Mami @ CDU where Kaelyn worked sent over some typical Japanese candies her children enjoy. It was fun to enjoy them, make your own sushi...
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On one of our visits to a local shrine, a local stopped us and talked for a bit. She was a teacher and was surprised to hear about ‘home schooling’. It’s not allowed here in Japan and all kids must go to school. In our neighborhood around 3pm we see many young kids dressed like this (all in fact). We’ve seen this girl a few times walking home...
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On Saturday night (I guess Sunday morning) I woke to what I thought was an earthquake. The bed was shaking for 30 seconds or so. But I wrote it off in my head that I was dreaming, in a state of partial sleepiness and ignored it. HOWEVER, today I woke at my normal early hour (so I can action any items before end of day back in EST timezone) and was working for a few...
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Time to introduce Tammy to conveyor belt sushi. Plus, we really haven’t had much sushi since we’ve been here. We headed out to Shibuya and unlike the conveyor belt sushi in Shangai which is literally a conveyor belt that you take the plate you want, this one they custom make the food based on the order you make on the tablet. We had a 45min limit and...
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We had another slow start with a yummy breakfast of pancakes and fried potatoes. Around noon we headed out to visit the Zōjō-ji Temple. We walked again and first stopped at the Tokyo Tower. We were going to go up the tower but the high one was closed so we decided to just keep on to the next destination. Look, even their traffic cones look like the tower! After...
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