tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27053841654378948282024-03-13T02:08:34.928-10:00Where Will I Wander Next....Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-89713205671635758892019-06-22T14:41:00.000-10:002019-06-22T14:41:32.387-10:00 Summer 2019 Osaka/Tokyo Family Trip: Day 7- Tokyo OdaibaWell, we are now back in Hawaii after a long vacation! I'm still catching up on posts, so please bear with me. Judging from all the photos we took in Odaiba, this will be a long post (but it will be worth it!)!<br />
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So Day 7 takes us to Odaiba. The first time we went to Odaiba, we thought it was just a lot of malls, and never really went back until our last trip. Team Lab keeps bringing us back to this area now they have a permanent home for their Borderless exhibit. We almost booked the Team Lab Planets, but decided to go with the original for the fam. If you are headed to Tokyo, this is a must see.<br />
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My mom actually told me that morning that she wasn't going to go with us and that she would just go explore the area herself. She also commented that it was a "kiddie" area, so she wasn't interested. I told her she should go cause it wasn't just for kids and that we had already bought her a ticket. She was so happy she went!<br />
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So if you read my last post about Team Lab, you'll know that we went to Team Planets by mistake... Team Lab Borderless is by the ferris wheel (in case you get them confused like we did last time).<br />
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The line was super duper long even though we came just after it opened. It went down the stairs for the length of the building, and onto the sidewalk... We debated on if we should come back later or brave the line. So glad we decided to stay cause the line moved very quickly. Paul said that there was a couple near us that gave up... too bad they were impatient!<br />
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I guess I had a bad angle... missing the "b" in Team Lab.<br />
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I love their slogan... You don't get a map of each room, and no guided tour, so it truly is to wander, explore and discover!<br />
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Since it was pretty crowded, we decided to head to the top floor and work our way down. They kids wanted to color up their images right off the bat, so we stopped at the athletic forest to do so. Here's Akemi's one. She's definitely missing our dog.<br />
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After we found each kid's image, we explored more areas. This is the big balloon room. It changes colors periodically.<br />
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One of our favorite areas was the sea creatures room where you could color up the images and they come to life.<br />
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My sister's is the cutest jelly!!<br />
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Even Grandma made one!<br />
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After all that fun, we decided we needed a break and headed to the tea room. This continues to be a favorite of ours! You really need to experience this in person cause photos don't do it justice. I am pretty sure the flowers were different this time and we also ordered green tea ice cream that generated ivy wherever you placed it. My mind is still boggled as to how all of this works.<br />
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We finally made it downstairs and happened upon the waterfall room. The projections were different this time, so I think even if you've gone before you'll have a different experience if you go again.<br />
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This is where Paul slid (fell) down the waterfall and got scoldings. LOL!<br />
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This time they featured wisteria!!<br />
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Aaaaah, the lantern room. We never made it last time since we ran out of time, so this time it was on the top of our to do list. Note, there is ALWAYS a line for this area because they limit the number of people at a time and you have only so much time to explore. Its worth it..<br />
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The colors keep changing.<br />
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My favorite photo...<br />
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Then we headed to the crystal jewel room, which is also fascinating!<br />
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Some of the exhibits were interactive... when you touch them, they react!<br />
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After getting lost a few times, we made it to the main room, where Paul started working on his "social media influencer" career. LOL!<br />
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After a 4 hours, we finally decided to leave and looked for some lunch in the mall. After we refueled, we did a bit more sight seeing in the area...<br />
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We decided to walk to the next area... and found a lot of hydrangeas!<br />
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Its Unicorn Gundam!!<br />
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We hurried through the mall to get to the next area... I saw the Trick Art Museum on YouTube, so we thought it would be fun for the kids to check it out... But we needed some instruction so we had to get oriented before exploring. We started to get the hang of it...<br />
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It was about $10 to get in, but I think it was worth it! We sure had fun in Odaiba! So much more to share, so stay tuned!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-44695478988924529042019-06-20T21:12:00.001-10:002019-06-20T21:12:40.896-10:00 Summer 2019 Osaka/Tokyo Family Trip: Day 6- Tokyo HarajukuCranking them out now! Let's see how many posts I can do while on the way to Osaka... This is my 3rd.<br />
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After checking our tentative itinerary and doing a little research, we saw that some stalls don't open in Tsukiji on Sundays, so we decided to rearrange our schedule and head to Harajuku instead. I had a feeling a lot of time would be needed in Harajuku since the girls have never been before and Takeshita Dori caters to their age bracket.<br />
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Takeshita Dori has become all about the snacks for me! Here's one of my favorite snacks...<br />
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Calbee french fries and Hokkaido Butter chips!!<br />
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Now I needed something sweet... We picked Zaku Zaku pastries. So good!<br />
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Then it was time for a sit down break. I asked Mom if she wanted to go to the Pompompurin cafe and everyone else decided to tag along.<br />
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Yes, I do not look or act like my family.... Maybe mom really did find me in the rubbish can?<br />
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Meanwhile.. we realized that these three could be triplets...<br />
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Finally got inside!<br />
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Except Paul... who went next door and had a beer.<br />
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Fancy meeting some Hilo peeps there!!! I had also seen another co-worker at the Calbee store earlier. Funny how we gotta go to Tokyo to meet up!<br />
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Mom's stone pot was bomb. I need to get me some of those.<br />
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Concert time! I must say that this was probably the most enjoyable professional concert I've seen. They had a lot of other stuff going on besides the drumming that was very entertaining! I would definitely go to another of their concerts if given a chance. I'm sure others would disagree, but it was just plain fun!<br />
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After the concert, we headed to Tokyo Station to let the girls explore character street while we headed to a sake bar. I've never been to a sake bar before and to be honest, I'm more of a beer girl, so this was foreign to me.<br />
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The bartender must have been an expert. He showed us this chart and told us to pick out our preferences. My brother the wine drinker chose "profound" and something else but we couldn't remember. I chose "soda like" and "easy to drink", while Paul chose "well-balanced" and "balanced".<br />
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Here's where they keep all the sake..<br />
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And here's what he chose for us... Mine is in the middle.<br />
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Akemi was tired of shopping, so she asked if she could come with us... and no, she is not drinking sake. She had a soda. But she said the yakitori was bomb.<br />
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More Yakitori! The chicken meatball was bomb too.<br />
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So, Darren thought this bottle was nice. So we asked the bartender about it and he said it was strong!<br />
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I told everyone I know he was thinking we couldn't handle it. Then I started cracking up! So much that I started to cry. LOL!<br />
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Kanpai!<br />
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After our sake break, we wanted real food. We saw a katsu place and ate there with mom. It was super bomb!<br />
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Wow! I didn't realize we had done so much on the first day in Tokyo! That was super fun... especially the concert and sake tasting!</div>
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Day 5 started out by cleaning up and checking out of the airb&b. A few days before, we happened on a luggage storage service near the station we frequent and asked if they would be able to hold our luggage for the week while we visit Tokyo. This proved to be a good idea as our original plan was to take our luggage to the Shin Osaka station and leave them there. After you see our bags, you'll understand why its a good idea.<br />
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So Paul and I scouted it out when going out for breakfast. This bunny head was hanging from this shop and peaked my interest. Its kinda creepy, but Paul wanted to take a picture with it anyway.<br />
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We found the luggage storage place and luckily the guy spoke English. He said they can even have our bags delivered to the airport later if we choose. SOLD! So we headed back to the room to get our bags.<br />
