOzeGX4e6D8Cvmr9P6h2G36o97z/s1600/IMG_1316+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9saeN_25F-ukWGeUIQNI28UXkIZSZUe9ERr5PA-2V28qkjBOogHi-d9TYstH_qgUB8FBtpEBy2Xax2d4oYzOww38cvZqgNR1M6o5HdLmj8Yfynu5w6oOzeGX4e6D8Cvmr9P6h2G36o97z/s320/IMG_1316+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">ummmmm....omg no. nonononono...what are these things?! besides terrifying, obviously. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZmY_g_vimsvUnPpRr4OhbhOm2vd-MlICtt5M-9kSuBXA7PPUYJABGF6JjMc1Fh6o8qNHUv6dwSM_UJ-AT8_xsnLHsFJ13pvZh5Y4RHp1yX-OvpRVnczWRSZJqOh1yBAw1_mVHSnirzBH/s1600/IMG_1317+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZmY_g_vimsvUnPpRr4OhbhOm2vd-MlICtt5M-9kSuBXA7PPUYJABGF6JjMc1Fh6o8qNHUv6dwSM_UJ-AT8_xsnLHsFJ13pvZh5Y4RHp1yX-OvpRVnczWRSZJqOh1yBAw1_mVHSnirzBH/s320/IMG_1317+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">WHAT?! kill it with fire! creep-tastic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwP0R8-LnH7wrNv1gtwSwTW-gmBeZibqnTSNvLn2cwGzMQfeyAl_js5F_-2Tr39c9NigtKLwmpC2OYwKHmfPGzXhZi3SvP_JqpDeuHIvqI20hUqjwde_0xiNmckDjQMOT30QaqWI8CJdfO/s1600/IMG_1318+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwP0R8-LnH7wrNv1gtwSwTW-gmBeZibqnTSNvLn2cwGzMQfeyAl_js5F_-2Tr39c9NigtKLwmpC2OYwKHmfPGzXhZi3SvP_JqpDeuHIvqI20hUqjwde_0xiNmckDjQMOT30QaqWI8CJdfO/s320/IMG_1318+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">these were awesome though (and somewhat back to normal...). playing cards that have the shape/look like food :) i would probably want to eat them up though!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuonHu1DvthcUWaXx9Q9gzQHJgmGKdN8WmlB9b1KZN7nIh3R-aiwJ_L64qdVp0ERv4XBEJM6ChXeh0NDMLpV8DKQgTEMDI-pyEzKPKeFkQj1OykOsIQBOR6KxdwlXFGObJq_GWoZ4qd85/s1600/IMG_1322+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuonHu1DvthcUWaXx9Q9gzQHJgmGKdN8WmlB9b1KZN7nIh3R-aiwJ_L64qdVp0ERv4XBEJM6ChXeh0NDMLpV8DKQgTEMDI-pyEzKPKeFkQj1OykOsIQBOR6KxdwlXFGObJq_GWoZ4qd85/s320/IMG_1322+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">they're like barbie...but anime?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivn6S1wonJrMqoDIs1NfuG963-uifpoiL3CsTO8470YDzqqTi5GKhituXtSL2TPn08N7A1ZQV19iOxTQA2Qh2bn_QpahRIXUS3cbUzUpra2vqxNX-l207v2ZwR36C3_my0HfPsgKc3Wi_l/s1600/IMG_1323+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivn6S1wonJrMqoDIs1NfuG963-uifpoiL3CsTO8470YDzqqTi5GKhituXtSL2TPn08N7A1ZQV19iOxTQA2Qh2bn_QpahRIXUS3cbUzUpra2vqxNX-l207v2ZwR36C3_my0HfPsgKc3Wi_l/s320/IMG_1323+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">i want every single one of these. anyone who has gone to japan KNOWS about the train jingles that play at the stations when a train is coming/about to leave/etc. i absolutely adore those jingles. they are so fun!</div><div style="text-align: left;">THESE KEYCHAINS PLAY THOSE AMAZING JINGLES. YES, I KNOW YOU WANT THEM TOO NOW! the one i REALLY wanted was sold out (of course! it's a good one!)! so i really hope to find these at another store. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">this is a...presumably sailor moon....gundam? alrighty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4_-9FuuEZLXQsNch8miP3KcHBbq5G_W8s1oGp6-CAc1MAvKPkSDMcd3DrIERULUylDagihhcVZW-0rz5xvLRodOD-AKD7udPhFuJiHPd36_TPahYC1AkHpJ30kUPqlZRJjz-kwoALfEi/s1600/IMG_1326+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4_-9FuuEZLXQsNch8miP3KcHBbq5G_W8s1oGp6-CAc1MAvKPkSDMcd3DrIERULUylDagihhcVZW-0rz5xvLRodOD-AKD7udPhFuJiHPd36_TPahYC1AkHpJ30kUPqlZRJjz-kwoALfEi/s320/IMG_1326+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">again, terrifying. babies who look like old people? yeesh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzNPLcajjC-5CmPaWQzMi_XfTHjRQ9dy_AXj1yr3qKUPGjXf0kGV1oNym0Jpgzqdoi3lSr9RRjqgqHoDCK11dMDtEsgAWwqswIRQMVCUYKwHKiEPNf8-AgZGrgXLiZmNbSiu6HJVrPlJ0/s1600/IMG_1327+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzNPLcajjC-5CmPaWQzMi_XfTHjRQ9dy_AXj1yr3qKUPGjXf0kGV1oNym0Jpgzqdoi3lSr9RRjqgqHoDCK11dMDtEsgAWwqswIRQMVCUYKwHKiEPNf8-AgZGrgXLiZmNbSiu6HJVrPlJ0/s320/IMG_1327+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and these pretty creepy dolls too! and check out those prices! WHOA!!! like $1,000 for the one on the left!