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Tue, 8 Dec 2009 | By dinkina | Views [1291] | Comments [1]
In few days, I managed to discover most of the highlights in Tokyo. During the day, I have to say the city doesn't look anything like during the night. You really get to appreciate the beauty of the parks and nature, architecture and traditional ... Read more >
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Mon, 7 Dec 2009 | By bekkie | Views [451]
Mon 7 th December We finally arrived in Tokyo…. And surprisingly so had our luggage. We shipped our skis off to Myoko, bought a train ticket and made our way to central Tokyo. The scenery from the train was great. There were so many trees….... Read more >
Mon, 7 Dec 2009 | By dinkina | Views [3077] | Comments [4]
Flying above the crowd Lost in this translation I am fish in sea 12/5/2009, Tokyo After 13 hour flight to Tokyo and 2 hours by train and metro, I soon found myself in busy Shibuya station, crowded with young people rushing to get to their next ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [758]
On our way home from the Aquarium, we stopped at an Okinawan restaurant on Rt 58 for dinner. We loved the bright colors and hugs shisa outside! We had options of many types of traditional Okinawan foods. Brandon chose taco rice (from the bottom ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 6 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [768]
We had a wonderful day at the Aquarium Saturday! It was a little chilly (69 degrees F), but warm enough to enjoy the outdoor dolphin show. We even ate some Okinawa Lime ice cream cones before the show, although unlike usual, it was for the taste, not ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 6 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [869]
Today's word for the day - mensore (pronounced "men - so - reh") is the Okinawan dialect word for "welcome." The Japanese word is "yoko-so," but as we're living in Okinawa, mensore is more correct. Another example of ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 3 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 3 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1122]
We got to meet up with one of Brandon's relatives who lives in Tokyo our last full day of our trip. It was fun to meet up with Kevin for lunch and then a trip over to Harajuku. This was Brandon's first time to the famous Takeshita Street in Harajuku, ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [743]
We spent Saturday at Tokyo DisneySea, the "other" Disney park in Tokyo. Whereas Disneyland focuses more on the original Disney characters and is extremely kid-friendly, DisneySea is supposed to be a bit more older-kid-oriented and focuses ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 2 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1586]
Friday was our day in Tokyo Disneyland. It was crowded (but not nearly as crowded as we'd find Tokyo Disney Sea the following day), but we had a lot of fun! First thing we rode was the Star Wars ride "Star Tours" (I sure do love being married ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1493]
What better way to spend Thanksgiving overseas than traveling? We just got back from a wonderful, long weekend in Tokyo. (We didn't get to actually ride on the Pikachu plan, but thought it was neat!) We got up at 3:30am on Thanksgiving morning to ... Read more >
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