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Stopped for a photo on our way back. They always change out the flowers with the seasons. <br />
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So if you ever choose to stay at Tom's House, just know that the stairs are crazy steep! And there are 3 floors of stairs... I had to go down sideways so as not to fall. Akemi is demonstrating how I felt while walking down the stairs. When walking up, I had to hold onto the wall, so I felt like Spiderman. You could hear me singing everytime I walked up...<br />
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Looks like we are ready to go! Yikes!<br />
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Bringing up the rear on this luggage train.<br />
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Phew! What a relief to drop off our bags! Then we headed back to our room to pick up our carryons and headed to Shin Osaka station to drop them off in some coin lockers...</div>
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Then we were free! Headed to Osaka Station to go to Hankyu. I love their food selection as much as I love Seibu! Got me some fruit mochi!</div>
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Mikan is still my favorite, but we also tried the blueberry and honeydew! The honeydew was bomb.<br />
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Finally on the train!!<br />
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Practicing our cuteness!<br />
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We made it to Tokyo! From Tokyo Station, we headed to Ikebukuro to our next airb&b. Let's just say that I think Ikebukuro is a good area to home base in! There's tons to do even without leaving the area. Perfect for a big group!<br />
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-23802323776982503192019-06-20T19:47:00.000-10:002019-06-20T19:58:30.628-10:00Summer 2019 Osaka/Tokyo Family Trip: Day 4- Kyoto Arashiyama and Osaka Matsusaka BeefAs you are reading this, I'm on my way back to Osaka from Tokyo. Its been a very busy trip, so I'll try to remember all that happened.<br />
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This post has us still in Kansai area, but the group decided to split up for the day. Paul, Akemi, and Darren went to Arashiyama in Kyoto while the rest of us stayed in Osaka. There's really not a whole lot to report from the Osaka group since we mainly stayed at the Abeno Q Mall for the most part.<br />
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I took mom to go eat fluffy pancakes at the mall. It was pretty good with the fresh fruit!<br />
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Going to see the monkeys!<br />
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The first part is definitely the toughest part. I remember well.<br />
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But well worth the hike! Baby monkeys!<br />
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Grooming... I swear this is what Kiko does to Paul's facial hair.</div>
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They made it!<br />
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People in the cage, animals outside!<br />
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Baby monkey!!<br />
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My one request from Kyoto was the Zarame cotton candy! The last time we went, I got the bag of sakura milk flavored cotton candy and kept thinking about it ever since! Paul and Akemi got the fresh one, while they brought home 2 bags for me.</div>
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Next up was Fire Ramen! I think its safe to say they had fun...<br />
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After a productive shopping trip to Shijojima, we got ready for a late dinner at Matsusaka Beef!!<br />
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We got there early and entertained ourselves by drawing on their map. There's Italy!<br />
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And Los Angeles- Isn't H's drawing so cute!<br />
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And Hawaii of course...<br />
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Ready Freddy!<br />
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Oh yeah!!<br />
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Biru is the perfect partner.<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-91978605242937421222019-06-16T14:32:00.001-10:002019-06-16T14:32:27.165-10:00Summer 2019 Osaka/Tokyo Family Trip: Day 3- NaraAre you still with us? Sorry, I know I'm slackalacking on my blog posts, but I was not feeling well while we were in Osaka. I guess Osaka doesn't like me too much cause I seem to get sick there often. :(<br />
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So we decided to take it "easy" the next day since everyone was hurting from our first full day in Kyoto. So we opted to go to Nara instead of doing the Monkey Park in Arashiyama, since that's another painful hike. I've never been to Nara before, so I was pretty excited to go and see my friends the deer.<br />
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After the attack of the deer, we checked out the Yoshiki-en flower garden. It was beautiful. I'm sure it would be even prettier in the fall.<br />
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And found the buddhist temple called Todaiji temple. It used to be the world biggest wooden structure and the home to the largest buddha statue. Gotta pay homeage to the motherland.<br />
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By then I started to overheat and we hadn't eaten yet. Needed to sit and cool off and have some food. We found a restaurant near the station and had an unagi don. It was super ono!<br />
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My niece had this cold udon dish with beef and egg. It looked really good too!<br />
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I think we missed the mochi guys by just a few minutes. In case you are looking for them, they are located at the end of the shopping arcade that is right next to the station.<br />
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Finally, headed back to Osaka. <br />
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After we rested a bit, we headed to Abeno-Q mall which was nearby. I like this mall cause it has alot of character shops, a food mall, and ABC crafts! By the time we got there it was a little late, so we didn't have much time to shop or eat. We hit ABC crafts and had dinner. By the time we finished, the mall was closing.<br />
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By then, we were exhausted. I was still hanging in there even though I was sick. I wasn't getting enough sleep since our airb&b was super bright in the morning. And I'm not sure how this is possible, but I think the sun rises and sets in our room. And did I mention that it rises at 4:00am? Still hanging in there.... until tomorrows post. Ja Mata!<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-56379412057129906022019-06-16T02:17:00.002-10:002019-06-16T02:17:22.431-10:00Summer 2019 Osaka/Tokyo Family Trip: Day 2- Kyoto: Gion DistrictAlthough we've only been here a couple of days, it feels like over a week! I'm still catching up on posts, so please be patient with me. Trying to get everyone's photos and finding the time to post is not that easy, plus I think I'm starting to get sick. (sad face)<br />
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So, I just realized that I didn't talk about this in my last post..<br />
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If you see this at your local combini... grab it! It's bomb. They are located in the freezer section by the ice cream. You won't regret it, especially on a hot day. Scratch that, even on a cold day you won't regret it. You're welcome.<br />
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It was so good, we tried a different flavor the next morning.. but my favorite is the grape so far.<br />
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Anyway, Day 2 started with waking up at 4:00 to find out the sun rises super early here in Japan. That coupled with the fact that we are right next to the trains and the zoo makes it hard for me to sleep. We needed to get up early anyway to pick up Denise, so we made our way back to Kansai Airport. Pick up crew ready to get going..<br />
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But had a small combini breakfast before we left. As you can see, our airb&b does not have big common areas, so we congregated on mom's floor since it was in the middle.<br />
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Made it to the station and found Every Burger! Yay!<br />
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After a little confusion as to which terminal to go to, we finally found Denise!<br />
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Heading back to the gang.<br />
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We let Denise settle in and got ready to head out on our first adventure. Kyoto Bound!<br />
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Look how diligent our kids are. Akemi had an online assignment due that day and S is taking 5 AP classes next year in which she was given summer homework. Geez, poor kid doesn't really have a summer.<br />
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First stop was Gion in Kyoto! Paul and I have never been, so this was all new to us too. I had heard about it from Paolo in Tokyo's channel and thought it would be cool to explore. I really liked the architecture and felt like we were in old Japan.<br />
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We tried three drinks that we couldn't get in America... Frozen Green Apple Green Tea, Yuzu tea, and Pudding Frappe- special edition, I don't normally go for the frappes but this one was bomb! We also liked the Yuzu tea, but could live without the green apple,<br />
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Pondering how to be cool and hip like the girls next to us... Translation- Paul was making fun of the girls next to us. They were all in Kimono posing in the tatami room- I thought it was cute.<br />
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This area sits on a hill with lots of little shops and restaurants. I loved it! I would definitely go back.<br />
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Even found a little Japanese garden behind the shops!<br />
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OK ready for the Inari Shrine challenge... or so I thought.<br />
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And so it begins... May the odds be ever in your favor...<br />
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OK, so half the group went ahead of the rest of us, so we never actually saw them till we met up at the start. Akemi is pointing out on the map where they were at that point, but me, mom, and Denise never made it to that area. We turned around after a few hills and headed back. Paul, Akemi, and Lilly decided to finish the entire hike. Like a champ..<br />