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxqiDDROt_Gad2XDV9UYegTo3xgohvulNqY6LCTPxZAJLve_i3Rehu_xJX01D0_-ndANcVnAko1Y5BD-iZkIb0oDNs3Fw3EHawj5ezLnFF1pyi4wkUpA3gMA0xc4pfO1xs7J_BuGJoyBO/s1600/IMG_1329+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxqiDDROt_Gad2XDV9UYegTo3xgohvulNqY6LCTPxZAJLve_i3Rehu_xJX01D0_-ndANcVnAko1Y5BD-iZkIb0oDNs3Fw3EHawj5ezLnFF1pyi4wkUpA3gMA0xc4pfO1xs7J_BuGJoyBO/s320/IMG_1329+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">there were normal things too in the toy store, but posting the creepy/weird things are so much more interesting ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">off to ameyoko! which was pretty much right around the corner:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYSWfC3_3xRhc1e0TEYdX3OSomTi2B5kqfoGPe88AUubuzTx2LJlf7Yhamn_ETNXwZis0kgFNEuiLx5tiXC_KQwuyi2W2fuGgrmwI6mRvfNqgHBKx92HyuG4jgiUPkmuuwKuY3DzCp4f4/s1600/IMG_1331+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYSWfC3_3xRhc1e0TEYdX3OSomTi2B5kqfoGPe88AUubuzTx2LJlf7Yhamn_ETNXwZis0kgFNEuiLx5tiXC_KQwuyi2W2fuGgrmwI6mRvfNqgHBKx92HyuG4jgiUPkmuuwKuY3DzCp4f4/s320/IMG_1331+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ameyoko is a really neat market. it was the site of a black market after WW<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">II. the name "ameyoko" is a short form for "ameya yokocho" (candy store alley), as candies were traditionally sold there. also, "ame" also stands for "america", because a lot of american products used to be available on the black market. t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">oday, various products such as clothes, bags, cosmetics, fresh fish, dried food and spices are sold along</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">meyoko. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's a short little walk, but pretty fun to look at everything. people are yelling into the crowds from all sides to get customers in their shop. really cool experience.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">then we took a stroll to akhiabara. it was only about 2 train stations away, and although right now in japan it's VERY hot and VERY VERY humid, we like to explore things, so we chose to walk rather than take the train.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-y6A96ETjjt4pScE6p6e1dfVGn38xGozYjJMpkf1LFLVvX_b6PVMR4iJ4t9zk6z-wfvNWZy6mIj4lSzvBso_O2mdQElscg64G8JxuB6wG8bWfc92cp7zWT6rmy7vOh89CDiXazZnwbT8k/s1600/IMG_1348+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-y6A96ETjjt4pScE6p6e1dfVGn38xGozYjJMpkf1LFLVvX_b6PVMR4iJ4t9zk6z-wfvNWZy6mIj4lSzvBso_O2mdQElscg64G8JxuB6wG8bWfc92cp7zWT6rmy7vOh89CDiXazZnwbT8k/s320/IMG_1348+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">almost every girl handing out things is dressed like a maid. super cutesy maid, or some sort of other character, but maid is definitely #1 in popularity because of all the maid cafes in akhiabara. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrLvg4d3hhyvxpncsM8Rdc6p1I6tvoJw9KCS9trN_fMIcuR84SNDRbQB9WXJX_A4XFsBH-0eCPXXNBz6BOJYFeYm14LK3-p4XHEpY3QFjWSLqfGHWAayrZ7pm07NMO3QEYxJARa1QM9Wa/s1600/IMG_1344+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrLvg4d3hhyvxpncsM8Rdc6p1I6tvoJw9KCS9trN_fMIcuR84SNDRbQB9WXJX_A4XFsBH-0eCPXXNBz6BOJYFeYm14LK3-p4XHEpY3QFjWSLqfGHWAayrZ7pm07NMO3QEYxJARa1QM9Wa/s320/IMG_1344+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="205" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this section of tokyo is best known for it's electronics, games, etc. pretty cool to see futuristic stuff! we even saw a 3D camera that RECORDS in 3D! here's one of the buildings there:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrIxqrAUObQAaxo5GkfybfT97UAZx1PYtc_mI5RnA4xmDWOaEhKc-gAH_cAtx1QlkWJiZBcWFHdzWq-UbJf2ZpfSu-qqCX2BmBHQ7jlL1IHrv5UmHvMZiHtS6abk4ix-hGhVmR3BwLVvn/s1600/IMG_1351+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrIxqrAUObQAaxo5GkfybfT97UAZx1PYtc_mI5RnA4xmDWOaEhKc-gAH_cAtx1QlkWJiZBcWFHdzWq-UbJf2ZpfSu-qqCX2BmBHQ7jlL1IHrv5UmHvMZiHtS6abk4ix-hGhVmR3BwLVvn/s320/IMG_1351+s.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">random anime semi-truck</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhBxeJ_rD0uP2HIdIgVJRLenk1sNREZlIN7vF6dEijS-xJSiS5UhlStH5bf-sa35ExnIdYx26fUOGNnsQ92n9oCW5cU4uRbpZB2mCbjOB5-OQKBeHC3UFlzlyrSTS9bmf5ns8GAon24WF/s1600/IMG_1350+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhBxeJ_rD0uP2HIdIgVJRLenk1sNREZlIN7vF6dEijS-xJSiS5UhlStH5bf-sa35ExnIdYx26fUOGNnsQ92n9oCW5cU4uRbpZB2mCbjOB5-OQKBeHC3UFlzlyrSTS9bmf5ns8GAon24WF/s320/IMG_1350+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">and lastly, we had to make a stop at "donki hote" because it is the "home" of AKB48 (a popular japanese girl band with 48 members in it, at least i think so. there's a lot of them.) and someone on the textfugu forums absolutely LOVES THEM. so here are some pics for you (you know who you are)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvOpYmHGjEEW5clMMuyyY7ysF97rsBEhE3FAqAczIPq9oPN3ZRfPmOdResb9pMrAeLjA0yx7Mw3UAprYzw0N9LRarngKi1JLMQE9NnLCdXfhsag01IHCbmtCOJus2s6KiKhGQoEUosJSD/s1600/IMG_1352+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvOpYmHGjEEW5clMMuyyY7ysF97rsBEhE3FAqAczIPq9oPN3ZRfPmOdResb9pMrAeLjA0yx7Mw3UAprYzw0N9LRarngKi1JLMQE9NnLCdXfhsag01IHCbmtCOJus2s6KiKhGQoEUosJSD/s320/IMG_1352+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">then, as we headed to the station, we spotted this and i HAD to take a pic. one of my friends (well, more than one actually lol) LOVES gundam things!