We were together with then happy to honor out that grandma together with gramps (Matt's parents) were planning to see Japan! It was their real start trip out of the United States, together with nosotros couldn't await to exhibit them to a greater extent than of this wonderful identify that nosotros own got been together with then lucky to telephone band home. Here are only a few highlights from a swell visit....
Hooray! We were together with then happy to come across them, together with they were together with then happy that the long trip was over with. (Now, for the 2-3 hr drive to our house.)
We took them to our Costco. There is a large parking terrace together with you lot ride these long moving walkways to larn to the store. The cart wheels claw into the walkway to concur it securely inwards place.
And, of course of report nosotros had a hot dog! Some things are the same the globe over.
Lots of card games were played. This was a highlight for the girls, for sure!
What is a trip to Nihon without a see to Mt. Fuji?
There are v lakes surrounding the regal Mt. Fuji, together with nosotros took a boat ride on lake Kawaguchiko. It was cold, but beautiful together with nosotros had fabulous views of Mt. Fuji.
H5N1 lilliputian mutual frigidness has never bothered Ella. She rode on the transcend observation deck,
piece the balance of us viewed from the inside.
The Sun was SO brilliant that nosotros had a difficult fourth dimension getting a practiced picture, so, this is every bit practiced every bit it gets.
We ate at our favorite ramen shop.
Matt prefers this eating seat because they purpose pork broth, rather than a miso base.
We also celebrated Ella's ninth birthday during the visit. Ella was real happy!
This is a beautiful shrine real close our home.
The cherry-red pagoda makes for a swell photograph op!
We happened to live the entirely people at the shrine that day. Tokyo is commonly non that quiet!
Nihon has such beautiful, long seasons. This film was taken the start calendar week of December, together with the tress were yet such vibrant colors.
H5N1 see to Nihon also calls for SUSHI! I don't intend grandma together with gramps loved it, but nosotros establish something on the carte du jour for everyone.
Lots of empty plates! They accuse you lot past times the plate at this restaurant, (about $1.00 per plate), together with they literally count them upwardly when you lot finish.
Eva establish some novel friends at Joyful Honda, a large housewares store that sells everything!
We honey play a joke on art.
We lastly tried a local eating seat that has been on our listing for a while. I loved how the benches opened upwardly for your coats together with purses. Brilliant!
The concept of this eating seat was to youngster unlike skewers of materials at your table, like to The Melting Pot, inwards the States. There were all sorts of meats together with vegetables to conduct from.
Then you lot batter your selection, scroll inwards breadstuff crumbs together with fry.
There was also a large buffet of unlike salads together with fruits to accompany your meal.
Also, lots of condiments together with sauces.
They hand you lot ninety minutes, together with it is all you lot tin eat, during that time. It was genuinely a lot of fun!
Grandma together with gramps fifty-fifty approved!
But, the best business office was the chocolate fountain.
And, the soft serve H2O ice cream. Yum!
It was a quick, but fun visit! We were together with then happy that nosotros could pass the calendar week alongside family. Thank you lot for coming, grandma together with grandpa!
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