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I guess it was getting dark, so the shrine is lit up at night.<br />
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Here's proof they made it to the top.<br />
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At the top, there was a shrine. They thought they were going to die, so they prayed to the gods to get them down safely.<br />
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Troopers.... I don't think I could've made it.<br />
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These foxes were everywhere. I think they are always at inari shrines. I like to think they are wearing the red bibs cause they are ready to eat the rice...<br />
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Paul just told me that the foxes are the messengers for the gods. The more tails they have, the older and wiser they are. Therefore, Vulpix must be pretty old and very wise!!<br />
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Here's the view from the top. Beautiful at night, but very abunai to go down in the dark.<br />
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We started to get worried when Darren came back with the girls and Paul them took awhile to show up. Just when we started to really get worried, the three troopers made their appearance! Props to them for finishing. <br />
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Paul celebrated his hiking victory with this...They microwave it for you when you buy it!<br />
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Good Morning from Osaka! As some of you may know, we are currently on our Shimabukuro family trip... which is pretty funny since most of us don't have that last name anymore... While we were planning this trip last year, my family somehow convinced me that they should tag along, so what started out to be a Hanami trip turned into a 2 week tour to include my immediate family members from all over the world. Here's the cast of characters... Okasan (my mom, aka Grandma Helen), my bother and his family (Darren, Lilly, S and H), my sister Denise, and my family (Paul, Akemi and me). Yes, that makes 9 of us! Me and mom live in Hawaii, though mom is on Oahu, and we're on the big island. Darren lives in the mainland, and Denise lives in Italy. The only cast member we're missing is my brother-in-law Guido. We miss you Guido!<br />
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So prior to the trip, our family was super busy. With me doing 2 jobs at work, Akemi and Paul getting ready for Taiko Festival, Akemi finishing up the school year, and them hosting Puna Hongwanji's Iron Chef Competition, we definitely had to keep focus on trip planning since we were somewhat in charge. Although we booked our flights last year, we still had some stuff to do prior to the trip, such as ordering our rail passes, booking the airb&b's and making reservations where we could. Although it took a lot of work and coordination, we managed to get everything done before the trip.<br />
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So I left a day early to meet up with my brother and his family, who already arrived at mom's. Meanwhile, Paul and Akemi were still in Hilo and had one more performance, had to pack, host Iron Chef, and get the house ready for our house sitter/dog watcher. Even with their busy schedule, they made it to their flight! Phew!<br />
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Meanwhile, back on Oahu, lucky my brother rented a big van, We managed to fit 6 of us with 6 suitcases and all of our carry-ons. Good Tetris work Darren!<br />
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We decided to pick up some lunch and snacks for the plane at Chun Wah Kam. Since Air Asia doesn't feed us on the plane, we ordered up some manapua and other goodies for the flight.<br />
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We got to the airport early- the news reports said to plan on 3 hours for TSA and plus the last time we went on Air Asia, our check in took super long, so we made sure we had enough time this time.<br />
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Yay! Reunite and ready to go! <br />
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I really should've taken a picture of the TSA line. It was crazy long.. but I have to say it kept moving. And for those of you that have TSA pre check... yeah, Air Asia doesn't offer that. Sorry, but TSA- that's BS! If I pay for TSA pre-check, I should be able to get it in any US airport. OK, enough wingin on that. <br />
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So although we just ate a pretty big lunch, I guess my brother was still hungry. No rules were going to stop him from eating his manapua... <br />
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All the cousins reunited! I think its been a couple of years since they last saw each other. I think they are now just as or taller than me. <br />
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Finally boarded the plane and look what Paul brought! LOL! Akemi didn't even know he snatched it from her room. <br />
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I didn't take a picture of mom cause she would've been mad! But that didn't stop Akemi from getting her cousins!<br />
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After a 8+ hour flight, we finally arrived in Osaka!<br />
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We had to go through the longest line ever at immigration! I think it took us over an hour. By the time we finished, our bags were waiting for us. Customs was fast- thank goodness... then we headed out to grab our pocket wifi's. Look how many suitcases we had! <br />
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We were super stoked to be in Japan again!! <br />
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Now, to get on the train and find Tom's House!<br />
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Our trip is almost over!!! Boooooo.. I don't want to go back yet. Not ready... Seriously.</div>
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So before I get into the photos, here's some background on today's adventure. Paul figured out that our rail passes would not work today since it is over a week since we got them. So, if we still go to Fukuoka to meet up with his taiko friends, we'd end up paying about about $600 round trip. We even looked up flights to see if it was cheaper, but ended up opting to send Paul alone. So now our plan had changed so we'd both be on our own. If you know me, I get scared navigating through Japan and rely heavily on Paul. So because I'd be on my own, I had to pay attention more if I wanted to go out on my own. Yikes!</div>
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So yesterday at Hankyu, I bought more fruit mochi. Got another mikan (orange) and pear. Poor Paul didn't have enough money to get one more. Sorry Paul!</div>
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Its so big!!! <br />
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This is the pear one. I still like the orange one best.<br />
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Then I had breakfast at our hotel. They have different breakfasts here that the one in Tokyo. Here they had scrambled eggs and sausage. They also had meatballs, miso soup, and the marbled toast (Sakura and chocolate). They even had orange juice. We saw spaghetti yesterday- which I thought was a bit weird. The first day we had curry and rice.<br />
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OK who can tell me who this guy is? We keep seeing this statue all over this area. Even Don K has this guy in the store.<br />
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So before Paul had to split off, he had some time so we dropped the omiyage in the coin locker at Namba station and headed to Kuromon Market.<br />
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This was the first time we went to this market. Since we've been to several open markets, I'd say this wasn't our favorite. It was interesting though... I'll go over the highlights. To tell you the truth, this market was pretty expensive compared to the others. This stall had live crabs in the bucket. It reminded me of when we would catch sand crabs, only these were much larger!<br />
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OK I'll admit. I almost tried this. It was grilled fruit, but what intrigued me was that I think he threw some sugar on the fruit so it caramelized? Not sure, but the thought of warm fruit did not appeal to me, so I decided to pass. This market has a lot of fruit.<br />
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I wish I had something in this picture for reference. Those legs were huge! This picture does not truly tell you how big they were.<br />
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Towards the end of the market, we saw this melon stand. It was featured on TV? At least that's what the sign said. At first we were going to the copycat booth next door, but this one looked better.<br />
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We got this melon... With ice cream!<br />
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It was really good! I would get that again.<br />
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After wandering around, it was almost time for Paul to leave. But he still had time for a fast lunch, so we opted for a bakery in the station. It was pretty darn good!<br />
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Yay made it!! I think it was only like 2 stops away from Namba... but still.<br />
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Yay! I remembered where it was!<br />
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ABC Crafts on the 3rd floor. Made it safe and sound!!!<br />
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I spent awhile there. Had so much fun since I could take my time. Last time I came here I was so rushed since it was our last day and I was really overwhelmed by this store. Now that I'm more familiar with it, I had more fun and got braver in terms of what I bought. I hope I can figure out some of those kits!<br />
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So after I finished at ABC, I decided to explore the Q Mall more. As mentioned above, I didn't have much time the last time, so I only went to ABC. so I actually went through the whole mall this time and discovered a lot of stores I was interested in. They had Tokyu hands in the basement, Disney store, Rilakkuma Store, a large kids store, 3 coin, Daiso, Food Market and much more. I checked out their food court too, but didn't get anything. While downstairs, I found another fluffy pancake place!! I didn't try it though. Maybe if we have time tomorrow.<br />
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Found this cap at 3 coins. Made me raf out roud.<br />
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And... made it! Yay! Gold star for me!<br />
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So since I was on my own for the night, I decided to pick up dinner on my way home. I couldn't decide what to eat, so I ended up getting the fish from the food market at the mall. There were three pieces of fish for 580 yen!! I didn't realize you had to pay for it right there, and walked away with it. I was going to pay for everything at the cashier.<br />