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9T03ytjkdmELmP6JPu8KeclNMt3GbQR_9-iXoztwcDtQlihCNp4etsLMgjGfW72Qiz74Xt2xxTY0UhUe35HS19h6kwsMLEpsvjDHYAoGJ7tBPQM4IbFiUSTLmPj64wqeKwKj9cWl4geDw/s1600/IMG_1360+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9T03ytjkdmELmP6JPu8KeclNMt3GbQR_9-iXoztwcDtQlihCNp4etsLMgjGfW72Qiz74Xt2xxTY0UhUe35HS19h6kwsMLEpsvjDHYAoGJ7tBPQM4IbFiUSTLmPj64wqeKwKj9cWl4geDw/s320/IMG_1360+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">lastly! my friend sammi told me about a cool festival going on with handmade paper mache "floats" that dangle from the ceiling! it's right by the asagaya station, so we went to check it out! we definitely saw some!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJxwbBiz0W_IbRk7wkJ0PJTYIUV4-56mFD18-l7SZw_I7_J6G6lPC5Ips34BBDW9d2p3jIkdpuGsVUCyeHdUpFKVR37T1hS4-3-ZdLfSr2bFCussTXMzbURXQMDL_dlNEkTzIZTMoIuw0/s1600/IMG_1364+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJxwbBiz0W_IbRk7wkJ0PJTYIUV4-56mFD18-l7SZw_I7_J6G6lPC5Ips34BBDW9d2p3jIkdpuGsVUCyeHdUpFKVR37T1hS4-3-ZdLfSr2bFCussTXMzbURXQMDL_dlNEkTzIZTMoIuw0/s320/IMG_1364+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">and this is a BASKIN ROBBINS in japan, if you can believe it!!! SO different! so pretty! those cakes look like perfection!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xfuhCPDN_rD1XXQEkWMLeiK_Yik7NKEVnUw04GMN5KDLcQo7o5EDarTHnWVxBS2pj8zW78Tbb3FrSDsWrM1zgEhYgj2FkEuFzK38065KS1jCYRN4vx8OPAahAlExyXaHjToAt3qd91N9/s1600/IMG_1373+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xfuhCPDN_rD1XXQEkWMLeiK_Yik7NKEVnUw04GMN5KDLcQo7o5EDarTHnWVxBS2pj8zW78Tbb3FrSDsWrM1zgEhYgj2FkEuFzK38065KS1jCYRN4vx8OPAahAlExyXaHjToAt3qd91N9/s320/IMG_1373+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">the floats all looked cool, but some were unfinished, and this one the lady was painting while we were there! so, i think it's supposed to be next weekend. they supposedly have fun activities to do too, and we didn't see any, so we might be coming back next weekend! it's not too far (maybe like 10-15 minutes from our hotel), and would be cool to see everything in action!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA64n4lC0pNlDw5gALLF63zMZhOr9Vb26MuePt8NZJHvVwOBxvocLkbEvzHH1CMUmDYNdKZgusFv-TidhTj7NXbvwsohjl2e5P26H194fE_DMSriPOcXKkZWEFfBl_2tTEc4HjGPZ9N7zO/s1600/IMG_1375+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA64n4lC0pNlDw5gALLF63zMZhOr9Vb26MuePt8NZJHvVwOBxvocLkbEvzHH1CMUmDYNdKZgusFv-TidhTj7NXbvwsohjl2e5P26H194fE_DMSriPOcXKkZWEFfBl_2tTEc4HjGPZ9N7zO/s320/IMG_1375+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">on our way home we walked down this path with lanterns and i thought it was so pretty :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN53sqXfggSHBjPgPyXrbJ5qpN5sEO6aM2V7CevQJWAyIg7qak8k9AIMxEYu-oG4yd-smVJcfcdfTUQX6hNlDgdq0e-xRcgj3sMqIJnfVu8rwuPptBA854g8uYe6kIw1_GzQnC4coz8o8/s1600/IMG_1378+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN53sqXfggSHBjPgPyXrbJ5qpN5sEO6aM2V7CevQJWAyIg7qak8k9AIMxEYu-oG4yd-smVJcfcdfTUQX6hNlDgdq0e-xRcgj3sMqIJnfVu8rwuPptBA854g8uYe6kIw1_GzQnC4coz8o8/s320/IMG_1378+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">oh, by the way, we did all this by 5:30pm hahaha....and now we're beat. i dont think we'll be doing anything else tonight! need to get back on a normal schedule asap. i woke up at 2:30am this morning, and erik woke up around 3am hahaha...it was good for getting up for sushi dai, but now we're exhausted and the night is so young! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-86150262080959738492011-07-29T19:57:00.000+09:002011-07-30T02:06:18.396+09:00DAY 1: IT'S 8PM AND IT'S BEDTIME<div style="text-align: left;">YAY! we are in japan!!! and we had such a great time flying with ANA!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">here is a recap of our travels:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">at chicago airport</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">our friend sara HIGHLY recommended garrett's "chicago mix" popcorn to us (she had it while in downtown chicago), and luckily there was a kiosk at the airport! we got it, and i gotta say...it's AMAZING. it's cheddar popcorn mixed with caramel popcorn, and it's the perfect mix of salty/sweet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOh6jZulFuyHQwiMF9838i_iNIA-qici8bLUsBBnXgYNodNUgFZawjeGe3VgNeleZ75BdmnIEgG7rIKuZ-A7kmhCTWG9m5sTRvNfGvE9mWiJHK1OZ9XC5jsc4BI-hjTJo0Lk5mFnn0zljz/s1600/IMG_1172+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOh6jZulFuyHQwiMF9838i_iNIA-qici8bLUsBBnXgYNodNUgFZawjeGe3VgNeleZ75BdmnIEgG7rIKuZ-A7kmhCTWG9m5sTRvNfGvE9mWiJHK1OZ9XC5jsc4BI-hjTJo0Lk5mFnn0zljz/s320/IMG_1172+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">here we are at our gate! