Today was our day to go explore outside of Tokyo – we planned a day trip to Mount Fuji with a tour group. We were up by 7am and jumped on the subway at 8am to make it to the pickup location for by 8:45 -The LOVE sign ð We had a full size bus at full capacity. All non-Japanese riders. Weather wise it was the perfect temperature with no clouds. The tour guide...
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Near the temple is an area in Tokyo called Kappabashi. It is the place to go to get kitchen stuff. From pots and pans to knives and even restaurant type stuff. There are people offering to zip you around and of course, we had to stop for a photo. The really neat thing to see was the ‘fake food’. Everywhere you go in Tokyo, the restaurant will showcase...
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After breakfast we headed for a little walk to visit the SensÅ-ji Buddhist Temple. It’s not just any temple… It is old (the original was constructed in the 600s and is the most widely visited spiritual site in the world with over 30 million visitors annually. It was about a 25min subway ride for us to the opposite side of town. When we stepped out of the...
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Had to zip out to the 7-Eleven store to get pancake mix and thought I would share a little about these amazing stores. Did a quick video for you below. For reference, there are 4 7-Eleven stores within about 3 minutes of us just towards the grocery store. We are the X and the circles are the stores. Of course with some many stores, there are trucks restocking them...
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Not much happened over the last few days, Kaelyn had castings and I worked. We did take time to go the parks with Tammy after school work was done. We stopped at the local ‘everything’ store. Best way to explain it is that it’s like walmart only smaller. It is 6 floors and carries a huge variety of things. Best part for Tammy is the fish tank at...
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