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Then I walked back and realized I had to pay right there. The guy had walked out and started counting the fish. I think he realized he was missing one and seemed relieved that I wanted to pay.<br />
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I also got those to breads (loaf size) at a bakery in the same area.<br />
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After I got off the subway, I went to Family Mart and grabbed some musubi cause I needed some rice!!<br />
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Don't worry, I couldn't finish it all. I didn't have room for the bread but I still want to eat it!<br />
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So now you are pretty much caught up. After dinner, I face timed my daughter to check on her and then checked on my husband to make sure he was ok. I worked on blog posts and then headed to Don K which is just around the corner. Had to get some last minute omiyage...<br />
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By then I was ready to go back to my hotel... On a side note, when I was typing up this blog post, there was a LOT of yelling downstairs. Then I heard sirens then a megaphone, then the sirens stopped, then sirens again. I think the police were in this area. Must be drunken messes downstairs. LOL! <br />
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Meanwhile.. Paul seemed like he was having fun with his Buzen Taiko pals!!! Here's the photos they sent me. Hope he's not too drunk and makes it home safely!<br />
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Asuka was happy to get her Lays potato chips!<br />
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Looks like they had fun...<br />
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Plenny of them showed up! I think it was a far trip for them too. So glad Paul was able to go see them.<br />
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We are finally at the front of the line!<br />
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Now, not all of their pancakes are the fluffy type. I got the ricotta pancakes...<br />
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It was good but too rich for me. I think I prefer it plain.<br />
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Paul got the special- Chestnut pancakes. He really enjoyed it. <br />
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Look how cute my coffee is!<br />
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After breakfast we headed to the department store at the Hankyu Department Store. Needed to finish up my omiyage buying and remembered they had a good selection at that store. We decided to go back before heading home since we had more shopping to do.<br />
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I wanted to go to the Pokemon Center, so we headed there next. I totally led us in the wrong direction, but luckily Paul navigated us back. It was right across of where we were! DOH!<br />
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We tried to get my nephew's order, but were unsuccessful. I guess its always sold out. Sorry Z! I got some goodies for me though, so it wasn't a wasted trip. The Loft was also there, so we checked it out too.<br />
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By then we were ready for a snack, so Paul finally got his Horai 551 (go go ichi) nikoman (aka manapua). I gotta say, it was pretty good. You can't just get one. The minimum order was 2, so I got to have one too. It tastes like they put a pork hash inside the breading. It had really good flavor. <br />
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After our snack, we headed back to Hankyu and picked up my Sugar Butter Tree and more mochi. I wanted to try the Grand Calibee but Paul said next time. Bummer. I'm pretty sure it would've been good. I'm gonna get more there next time!!<br />
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One last shopping stop was to Shimojima. I've been waiting the WHOLE trip to go here. Yay!!! I had a lot of fun and got my double sided tape!!! I wanted to get 100 roles but was responsible and only got 50. So happy!<br />
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By then we needed to go home since we had a lot of stuff to carry. On our way back to the hotel, Paul wanted a snack and picked up a takoyaki for the room. He must've been hungry cause I only got 2 bites and he inhaled the rest!! Couldn't even get a picture of it!<br />
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After our snack, Paul took a nap and I worked on my blog. That took awhile, so we didn't leave for dinner till around 7:00pm. We were going to go back to Dotonbori, but I think we were both tired, so we ended up just finding a place near our hotel. The area we are in is behind a very big Don K. and has a lot of little restaurants. The majority of them serve kushikatsu. The rest are Izakaiyas, so they serve all kinds of stuff. I think we ended up at an Izakaiya but ended up eating kushikatsu anyway.<br />
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Kanpai!!<br />
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This was our first round order... but we also ordered the quail eggs, more beef (kushikatsu), cheese, and asparagus. This place was good cause I could also order a side of rice. The last time we ate kushikatsu, the didn't have rice and gave me stink eye when I asked about it.<br />
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Oh.. and no double dipping!!!<br />
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Warning... this may be another long one... We decided to spend one of the days on this trip in Kyoto. We had big aspirations, but I'm just too old to do them all in one day, so we did what we could without pushing ourselves to the limit. We never made it to the Monkey Park or Fushimi Inari Shrine the last time cause we were sick.</div>
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At Kyoto station, we decided to get some snacks in case we get hungry. Paul was happy to find some chestnuts.</div>
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We then transferred to get to Arashiyama. We went there last time and checked out the bamboo forest, kimono forest, and again when we got off the river cruise. We were heading to the Monkey Park this time and walked through the main part of town. They had a Miffy bakery! So cute!!<br />
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We soon found the Monkey park and paid our admission. Just a word of warning.... Its a very steep hike!!!! I'm so glad we trained before our trip on stairs, but no amount of training would've prepared me for that treck. I had to take frequent rest breaks and was breathing heavily. I felt like I was the only one. This map shows you the rest of the trail. We had only just made it to the first turn. I actually wondered if I could make it all the way up.<br />
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I tried to take pictures of the signs... this one warns you about their expressions so you know if you are pissing them off or not. Don't look them in the eye!!<br />
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First Monkey sighting...<br />
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Once we made it to the top, I forgot how tired I was! The view was beautiful!!</div>
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This made me laugh... people in the cage! This is where you can buy food to feed them. We bought some apples and they LOVED it!</div>
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This mama kept watch over her baby...<br />
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Cutie pie!<br />
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Paul debated trying to slide down this slide, but we decided that our butts were too big. LOL!<br />
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The forest was beautiful too! The walk down was not nearly as hard. I felt better when I heard other people panting while going up. <br />
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Here is my badge of honor! That monkey stamp is located inside the feeding area. I stamped it on my ticket to show I made it!<br />
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After we finished coming down the mountain, we headed back to the main shopping area. I was hungry after all that hiking and wanted to try some street food. We saw everyone in line at this tempura type shop, so we stood in line too. Right? So on the sign it said that this was their number one seller...<br />
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Yuba Cheezu.. Its deep fried cheese in tofu skin (aburage). It was surprisingly delicious!! I would go again!<br />
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So after our treat, we headed back to the station. On our way back, I saw a cotton candy place. I noticed it earlier on our way down, but didn't stop then. Something told me to check it out cause their cotton candy didn't look like your typical cotton candy. Sure enough, when I checked the flavors, they were very different from what you normally see. You could either get it on the stick or take a bag to go. I decided to take a bag to go but what I should've done was had one on a stick then take one to go! I couldn't decide between the tea or the sakura milk, and went with the sakura milk. I'm so glad I did! Now I wish I bought more. If you are in Kyoto you need to check it out. From the station, go straight and before you turn right to go into the main part of town, it will be on your right. There will likely be people outside eating cotton candy on the stick. The store is called Zarame- here's the logo... Memorize it... and bring some back for me.<br />
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So before tackling the Inari Shrine, we took a detour for lunch. Randy said this is a "MUST DO" in Kyoto, so we took his advice and headed to eat Fire Ramen. I don't even know the name of this place. Just google Fire Ramen and I'm sure you'll find it! It was quite a walk from the station, but worth the show. <br />
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Here's their card:<br />
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When you get there.. sign in. On that cart there is a charging station you can use- but don't be like me and forget our phones there!<br />
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Sorry, I can't seem to rotate this picture. This is the instructions they give you when you first sit down. The important things are- stay seated no matter what, don't touch the bowl cause its hot, don't scream, and the owners guarantee that it is safe. "We have been serving Fire Ramen for more than 30 years but nobody has been dead for now," LOL!<br />
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They gave us our bibs. Can you tell how I'm feeling?<br />