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCO-jvlVtrrSPD9DjFU0Q7zAy7nnPfnSVhKuNr3LPsx4xZeW-0hG1dFQsHkJIe4V7PQAzViNlosCvP8HdOnD1syFfcbU5FPQalLyLMlFCiGv_1HW8b6sWhGpVmU6CwPM2SdLB6e9Chd4ex/s1600/IMG_1173+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCO-jvlVtrrSPD9DjFU0Q7zAy7nnPfnSVhKuNr3LPsx4xZeW-0hG1dFQsHkJIe4V7PQAzViNlosCvP8HdOnD1syFfcbU5FPQalLyLMlFCiGv_1HW8b6sWhGpVmU6CwPM2SdLB6e9Chd4ex/s320/IMG_1173+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the ANA stewardesses looked so nice! looks like they were having a meeting before we boarded the plane</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoll66m9W1qWoVAp9F2R4pzghglgl1T0ctYz4_SoVjOsE1L6ZsTTPZaY64nhm3KzX-kMm-JRnqmTCoL1d06x9J0NxnXK8RpBffdXltxp6G8GXFM_ksFqdE8MrNw2G_-A5nMnOlevkOwoK/s1600/IMG_1175+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoll66m9W1qWoVAp9F2R4pzghglgl1T0ctYz4_SoVjOsE1L6ZsTTPZaY64nhm3KzX-kMm-JRnqmTCoL1d06x9J0NxnXK8RpBffdXltxp6G8GXFM_ksFqdE8MrNw2G_-A5nMnOlevkOwoK/s320/IMG_1175+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">OH! and when we checked-in, we were given a special gift from ANA! :D we were so surprised! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUrFAP9smIbpswdPgrvTv2pRvgt41FERGDuBenJ-BGQh5PCKHFZOtBlTh8Vb41uDx-y4-uPt1qRfAMXmmlv7NzhRPofp2oQ3FSaB83Qk5h0xCwXido6-tXIoHZjHKH8heTOs0L5lca1xK/s1600/IMG_1179+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUrFAP9smIbpswdPgrvTv2pRvgt41FERGDuBenJ-BGQh5PCKHFZOtBlTh8Vb41uDx-y4-uPt1qRfAMXmmlv7NzhRPofp2oQ3FSaB83Qk5h0xCwXido6-tXIoHZjHKH8heTOs0L5lca1xK/s320/IMG_1179+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">luggage tags and a cute compass that pops out into a clock when you open it! THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANA!!! we really appreciate all your wonderful generosity and kindness!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">here is our plane! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbkhIF5M86H5W-SlVKugq6ZGEZ2MsotAQThDx2uLhP36DiRsg7uvxn3N9ZXBhbIEiAw_aOjlpBwafVMSog4IQFh7uPYl-8aAiUXQ2WTz2icJ3wOQ3rC9n5Jv2Kn5vPcVNT2Qu1QrqikY4/s1600/IMG_1184+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbkhIF5M86H5W-SlVKugq6ZGEZ2MsotAQThDx2uLhP36DiRsg7uvxn3N9ZXBhbIEiAw_aOjlpBwafVMSog4IQFh7uPYl-8aAiUXQ2WTz2icJ3wOQ3rC9n5Jv2Kn5vPcVNT2Qu1QrqikY4/s320/IMG_1184+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and us waiting to take off :) as you can see, we are SUPER excited!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYTN03GUWZqSNoSUCkWdSjd2VYmq38cGWmKsKlhjRIEV7iJe9bN6Eta8CKbFjo2HxpD24J2GzWTzjWlqoTiel3pe-Rs_joq2BW_xrz41v3veMw6a-Scwii9Iepre-pC5I14NRYgpDjSVD/s1600/IMG_1185+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYTN03GUWZqSNoSUCkWdSjd2VYmq38cGWmKsKlhjRIEV7iJe9bN6Eta8CKbFjo2HxpD24J2GzWTzjWlqoTiel3pe-Rs_joq2BW_xrz41v3veMw6a-Scwii9Iepre-pC5I14NRYgpDjSVD/s320/IMG_1185+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">looking around while waiting to take off...everything looked so nice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzm48EepiDbyYUUy9oBpkCsqdaiXXEMLA7ids3XWcrXA1Lkq3WsdbMYRrVbVJq9LDi5h3mzSTLIOlgvcR7BM7ECVPWcIbCaRVP8g7Zu07snWdVCRQIAImsWfv4rypIuM7VE3J-krb4sAE/s1600/IMG_1187+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzm48EepiDbyYUUy9oBpkCsqdaiXXEMLA7ids3XWcrXA1Lkq3WsdbMYRrVbVJq9LDi5h3mzSTLIOlgvcR7BM7ECVPWcIbCaRVP8g7Zu07snWdVCRQIAImsWfv4rypIuM7VE3J-krb4sAE/s320/IMG_1187+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">on our way to japan! i love this shot! i thought the big red dot on the wing looked so cool</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNY7KMrT-MmfbfNL2YYsisJzTgw6w_4kxhdxCBqujRsr3Q6XHOHDPdk63O2ZVa1dDG05CPASDmA3sRmHqXSzE-K3rmmLVmkyp3ef60CN7blcaCYACirdAcIpUZZJOcjdKp8kXBCnBcN6B7/s1600/IMG_1195+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNY7KMrT-MmfbfNL2YYsisJzTgw6w_4kxhdxCBqujRsr3Q6XHOHDPdk63O2ZVa1dDG05CPASDmA3sRmHqXSzE-K3rmmLVmkyp3ef60CN7blcaCYACirdAcIpUZZJOcjdKp8kXBCnBcN6B7/s320/IMG_1195+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">each seat has it's own screen with a large selection of movies, music, games, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqTp1ZkqeSm6FUeO4jvYSPicTKCrmQBYY03q-L9FPbOAt2hm4hdmDXNX1ucDq6jilek2T9cbWtZFjf77Zf7ynA7jhX02uziUf8w8PRRu9-Zsxed6nkNFfoVrnEqrfP9xvdseFmadgMhE1/s1600/IMG_1199+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqTp1ZkqeSm6FUeO4jvYSPicTKCrmQBYY03q-L9FPbOAt2hm4hdmDXNX1ucDq6jilek2T9cbWtZFjf77Zf7ynA7jhX02uziUf8w8PRRu9-Zsxed6nkNFfoVrnEqrfP9xvdseFmadgMhE1/s320/IMG_1199+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and they gave us hot towels to wash our hands with before the meals :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8baYNzdm_Nehf4gIUBTVowTfL3F-ZkBjEt6NDlIx84VbTRFukHZFqy5wfVK1Z7pLRvU8AJKGt9zllaIO6rnDq_aRK0wMUXlfkCKiGTCA2aBDLPTOo5AH4lMJvqmzUimQNta_X2kJC5vAW/s1600/IMG_1202+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8baYNzdm_Nehf4gIUBTVowTfL3F-ZkBjEt6NDlIx84VbTRFukHZFqy5wfVK1Z7pLRvU8AJKGt9zllaIO6rnDq_aRK0wMUXlfkCKiGTCA2aBDLPTOo5AH4lMJvqmzUimQNta_X2kJC5vAW/s320/IMG_1202+s.