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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [830] | Comments [3]
As part of my on-going "Dessert Diplomacy" efforts, I made these cute Halloween spider cookies. They are frosted and decorated Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Brandon says they taste good. (I don't like chocolate cookies, so I've only sampled ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [816]
Megumi and I had a wonderful lunch at Soup Soup on the second floor of Max Furniture and right across from Today!OK. And no, I'm not kidding. We both chose soup sets. I had a bowl of their clam chowder, which was soy based with peas, carrots, onions, ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [531]
Day 3 Highlights: Seeing the tuna auction in action at the Tsukiji Market, the largest fish market in the world Taking the Shinkansen up to Sendai Taking the Loople bus to historical sights in Sendai Taking the local train to Matsushima, ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [629] | Comments [4]
Day 2 Highlights: Breakfast with Uncle Yasu and Aunt Toshiko at the Okura Hotel Asakusa’s Senso-ji temple and all the little shops out front Akihabara (electric town) with all the latest electronic gadgets Meiji-Jingu Buddhist temple, ... Read more >
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [361]
Day 5 Highlights: 1. Lake Towada ferry taking us around the massive crater lake to see its perimeter 2. Oirase waterfalls and surrounding foliage
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [374]
Day 4 Highlights: Morning onsen overlooking Matsushima islands Taking the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Morioka Drive from Morioka to Lake Towada
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [788] | Comments [2]
While Mama was here, we purchased the latest RockBand game, "RockBand: The Beatles," to provide us with hours of fun and a good way to unwind in the evenings. For all you who aren't familiar with RockBand, it's a video game where you choose ... Read more >
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [757]
Mama and I went out for lunch with Megumi the day before we flew back to PA. We had a fun time wandering through American Village and ate at "the Depot" for a curry-filled lunch. Mama had "Prime Rib Curry," I had "Chicken and ... Read more >
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [702]
To the Okinawa Aquarium, of course! We had a lot of fun showing Mama around the Aquarium and taking her to the ever-changing dolphin show (it's always completely in Japanese but we've never seen the same show twice!) When we got back from our trip ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [669] | Comments [2]
To quote "The Princess Bride," "Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up." We've had a very busy, very fun last few weeks. And we have plenty of photos to prove it! When we got back to Okinawa from NE, we brought ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [495] | Comments [1]
Hello friends, It's time for my travel blog again! I got laid off from my job on Oct 1st, so I extended my Japan vacation to include more of Asia -- Thailand, Hong Kong, Laos and Vietnam -- for a total of 64 days. I always try to do some extended ... Read more >
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 | By hannahandemma | Views [2260] | Comments [7]
OK. So last time we left off, we had climbed down a mountain and encountered the wrath of Buddha. If you thought that Japan was done with us, you were wrong. As everyone keeps telling me, onsens are part of the Japanese experience. You can't go ... Read more >
Tags: japan, maid cafe, onsen, tokyo
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 | By hannahandemma | Views [1154] | Comments [2]
the people in japan are annoyingly cute. actually. as card-carrying, bitter north american cynics Hannah and I have been having a jolly old time scoffing at cars that look like gum drops, women wearing pigtails into ther forties, the animation ... Read more >
Tags: buddha, japan, karma, observations
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 | By hannahandemma | Views [757] | Comments [1]
Hey Friends! We have so so so many stories and I promise they are on their way, but this is just a quickie update: After a lot of deliberation and despite fighting with processors at the embassy... our dream of singing the soundtrack to Mulan atop ... Read more >
Tags: china, trip changes
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