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Ok let's just take a second to appreciate how saavy this owner is. He has totally embraced social media to the point where he has selfie sticks mounted so he can shoot video for you. You then should hastag them #fireramen. Nuff said.<br />
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Here is the "Boss" man himself. Even his nametag says so. LOL!! LOVE IT!!!<br />
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And love these posters on the wall...<br />
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Paul is going to make a poster like this when he recruits for Taiko.<br />
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All joking aside.. it was pretty neat I must say. I will try to post a link when I can upload Paul's video of it here. The ramen itself was pretty good too, but you go more for the show. He was nice enough to ask us where we were heading to next, so we told him Kyoto Handicrafts and he gave us directions to take the bus. Super friendly staff and a fun experience! You should go at least once! Oh yah... and no screaming!<br />
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We then headed to Kyoto Handicrafts in Higashiyama district. I didn't take any photos but I did buy a few things. It kind of reminded me of Oriental Bazaar in Harajuku. They also had classes too, but I didn't take any. <br />
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By then I was beat. I didn't think I could make it to the shirne, so that will have to wait till our next trip. On our way home, we stopped at this intriguing kiosk and got a strawberry cheesecake thing.<br />
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It was really good! They gave us a sample of the chocolate one too. That was good too. I would buy again.<br />
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So after we rested a bit at our hotel, we headed to Dotonbori for dinner. We always have a hard time cause we don't really plan it out...we just go and see what looks good. This is where we ended up eating...<br />
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We saw a sign, followed the directions to go to the 2nd floor and got lucky that they would seat us with no reservations. Its called Matsusakagyu Yakiniku. When we met up with Randy, he said that Matsusaka was another type of beef famous in Japan along with Oumigyu beef. He said everyone only knows Kobe, but Oumigyu is where the Kobe beef is actually brought in from. Anyway, when I saw Matsusaka on the sign, I told Paul we should try...<br />
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The staff was super friendly here and spoke English. Yay! You could go ala carte or order a set if for 2 people. We opted for the Special Course at 5800 yen each. Seemed like a bargain compared to the 2500 yen I spent last year on street food Kobe steak.<br />
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Here's the first and second courses.. appetizers and salad.</div>
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The garlic fried rice was bomb!<br />
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Next up was the short ribs. Super tender!<br />
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Then beef sushi. Melts in your mouth!<br />
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And the stars of the show! Our favorite was the ribeye. I can't even describe how good it was. It was pretty epic!!<br />
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And yuzu ice cream for the win!<br />
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That was an EXCELLENT meal. I was so happy we found that place and would definitely go back again. Happy Endings.<br />
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Hi Everyone! I have some free time right now, which I will explain later in a future post. For now, I'm going to try to get to the rest of my posts! So today's post is about our stressful travel day to Osaka. For some reason, Paul thought he had reserved the hotel for an extra day, but he was wrong. Good thing we didn't leave early that morning, cause we got a call from the front desk asking us to check out. So we quickly finished packing (good thing most of our packing was done) and checked out. We asked them to hold our backpacks while we went to go drop off our luggage and do some last minute exploring around Tokyo. They will hold your bags on the day you check out, which is so convenient.</div>
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So we headed to Ikebukuro with our two suitcases. I always cringe whenever we need to go on the train or subway with our bags. I'm sure everyone is irritated with us, but at least we were only taking them to Ikebukuro to have them sent to our next hotel. Check out <a href="https://www.jnto.go.jp/hands-free-travel/">Hands Free Travel </a> or <a href="https://www.luggage-free-travel.com/travel/index.php">Luggage Free Travel </a> for more info. It was more convenient than trying to go to 7-11, but then again we ran into some issues.</div>
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When we go to the Ikebukuro Station, Paul said it was on the Seibu Department store side. I was happy cause I love their food selection! He tried to find the counter, but couldn't so he finally asked the department store information desk. Then I saw other people coming to talk to him.. then he disappeared. I think he said they took him to the Customer Service desk for more help. They called around and then finally found the counter. One girl actually escorted us to meet the guy who would help us! We gave her some omiyage as a thank you.</div>
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We would have NEVER found it!! It was on the 4th floor(?) somewhere behind the clothing sections. I vaguely remember seeing a group of people sewing in the middle of the walkway, so that was a good landmark to remember. After they took us in the back office, they helped Paul scan the QR code and print up the tag. In true Japan fashion, they made us coffee while we waited. I felt like I was in Crazy Rich Asians in the jewelry store. Sorry, not used to that type of service! So we gulped down our coffee and thanked everyone for their help. I must say that was the most excellent customer service I've ever had in a department store! I will definitely go back to Seibu.</div>
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So my favorite section in Seibu is the food section (of course). As we were walking through, Paul spotted this melon. It brought back memories for him of when him and Grant came to Japan after they graduated college and wanted to thank the hotel they stayed at by buying them fruit. It was so expensive that they used all their money they had with them that day and had to walk back to the hotel cause they couldn't afford the ride home. LOL!</div>
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I checked out the Sugar Butter Tree counter and was happy to see it was still there. Yay! They are all over the place! And I was even happier to see this mochi counter!!! The first time I had this type of mochi was in Osaka. And I've been thinking about it since we booked our flight. I got the mikan (orange) and Paul got the grape and banana.</div>
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Sooooooo Oishii!!!!</div>
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I couldn't buy too much since we sent our bags to Osaka. So we only got the mochi and this chocolate covered baumkuchen type of cake. It was awesome!</div>
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After Ikebukuro, we headed back to Asakusa to try to find another pancake place recommended by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30--6JNNn_c">Paolo in Tokyo</a> called Benitsuru. You have to try to get a reservation, but we got there so late due to all the luggage issues, that our call back time would have been 6pm. Bummer, so we passed. Going to try to go next time!</div>
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On the way, we saw a headgehog cafe! They are popping up all over now, so no need to go to Roppongi. I even saw on in Osaka today.</div>
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Since we had no eating plan now, Paul wanted to go back to the festival we had gone to the night before withe Randy and Estuko. I guess he wanted to check out their food...</div>
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First booth we hit was karaage chicken. I have no idea what she put on that chicken but I need it!!! It was some kind of seasoning she put on right before she gave it to us and it made the chicken so good. I am on the hunt for it before I go back home.</div>
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Our next choices were just ok. Paul opted for a mochi like pancake with pork hash filling. I think Randy said it was korean. I got the kamaboko tempura stick but it was just ok. Not like I remember from Miyajima.</div>
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Last picks were that kebab sandwhich for Paul- he learned about that from Randy last visit... And I got the winner pick.. It was a steak fried up like katsu. OMG it was so ono!!</div>
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After that we walked back to our hotel since it was so close by, picked up our backpacks, and headed to catch the shinkansen to Osaka. Sayoonara Tokyo! It was so much fun. We need to visit again soon. </div>
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So on a side note, when you get the Japan Rail Pass, you cannot ride on the Nozomi train (which is the least amount of stops). So we rode the one that stops at each stop, but it went out of service in Nagoya. So I don't hear anyone say Osaka on the speakers.. and keep asking Paul about it. He keeps telling me we have a lot longer to go, so no worry. Then they announce that the car is now out of service, please disembark! Yikes. Good thing I didn't go back to sleep. Paul had to pack up his backpack and then we got off to find another train. Oh brother! I guess if we didn't have that issue, we would've gotten to Osaka earlier. It took us about 3 hours with everything. Good thing we didn't stay for the pancakes! We would've gotten to Osaka after midnight! </div>
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Ohayogozaimasu! Yes, still on Tokyo posts, but our trip is winding down in reality.... We leave tomorrow. Booooo.</div>
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Today's posts is our last full day in Tokyo. We had to drop off some omiyage at the Miyamoto store and decided to make this a shopping day. Since we were in Nakmise, I had to have a melon pan! </div>
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I still get confused since the first place we went to had good melon pan, but now its not served hot,. Junk. We bought one anyway. Its the one on the right.<br />
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The one on the left is served hot and tasted better because of it.</div>
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I then visited my favorite washi paper store and got some stuff... Yay! And then the Totoro store around the corner, but didn't get anything there. Then my favorite mobile stall to pick up something for my new office.<br />