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">first meal: SO. GOOD.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">chicken teriyaki donburi, miso soup, seaweed salad, fruit, and cold soba:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwYRx6feWmH1pmJt9MSCIU3I_qTeOcO55N6Y1D61-F1CxYJOHx-PAhyIl65VA1zxkgX0xDboBxaBaRt0ssKDOFxKnJRgidH-SpiIdcLdLWZ7hOQDnL4TIU14QjilNiD3FjlPa_BrX9pJr/s1600/IMG_1206+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwYRx6feWmH1pmJt9MSCIU3I_qTeOcO55N6Y1D61-F1CxYJOHx-PAhyIl65VA1zxkgX0xDboBxaBaRt0ssKDOFxKnJRgidH-SpiIdcLdLWZ7hOQDnL4TIU14QjilNiD3FjlPa_BrX9pJr/s320/IMG_1206+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and they gave us ice cream for dessert! yes, that is HAAGEN-DAZS!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS25JsnO4kuifdUH9IZzVtst2FZ_kzmsSVtGwE7H5smg5TG3RrR3zH9xdnDUqUkcA4N700PTFTQEQhSdnOGuEzd_mcdZnMk13rPgXzwVBSeF1LYxz4dTi04jo1O3GIyg-L3FKmnbiqW7pt/s1600/IMG_1221+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS25JsnO4kuifdUH9IZzVtst2FZ_kzmsSVtGwE7H5smg5TG3RrR3zH9xdnDUqUkcA4N700PTFTQEQhSdnOGuEzd_mcdZnMk13rPgXzwVBSeF1LYxz4dTi04jo1O3GIyg-L3FKmnbiqW7pt/s320/IMG_1221+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i wanted to show this too! it's hard to tell from this photo (taking a picture of the screen doesn't look as good through a camera) but there is a CAMERA on the bottom of the plane! so you can watch what's under you as you fly! SO COOL!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkveRgd5ea0lUla_Abpt_EjuaAsBE1UGraFs9XTyj9AF_aRY8JETlnQbc0jbl3A814OBDzv0IOH5WRhChPjIutEJj7j8shOHggBtc_4p4UcZaFw0D4OP_qxKUGG5mHGBguC7fyuaXOHlk/s1600/IMG_1210+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkveRgd5ea0lUla_Abpt_EjuaAsBE1UGraFs9XTyj9AF_aRY8JETlnQbc0jbl3A814OBDzv0IOH5WRhChPjIutEJj7j8shOHggBtc_4p4UcZaFw0D4OP_qxKUGG5mHGBguC7fyuaXOHlk/s320/IMG_1210+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> okay back to the awesome food hahaha ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">you can also order other food if you wish. here is part of the menu:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4sl5Pl7N7nuhyphenhyphenNcn3Di8JNGzMTWg0wC7SMZYL-VT1glZLp0D1HzgedxGV1Cp1JtZeRNU-TEoO4rs4QDLnybC0oUceeVjsG2T5R5QKlAqpJHAXgkfpy3l2FKhKk324s9cFhnJIHFzOeWf/s1600/IMG_1229+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4sl5Pl7N7nuhyphenhyphenNcn3Di8JNGzMTWg0wC7SMZYL-VT1glZLp0D1HzgedxGV1Cp1JtZeRNU-TEoO4rs4QDLnybC0oUceeVjsG2T5R5QKlAqpJHAXgkfpy3l2FKhKk324s9cFhnJIHFzOeWf/s320/IMG_1229+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and the controller for your tv, has a credit card slot on it! so i guess you can just charge it that way!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAHG-vB4MCktH5W4I6zj6nExMV6rsbkhFKMc74tcYd0XDlGilFC5I3-5HCNxXyLo_URpm273nemjlnQp984kJ-SoyLZwnDiferX6oeJTnFHzgz8InssrXHq29xAoCINOinFmNHgY3mgXf/s1600/IMG_1201+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAHG-vB4MCktH5W4I6zj6nExMV6rsbkhFKMc74tcYd0XDlGilFC5I3-5HCNxXyLo_URpm273nemjlnQp984kJ-SoyLZwnDiferX6oeJTnFHzgz8InssrXHq29xAoCINOinFmNHgY3mgXf/s320/IMG_1201+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">getting closer to landing, we got another meal :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">an AWESOME sandwich that i absolutely loved (it was like a mix of basil, tomato, cheese, and really good dressing), fruit, salad, and yogurt :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3QcFuN6f371aOiOQrtCEFX30JKf_Yv7TmnJFpz5jJzWa9lJ5vgWI5dct42zNPfDyuIOZzNIxp1JbXFhJK22WEvn44eIqSA2t6Tuj9RKkbmKbGkbiFpz9m8aU88w2LmUkaD1yNQuWfbc2/s1600/IMG_1230+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3QcFuN6f371aOiOQrtCEFX30JKf_Yv7TmnJFpz5jJzWa9lJ5vgWI5dct42zNPfDyuIOZzNIxp1JbXFhJK22WEvn44eIqSA2t6Tuj9RKkbmKbGkbiFpz9m8aU88w2LmUkaD1yNQuWfbc2/s320/IMG_1230+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and the wonderful stewardesses were ALWAYS offering drinks throughout the whole flight. juice, tea, coffee...anything! so nice. here is our coffee!