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While heading to the tabi store, we passed by the age manju shop... Had to stop so Paul could get his age manju fix,<br />
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We got custard cream and chocolate cream. Yummy!</div>
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After picking up tabi for the takio group, we headed to Miyamoto. Upstairs from the store is where they have some drums displayed and also a drum museum.</div>
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Shi Shi...</div>
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After Miyamotos, we went to eat Mister Donut! They had some Halloween ones but I only ate my old faithful...</div>
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Look how cute they are!<br />
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Mmmmm... Pon de ring! Paul tried the creme brulee and really liked it.</div>
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After Mister Donut, I needed some real food. I was in the the mood for katsu and remembered the katsu place we went to after the earthquake. So we headed back towards Nakamise.... Here's a shot of skytree.<br />
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This guy looks familiar... I swear the katsu place was on that stretch! So sad we couldn't find it. I think its no longer there. <br />
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By then I was getting a bit grumpy and wanted to eat anything. So we wandered around Nakamise and found this place, Paul thought it was a tempura restaurant. WRONG!</div>
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Its called Monjya-yaki. Hmmmmm..... Its supposed to be similar to okonomiyaki but more runny. Blech.<br />
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You know its not everyone's favorite when they make a face when you tell them what you ate. Yikes! Apparently we cooked it wrong? Our waiter actually cooked it for us. I'm sure he was irritated that we didn't know what to do, so he did it for us, but then turned off the heat. I think it should've cooked longer, then it wouldn't have been do runny-ish. Paul liked it.</div>
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Its Ditto Pikachu!!! I wanted him but he was too big. Sad face.</div>
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See all those lanterns? Randy told us all the sponsors are written on them. Cool yah?<br />
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Once you get to the front, there are all these bells on a rope. Here's what Randy and Estuko taught us... bow, throw the money, ring the bell, clap clap, pray, bow... There's your Japanese lesson for today.<br />
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After they bought their rake, we went to go check out the food booths. It was pretty crazy how many vendors there were! I didn't get pictures that night but we went back the next day, so will share on tomorrow's post. We had some food and drinks and then headed back to our hotel. Estuko said it was only 2 min from our hotel! What? Didn't realize we were that close!<br />
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Thanks Etsuko and Randy! We would have never gone to that festival if you didn't invite us! That was very cool and I learned a lot!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-23774640468021792742018-11-02T13:03:00.003-10:002018-11-02T13:03:47.240-10:00Osaka Tokyo Adventure- Day 3 Part 2: Team Lab and Shin-Koiwa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Ohayogozaimasu! Behind again on posting, but there's just too many photos to upload and so little time! Anyway, trying to keep up and finish off Tokyo posts, but as you can tell- I had to split up Day 3 into two parts since there was just too much photos to share. <a href="https://www.teamlab.art/">Team Lab</a> has been on my list of things to do once I heard they had a permanent home in Tokyo. We reserved tickets online before we went to Japan. Paul took us here... I was so excited!!</div>
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And then we found out it was the wrong location....<br />
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Team Lab has been doing pop up exhibits all over Japan, so Team Lab Planets was one of them. They directed us to the Team Lab Borderless in Odaiba- which is where our tickets were for. Just making sure we are at the right place this time....</div>
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So before you book your tickets online, you should be warned that this is a projection art display, where things move around a lot. Not that its dangerous or anything, but if you get motion sickness, you may want to pass- at least on certain exhibits.</div>
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There was the "net" room, which I don't have photos of... you need to stand in a long line to get in, but its pretty cool. I don't recommend that for anyone who is motion sickness. I am not, but I can see how someone who is would get sick. Also, it is basically a huge net (trampoline type?) that you need to climb on to get the full experience. I suppose you could lie down in the middle of the net, but most people sat around the perimeter. Getting up and off the net was a challenge for me. LOL!<br />
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A brief explanation of this next photo... LOL... makes me laugh everytime I see it. Inside the exhibits, we kept seeing all the Japanese girls posing against the wall with the projections on them. Paul thought it was funny and decided to mock them. If you look closely, you can see part of a girl posting like Paul behind him.<br />
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These mushroom like things made me feel like playing Mario Kart.<br />
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We then ventured upstairs to see if we missed anything. So glad we did! After about 3 flights of stairs, we found a lot more exhibits! Including this cool tea room. I highly recommend taking a break and having some tea. After they serve you, your tea will start blooming! Paul drank his tea very slowly to savor the experience.</div>
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The rest of the upstairs area looked like a kids area. There was a trampoline, and these large lantern like balloons. Here's Paul Vogue-ing again.</div>
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Then we stumbled on the funnest exhibit ever!! You can color an image and then they digitize it and it swims across the wall!!!<br />
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Here's Paul's. I think he's missing Akemi and Kiko.<br />
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Here's mine. Cute yah?</div>
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Here they are digitized!!!! The turtle swims fast! And he flips, so most of the time the words were backwards.</div>
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We found another one that was similar to the ocean themed one but more regular animals. I colored up a butterfly, while Paul chose a gecko. We didn't get good pictures of those though. The best part was that the girl was showing us where our images would appear and I totally ate it! I think its cause there's a lot of slopes and its dark and meant to be a children's play area. So shame!</div>
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Then we had to say goodbye to Team Lab. Totally worth the cost of admission! Going to bring the girls here on our next trip!</div>
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And all that fun took its toll on me....</div>
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I seriously considered not going to our next meet up with Randy. I was really tired but we needed to drop off his costume! So I sucked it up and went on like a trooper.</div>
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We headed towards Shin-Koiwa station, which is near where he lives. He took us to his favorite Izakaiya... they all know him there. Kinda like Cheers! Look at those monster oysters!</div>
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He said all of his friends needs to eat this when they come to visit him. Its called Shirako... Any guesses? It looked like intestines or brains to me. I actually tried it. It had good flavor with a custard like texture. Eating with Randy always scares me.... The explanation we got was "fish sperm"! Eeeewwwww...</div>
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Randy asked us to bring him a Venom Halloween costume. Its so yucky with the tongue sticking out but he was happy. I was scared of it. I hear his English School kids loved it!</div>
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We made it to the station in time! Yay! Here's a tip.. if you miss your train and no more trains running, Ai-chan told us that we can go to a karaoke room to sleep or hang out until the trains start running again.</div>
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Ok, I'm more rested and now connected, so hopefully I can finish this post before we hit Osaka. Day 3 of our trip was all about food! Well, so was the day before... so I guess you can say our trip is all about food! We decided to hit Tsukiji Market this time. The last time we went was on our first trip. I don't recall going through an open market when there, so I wasn't really interested in going back. But after watching a bunch of YouTube videos on it, I thought we should go back. I don't know how the heck we missed it last time?!<br />
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So if you regularly read my Japan blog posts, you will know I love seeing funny ads on the trains/subways and in the stations. This one made me laugh!<br />
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After getting a little lost getting off the subway, we finally made it to the market! All I can say is that you should do your research before going. I watched videos by Simply Dumpling, TabiEats, and Paolo in Tokyo regularly and saw all the things they recommended or tried. So I took notes and we looked for some of those items too. The first thing I got was a custard filled strawberry mochi! That mochi was so soft! They had many flavors, but I could only eat one, so I got the custard. I would definitely get this again!</div>
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We got the scallops, saba, and unagi. The saba was a last minute add on, but it was so yummy!<br />
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Here's my sushi. I like the boat it was served in!<br />
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The crab was so juicy!!<br />
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Ok on to the good stuff. Paul wanted to try the fresh scallops. This one was huge!!<br />
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Verdict? Oishii! Even had to drink the juice!</div>
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OMG... so good!!! So juicy and no butter added!<br />
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After we were done, we went to get my furikake I was eyeing from when we first got there. I ended up getting 2 jars- one with crab and one with "fancy fish". Can't wait to try them when I get home.<br />
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So after Tsukiji Market, I was tired and needed to sit down. So we found a Starbucks to recharge at. I wanted to try the Halloween Witch frappe but it was sold out. Booo... so I ended up with the Halloween Princess. It was not bad. I thought it would be super sweet but it wasn't.<br />
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OK signing off for now. The next post will be a long one, so I'm breaking this post up into two parts... See you in the next post!<br />
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Hellooooo Tokyo! Ok, I know I'm still catching up on posts, but at least I'm posting! Ok so to catch you up... Monday was our first full day in Tokyo. Our hotel is near Ueno park, so we decided to start the day with some exercise so that we can eat whatever we want on this trip. Here's what greeted us when we entered the park... I don't remember seeing that whale the last time. I guess its been awhile since I've been to Ueno.<br />
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On our walk we found Pusheen's cousin... I thought feral cats weren't fat?</div>
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After our walk, we headed back to the hotel for some FREE BREAKFAST!!! Yay! Oh how I've missed Toyoko Inn's free breakfasts. The last two trips were at Air B&B's so we were on our own. It's not fancy, but its oishi!!</div>
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We didn't have a set game plan for the day, so we made a few changes and headed to Harajuku after breakfast. Went to our favorite stores: Kiddyland, Oriental Bazaar, and the Line store...</div>
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Only left Kiddyland with a few items. I'm so proud of myself for not going overboard! I still like to look, but controlling myself more with all the cuteness. After all, our suitcase space is very limited.<br />
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After Oriental Bazaar, we decided to explore the backstreets of Omotesando and stumbled on a pancake place!!! This was one of my must do items for this trip!! This place is downstairs, so you need to look for the signs. I think it was called Happy Pancake on Google Maps.<br />
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Here's what it looks like when its cooking. They put a lid on it in between taking the temperature. So fluffy!!<br />
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Here's the menu. We just shared the regular one with honey and butter.<br />
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OMG I couldn't wait to eat it!!!!<br />
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It was soooooooo good! I recommend checking it out. I think I need to have more pancakes before I leave.<br />
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After our pancakes, we headed for the Line store. Normally I don't get anything there, but my kpop loving daughter likes these characters created by BTS.<br />
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I don't know why this bear looks so small in this photo. He was huge!<br />
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I really don't like this heart guy (and I love hearts!). I think its his lips that lose me...<br />
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This guy in my favorite... He's a cute doggy!<br />
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I also like the cookie looking guy...<br />
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After leaving the Line store, we headed up Takeshita Dori. I was ready for more treats!! Disclaimer: There's no possible way I could've eaten all of the goodies they sell there. I think I would go into sugar shock if I did, but I will give you a review of each item we tried so you can decide if its right for you.<br />
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If you are entering Takeshita-dori from the far entrance (not the one across from the station), as we did, most of these places are located on your left. We actually passed the gelato place where they make your ice cream cone look like cute animals, but passed on that since I was hoping we'd eat some ice cream at another location. We also passed by the ice cream that doesn't melt. That didn't sound right to me and I didn't want to waste my stomach space on items that are not worth my calories!<br />
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But our next treat is one of my favorites!! Zaku Zaku! I'm pretty sure I wrote about this pastry before. Its so yummy! Its crunchy on the outside and filled with a custard cream. They also have a soft serve that looks good but as I said earlier, I wanted to save room....<br />
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Right next door to the zaku zaku place is the Long, Longer, Longest store with all types of long items such as soft serve, spiral potatoes, and other goodies. We didn't even check it out. Sorry. Maybe when the girls are with us. We needed to stay focused... Next up was Calibee!!<br />
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I remember this from our last trip... It was still so good! The french fry looking things are covered in parmesan cheese and taste like french fries, If you buy them in the store they are hard like chips. The chips on the left are covered in Hokkaido butter. Please note: if anything is labeled with Hokkaido- there's a reason for it. They have some kind of secret source for food production and anything with that label seems to deliver. Back to the chips... It was so good. I wanted to lick the container. I settled for getting the last bits with my last french fry. Heaven...<br />
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After Calibee, we headed to Daiso for some shopping and got some goodies there. When we headed back down Takeshita-dori, Paul said he wanted to try a crepe, so I recommended Com Crepe as there are several YouTubers who say their creme brulee crepe is good. He ordered that and liked it a lot. Me? I can pass. I think I'm tired of crepes for now.<br />
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The other place that we wanted to check out was nearby Milk. I heard about a Harajuku Pear that can be found at Anywhere Door. They also have Harajuku Apple and Peach to choose from and other desserts. We ordered the pear to try and it was not at all what I expected. It actually had pears on the inside surrounded by what seemed to be frozen whipped cream? It was OK. I wouldn't make a special trip to find it though... Go get another soft serve from Milk instead.<br />
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While wandering the backstreets of Omotesando, we saw this guy in all different poses. This one was the funniest. Paul did a pretty good impression!<br />
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After we made it to Shinjuku station, we decided to eat. I think we wanted some real food after eating all the junk food that day. We settled on ramen at the station.<br />
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After we finished, we headed to Yomiuri Land!!! When you get off the station, you can either catch the gondola or the bus. We opted for the Gondola!<br />
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That was the right choice! Here's our view from the gondola...<br />
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So prior to our trip, I saw an article about winter illumination. I've always wanted to go see the lights, so when I saw the article, I checked the dates to see if any were when we were going to be there. Yay!!! It just started up at Yomiuri Land, which is a theme park, so I asked Paul if we could go there. They are open during the day too, and have a lot of amusement rides, but we only wanted to go to see the lights... so we got the night pass that was good from 4:30pm and about $14 each. This was only the entry fee and did not include any rides.<br />
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This was the fountain show that is similar to the Bellagio fountains in Vegas. I think Bellagio needs to step it up though. Their show was quite impressive! I posted a video on my facebook page and instagram, so if you follow me there, you'll be able to watch it.<br />
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This area was Paul's favorite due to the colors of the trees. So pretty!<br />
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This was a light tunnel that was a show in itself! I also posted a video on my facebook/instagram if you want to see.<br />
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This was Emerald Mountain (for obvious reasons) but if you look closely in front of it, people were sliding down a slide in an inner tube.<br />
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We had a lot of fun there. So glad we were able to fit this in!<br />
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This guy is their mascot. Don't ask me what his name is. Sorry!<br />
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After a looooooooong day, we headed back to our room for some sleep. Hopefully I can catch up on more posts soon. I'm on the shinkansen back to Osaka right now, so hopefully I can work on more. Till then- sayoonara!<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-71217997799210543292018-10-29T19:45:00.000-10:002018-10-29T19:45:03.387-10:002018 Tokyo/Osaka Trip!! Day 1: Travel DayOk I'm junk... I just saw my last post and realized that I never did finish my last Osaka trip... nor did I blog about my last Vegas trip! I will see if I can put together a summary post about that one, but that will need to come later. For now, I'm already behind in posting about our current trip! So I'm going to do my darnest to catch up now.<br />
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So to give you some background... we had no intention of going to Japan this year. My daughter is in high school now, and it hit us like a brick wall that we need to seriously start saving for college. So we tried really hard, but the deal was just too good to pass up. We found a really cheap flight on Scoot Airlines and booked it without much thought.<br />
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The trip came really fast since I'm super busy at work and at home. Not only am I doing 2 jobs right now, I'm also preparing for 2 craft fairs. Not so bright yah? But I was determined to not let any of that spoil my trip... so somehow I made it!<br />
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Thanks to Grandma Helen for flying over and taking care of Akemi and Kiko! <br />
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Our trip started pretty early. We took the first flight out to Oahu, which leaves Hilo at 6:30. I was already tired just from that, but had to survive the layover until we could board for Kansai. We were a little worried since our last connecting flight to the Air Asia trip didn't give us much time to get our luggage, check in, and board, so we added in some cushion just in case.<br />