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewetWeMvS7kRrRbfOriGsirhK2MAwCly1aK-wsXFssBC2VqTY2JGtp9UW6M8u5YQTXhyphenhyphenYbHFVSczDFgKrUBfa_hpqpQQWul47ZMOcErxgdnk4v_holYsdOKMAQU-gw9q36ok803JgbjVa/s1600/IMG_1238+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewetWeMvS7kRrRbfOriGsirhK2MAwCly1aK-wsXFssBC2VqTY2JGtp9UW6M8u5YQTXhyphenhyphenYbHFVSczDFgKrUBfa_hpqpQQWul47ZMOcErxgdnk4v_holYsdOKMAQU-gw9q36ok803JgbjVa/s320/IMG_1238+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">two hours to go! SO CLOSE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXefjKIpVYZgFF4Z8RFWmZpCPa0JI9smk_y9BKB9IAGXxoh-u2UnOTU7e3VUS0eKYHykRBZN-gVodNkR4qxtQoJ4sFM-z_KNB4KNckppu0nB-gfPawAZW0H4_ZuyAuhCl-J9pizJJVne2/s1600/IMG_1236+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXefjKIpVYZgFF4Z8RFWmZpCPa0JI9smk_y9BKB9IAGXxoh-u2UnOTU7e3VUS0eKYHykRBZN-gVodNkR4qxtQoJ4sFM-z_KNB4KNckppu0nB-gfPawAZW0H4_ZuyAuhCl-J9pizJJVne2/s320/IMG_1236+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and HELLOOOOO JAPAN! :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zlfQVeezsyh4dbla6gx8DmB8n31q0JrX36j1tRSf7uW9CjWHKzODXoeitMqzGjPZx6xFhCCeCaN1UDFAuOvS14NBCW2AnQElsWF8fwc22NUkqhktD70SvHW1ShT4TTk8ms5giJBAJbQI/s1600/IMG_1242+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zlfQVeezsyh4dbla6gx8DmB8n31q0JrX36j1tRSf7uW9CjWHKzODXoeitMqzGjPZx6xFhCCeCaN1UDFAuOvS14NBCW2AnQElsWF8fwc22NUkqhktD70SvHW1ShT4TTk8ms5giJBAJbQI/s320/IMG_1242+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">customs were SUPER fast, which was great because we wanted to get to the post office before they closed at 4pm so we could exchange our international postal money order for some yen :) then we got the suica/NEX deal from JR, and hopped on to head to shinjuku!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLeNgdt4YBbB9_uhZfAzDWFYE2asKgvwJOF7CGpCaw7Hufs1MwpKgZomhlY_jsLdu841Z3QcOCrj05R7dNrKsb_1fO-DYBPeSBLzuMzKhIA-z_L6CO1Isnfnyq3LBu2LwwcujmgsHGYhG/s1600/IMG_1245+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLeNgdt4YBbB9_uhZfAzDWFYE2asKgvwJOF7CGpCaw7Hufs1MwpKgZomhlY_jsLdu841Z3QcOCrj05R7dNrKsb_1fO-DYBPeSBLzuMzKhIA-z_L6CO1Isnfnyq3LBu2LwwcujmgsHGYhG/s320/IMG_1245+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">lovely scenery...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JveRmIwk1SCPA8Jo_57PBdl7kOTOfznq5_K8J_6SmnTvy1YWFzTr5_essXKbs16G5v_mQjxDeyLibDOOCvRUkSPbVGexe6hQKE_u-1_gWdKWNYNITke8EFs1x71tzpYisMvZ3DlZgS2j/s1600/IMG_1247+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JveRmIwk1SCPA8Jo_57PBdl7kOTOfznq5_K8J_6SmnTvy1YWFzTr5_essXKbs16G5v_mQjxDeyLibDOOCvRUkSPbVGexe6hQKE_u-1_gWdKWNYNITke8EFs1x71tzpYisMvZ3DlZgS2j/s320/IMG_1247+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">once we got to our hotel, we immediately wanted to go to the 7-11 behind it! 7-11s in japan are WAY better than in the states. they have actual food! we stocked up on a few things, and got these yummy sandwiches for dinner since we were a little hungry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi2TBno5igAIinwJzP7npWvQMsRPImGfd9H0L4GLS_UzdPH1Ca8e_kmqepzVmgnnfXO93kD96p5c8kxY4Fv5WgKz53OzHcAThTopl0Qwv8jVqawH_2XgkaYUXqX0hl5C0aqhfjN-1SHqT/s1600/IMG_1256+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi2TBno5igAIinwJzP7npWvQMsRPImGfd9H0L4GLS_UzdPH1Ca8e_kmqepzVmgnnfXO93kD96p5c8kxY4Fv5WgKz53OzHcAThTopl0Qwv8jVqawH_2XgkaYUXqX0hl5C0aqhfjN-1SHqT/s320/IMG_1256+s.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">YUM. tonkatsu sandwich? YES PLEASE ;) and these are so cheap too! fantastic :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">anyway, yeah, it's only 8pm here, but we are SO TIRED because it's like 7am "our time" back home! we only slept for about an hour or two on the flight because we didn't want to miss anything fun! hahaha...we're so torn because we want to go out and walk around, but our bodies are sleepy! well, good thing we have 3 weeks here in japan! :D lots of time to explore!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">THANK YOU AGAIN ANA FOR HAVING THIS WONDERFUL CONTEST THAT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO JAPAN! we seriously cannot thank you enough! and we had a WONDERFUL flight with you! :D </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-46175965338358154082011-07-28T14:15:00.000+09:002011-07-28T14:16:34.282+09:00MEGABUS TO CHICAGO!<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">really short one, but i wanted to blog about the <a href="http://megabus.com/">megabus</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmwsYrIH0GnjFeUhwai54IyBHVDqkjMetWqnL7AifwQ6Do6x66VE8rz1Xa4b8sjH4GBLIJKkmW8AYFaJXAE6MJ5i7tHie6EnGc6S5967u48qG0OQmMKiVab0Z2z7otqBEVdXq4Ya3baJt/s1600/IMG_1164+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmwsYrIH0GnjFeUhwai54IyBHVDqkjMetWqnL7AifwQ6Do6x66VE8rz1Xa4b8sjH4GBLIJKkmW8AYFaJXAE6MJ5i7tHie6EnGc6S5967u48qG0OQmMKiVab0Z2z7otqBEVdXq4Ya3baJt/s320/IMG_1164+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">our ANA flight is a direct flight from chicago to narita (tokyo), and we needed to get to chicago somehow. so, we decided to try the megabus! and i gotta say, it's pretty cool!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">we got picked up on west prospect in cleveland at 5:30pm, and off we went! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0nlAxO-Gk_sRrs-byNhUAV06UgWejryyUzRNhYDP4xVL1w4V28snPtw1uIGY8rTEmL6C4H_dFBG-YCpUTMhLFWIUHN9rxCcI26Zhx6RKdEsoG7lskMSLZyhiDOcTl1NwwzGDcYRUhCjr/s1600/IMG_1165+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0nlAxO-Gk_sRrs-byNhUAV06UgWejryyUzRNhYDP4xVL1w4V28snPtw1uIGY8rTEmL6C4H_dFBG-YCpUTMhLFWIUHN9rxCcI26Zhx6RKdEsoG7lskMSLZyhiDOcTl1NwwzGDcYRUhCjr/s320/IMG_1165+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">first it goes to toledo (and picks up more people/drops people off), then we had a brief 25 min rest stop somewhere along the way, and 6.5 hours later, we were in chicago! </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">the seats are nice, and we were on a double-decker bus! we sat on the lower level though. everyone pretty much just kept to themselves, and it was a nice ride. we watched 2 movies on my laptop to keep us busy.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">oh, and the best part? for the BOTH of us to go from cleveland to chicago, it was only a total of $10.50!!!!!!!!!! and the bus has free wifi! although, it goes in and out quite a bit haha (more out than in), but i seriously cannot complain. the tickets were SO. CHEAP. just amazing. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">we arrived in chicago and immediately took a taxi to our hotel for the night. we just got a cheapie hotel ($35/night) since we knew we would be arriving late, and leaving early thursday morning to get to the airport at around 8am. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">just a quick one to tell people about the megabus if they didn't know already! i promise things will get much more interesting once we get to japan, and there will be way more photos haha...this is just the boring part :\</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">tomorrow is our flight! YAY!!!</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357593635611600027.post-41722913463048893302011-07-27T14:42:00.000+09:002011-07-27T14:42:40.729+09:00PACKING UP AND ONE UNHAPPY SIAMESE (AGAIN)<div style="text-align: left;">poor kahlua...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">if it were up to him, i would have not won this trip! he always gets SO upset when he sees me packing up our luggage, but at least it lets him know we will be gone for longer than a day. his poor, broken heart.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">anyway! i can't think about it too much right now because i will get sad!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">packing this time for 3 weeks in japan is similar to last time, but also very different. different because we are bringing WAY. LESS. STUFF. we packed WAY too many things last time! too many clothes, too much bathroom stuff, etc!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">my goal: to get everything to fit inside our tiniest rolley suitcase:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">we have 3 rolley suitcases, a duffel bag, and 2 backpacks. the duffel bag and rolley suitcases all "nest" inside each other. my goal is to get everything to fit inside that smallest rolley inside, so that we only have one suitcase and 2 backpacks for the trip there, and everything will "un-nest" while we're in japan, and we'll have way more luggage for the trip home, aka, lots of room to bring back souvenirs ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">PACKING:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">#1 tip for packing: ROLL YOUR CLOTHES.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuj6HMopkp4KSY-fCVVAMqC9oeXGHmgOPEP1AA6bLp6KcZTpkoHf92GYPz70RMmyLTyNqPdIao-u95ArZiMhBydY6puVsytrCsxc-x3NItANy6cwd4CAO2PiUh3oR0U-NyY7_FJykEQ0Xo/s1600/IMG_1143+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuj6HMopkp4KSY-fCVVAMqC9oeXGHmgOPEP1AA6bLp6KcZTpkoHf92GYPz70RMmyLTyNqPdIao-u95ArZiMhBydY6puVsytrCsxc-x3NItANy6cwd4CAO2PiUh3oR0U-NyY7_FJykEQ0Xo/s320/IMG_1143+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">this saves HEAPES of space in your luggage. just lay them all out on top of each other, and roll them up like a burrito. genius.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">this time, we are only bringing 8 shirts each, and doing laundry twice while there (our hotel and townhouse have laundry facilities). last time we brought like 21 shirts each, and obviously never did laundry. clothes took up SO much space, so i'm excited about all the extra room we should hopefully have!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">next is bathroom stuff. i have no idea how much stuff we brought last time, but it was ridiculous. i worried about every single possible scenario, and brought just about everything "just in case".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">not this time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">it is going to be hot and humid as heck while in japan this time, so i have significantly decreased the amount of makeuep i'm bringing. i literally have a suitcase of makeup, but i'm only bringing these items with me this time:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8myS-FFlPO4b0rC_sWQBZvcXxuYfuH91UJ6fRfHUS2C2J-3-aBF-znvmlqTJhkJ2j2xTEI7DMyrNxOI7W5R7I6RWkJeYC6joryWWLb6wj47lIUZtCFw3j1aRxzSLU1EOptkW25AT-oVSJ/s1600/IMG_1144+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8myS-FFlPO4b0rC_sWQBZvcXxuYfuH91UJ6fRfHUS2C2J-3-aBF-znvmlqTJhkJ2j2xTEI7DMyrNxOI7W5R7I6RWkJeYC6joryWWLb6wj47lIUZtCFw3j1aRxzSLU1EOptkW25AT-oVSJ/s320/IMG_1144+s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">face makeup, blush, eyeliner, and mascara. two tiny eyeshadows (brown & white) in case i feel like being fancy haha...i will sweat it all off anyway, so i'm not bringing much. while there, i'll probably not even wear the face makeup, and just wear the eyeliner and mascara, but the face makeup is small, so it's no biggie. oh, and the mascara is WATERPROOF. again, i'll be a hot, humid, and sweaty jacqui while walking around...gotta be prepared. don't want to look like the raccoon foreigner.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">as for other bathroom supplies, we're really not bringing much! last time i think i even brought shampoo, and conditioner because i had no idea what to expect. THE HOTELS HAVE THESE THINGS. i figured they would last time too, but i was all in "what-if" scenario mode and brought everything "just in case". we didn't even use a quarter of the stuff we packed last time, so it's not coming this time!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">backpacks are pretty simple. we're just bringing random things to do on the flight (my 3DS, books, laptop, camera for photos/video, and squishy pillows for easy sleeping. yeah i know ANA will have pillows, but these ones are nice because they form to your neck perfectly and i'd like to be able to fall asleep for as much of the flight as possible to "time travel" to japan (12 hour flight).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">we're SUPER excited to fly with ANA though, and we want to be awake for the meals! they look so yummy and fancy!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6izx6jEKNDqfoOsE7vS2bquwWbmTjTnwghG57vKYlVybdW601hRY1jvMdL3nRDe6NBlN5aZ7LfkjXOYstx2Tn71QjwAJEwn3nm8wV0BjyCkO_SlT_t8y7Zi4JnOwpc2RqNeGcSzaDHzI/s1600/ana+meals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6izx6jEKNDqfoOsE7vS2bquwWbmTjTnwghG57vKYlVybdW601hRY1jvMdL3nRDe6NBlN5aZ7LfkjXOYstx2Tn71QjwAJEwn3nm8wV0BjyCkO_SlT_t8y7Zi4JnOwpc2RqNeGcSzaDHzI/s320/ana+meals.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">::::droooool::::</div><div style="text-align: left;">back to packing! well, that's actually pretty much it! i mostly just wanted to do a simple blog letting people know that you don't have to over think every little thing! if you forget something, chances are, japan will have it for you! so just pack your "must-haves" and don't be like me the first time and think of all the "what-if's"! you will have a lot more space for awesome souvenir memories this way :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">so, did i make my goal of fitting everything in the smallest rolley?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ILIqDFsWnogdE5hK3jYaanS4T5D8kWk3Uqr1nhgP8ERwbMDEH6f8qdrW-rEljx22FV2QA4iszA-YUEcnjQyyYyhG2Rkljg8lyX3PEe3qSjro_GH0KHT3PK_6x7p6vpl0h2LdPObLmRFa/s1600/IMG_1163+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ILIqDFsWnogdE5hK3jYaanS4T5D8kWk3Uqr1nhgP8ERwbMDEH6f8qdrW-rEljx22FV2QA4iszA-YUEcnjQyyYyhG2Rkljg8lyX3PEe3qSjro_GH0KHT3PK_6x7p6vpl0h2LdPObLmRFa/s320/IMG_1163+s.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">nope hahaha...i prooooobably could have done it. i still had some extra room in there, but rather than squishing it all in, i figured just put it into 2. so, the medium rolley is inside the large rolley, and then the smallest rolley is used for leftover stuff. still SO much room for bringing stuff back because our largest rolley isn't being used yet as a "suitcase", so it will be great for the way back :) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">okay, it's 1:45am, and i should try to get some sleep i guess...too excited to sleep though! bus to chicago tomorrow, then flight to japan on thursday morning! i will update wednesday night about our megabus trip if we have internet in our chicago hotel. if we don't you won't hear from me for a few days!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">さよなら!</div><div style="text-align: left;">sayonara!</div>jacqui + erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14485844138610166898noreply@blogger.com3