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I must say... Scoot's check in was much smoother and faster than Air Asia. No problems whatsoever!! So we had a lot of time before our flight and ended up getting a bite to eat at the food court before heading over to the gate.<br />
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Someone kept taking pictures of me, but I caught someone also sleeping!<br />
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Overall, Scoot was pretty good! There was a lot of legroom and we were lucky that no one sat by us. We paid a little extra for the quiet section, so it was right behind business class, The seats were grouped in threes, so it was actually better to sit in the middle section. The only thing junk was that our restroom didn't seem to work, so if you needed to go, you needed to go to the back of the plane. I'd definitely go on Scoot again!!<br />
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So after we got through immigration and customs, we picked up our pocket wifi and then looked for the takkubin to deliver our bags to the Tokyo hotel. I highly recommend doing that if you are catching the train and need to take your luggage. Paul reserved it online before we left, so it was pretty easy. Our luggage would get to our hotel the next day, Yay! That was so much easier once we were on the shinkansen! Totally doing that again!<br />
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We had a hard time finding the office to get our rail passes. It was located at the central gate in Shin-Osaka station in case I need to find it again, LOL! We finally made it on our train and I totally crashed out!<br />
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After we settled in, we went to look for some food. I was tired and didn't want to go too far, so we found a Family Mart and got some combini food for dinner. Here's what we got...</div>
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OK folks, our trip is winding down, so we need to be selective on what we will do with our limited time here. I'm now the one who is sick, so I couldn't handle things that require a lot of exertion, so we decided on Nishiki Market in Kyoto for our day trip. <br />
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If you are a YouTuber, you should check out Simply Dumpling's channel. He featured <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn1dm9fODEs">Nishiki Market,</a> which is why I wanted to go there. It was crazy packed and the Hilo girl in me came out just a little bit. I was done being polite when everyone kept pushing me in all directions. Put my game face on so that I could enjoy the experience that is Nishiki Market. And boy did we enjoy ourselves! In preparation, I didn't eat my ususal musubi breakfast. Instead, I ate my chocolate belgain waffle from the other night. It was still yummy! <br />
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By the time we got to the market, we were pretty hungry and ready to eat! I saw a lot of things that I've never seen before. I can't even tell you what those things were! Here's some that I found interesting...<br />
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We actually bought these shrimp tempura musubis. I think they were in the warmer too long and the shrimp was not crunchy. The flavor was good, but the soggyness turned me off. I'd pass on this one.<br />
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Next up is the soy donuts! I think these were good- but you need to eat them fresh. I don't think they'd be as good if it sat around for a bit. They also sell tofu but we didn't try it. We only had big bills and had to be selective until we could break a large bill. <br />
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Although it was drizzling that morning, the market is actually covered, so you don't need to worry if its raining.<br />
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Here's another treat Paul wanted to try after watching Simply Dumpling's video. Its a baby octopus with a quail egg inside its head! He said it was good and he would eat that again.<br />
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Ok this was my favorite food at the market. These are all those kamaboko/tempura type goodies we saw in Miyajima. We opted for the quail egg and the potato butter version. I wish we tried more. They will also heat it up for you. Yay!<br />
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The quail egg one rocked!!! <br />
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I liked the potato one too. Yum!!! How come no one sells this back home?<br />
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Then Paul saw this tea stand and wanted to get some omiyage. They actually grind and roast the tea right there.<br />
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While he was buying his tea, I saw this!! I guess you can't tell how big those shrimp were.... but they were HUGE! We didn't try them... but maybe next time. <br />
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We didn't try this either, but this was featured on the video too. I think you can add booze into your grapefruit too.<br />
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Before leaving, I wanted to go to the Snoopy Cafe! He had a whole store with the cafe upstairs. <br />
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They had everything Snoopy! <br />
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True story.... I asked Paul to take my picture by this Snoopy and he stands there and poses for me. LOL! <br />
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Here's part of the Snoopy menu. I'll be straight with you... some of their menu items were a little weird for my taste. <br />
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I had the hot milk tea with Snoopy marshmallow. Cute yah? <br />
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We shared the pancake with soy ice cream. It was pretty good. <br />
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This Snoopy kimono fabric kept catching my eye. They had several types. Wish I could've bought some! <br />
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Just a few steps away, we saw a sign for a tempura bar. What?! I've always wanted to try but never did find one. Paul looked at me and asked me if I wanted to have 2nd lunch? OK!<br />
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So this was ridiculously cheap! Although you could order individual items, we just go the lunch specials. Paul got the 7 piece for 780 yen and mine was the tendon for the same price. Whaaaaaaat? So cheap! I think my bowl had about as many pieces as his. Both of ours came with miso soup too. I was so full that I couldn't finish. Luckily I was with the clean up crew, so he managed to finish what I couldn't.<br />
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The surprise best piece was the soft boiled egg! Whaaaaaat? Someone back home needs to do this?!<br />
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After feeling pretty sick after all that tempura, we decided to walk to the taiko shop. On the way, I saw this sign. Why is he so mad?<br />
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We found it! Paul got some goodies to bring home.<br />
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Look how big this moon drum is! <br />
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After we finished at the Taiko shop, we headed back to Osaka. The train took us almost all the way home, so we bypassed Kyoto and Osaka station altogether. We ended up by Don K near our place, so Paul got to go and get some omiyage for his friends. We then headed back to rest and so I could catch up on my posts. (I had already had a nap on the train!) <br />
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Since were not that hungry after 2 lunches (or so we thought), I suggested we go get my melon pan ice cream for dessert. So we headed back to Dotonbori for it. The line was long already, so I waited in line while Paul looked at other stuff. He decided to order yakisoba from one of the nearby stands while I waited in line.<br />
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This sign cracks me up. Why are they bragging about being the 2nd delicious melon pan? Hmmmm. Who is the #1? <br />
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So there were 5 options... melon pan, melon pan with vanilla ice cream, melon pan with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup, melon pan with green tea ice cream and the deluxe version. As far as I could tell it looked like it had fruits too? Not sure. We just shared the plain vanilla one. <br />
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The melon pan was warm and the ice cream was cold. Let me just give you some context. It was pretty darn cold that night! But I still managed to eat all the melon pan! And, I do have to say that the melon pan in Asakusa is still my favorite! Even without the ice cream!<br />
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Yes, I decided to splurge and get the Kobe Beef Steak at the stand right across from the Melon Pan truck. It looks like this. <br />
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They have less costly items, but I felt like I needed to try the Kobe Beef. There was no grade indicated as far as I could tell. Mine is the one in the back. I think the stuff in the front was beef tongue. <br />
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So the steak was 2500 yen and served on some grilled onions. And it was worth every penny! <br />
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This is me before finding out how outrageously good that steak was! <br />
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Paul was so amazed that he wanted to write a poem about it! LOL! Earlier we passed by a stand that was serving 5200 yen kobe beef bowls but I passed on it. I just wasn't sure it would be worth 5200 yen? But maybe it is?! Paul was seriously contemplating a side trip to Kobe after eating this steak.<br />
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I was still hungry, so I got another tornado potato and what I thought was a karaage chicken skewer but I think it was beef kushikatsu. It was good too. It was a really good food day! <br />
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Saw this storm drain and finally got a photo of it without everyone stepping all over it. <br />
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Did I mention it was cold?! Yes, it was pretty damn cold last night. <br />
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By that time we were ready for bed. One more full day and then we leave. Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-27666702480406888342017-11-18T00:35:00.001-10:002017-11-18T00:35:08.403-10:00Osaka Adventure Day 7: Kyoto; Arashiyama<span id="goog_885274462"></span><span id="goog_885274463"></span><span id="goog_922037454"></span><span id="goog_922037455"></span>Konbanwa! We're back from our day trip to Kyoto... time is running out so we're still trying to get the "must see and do" stuff in before we depart on Monday. This trip is going by way too fast now that we are both up and about. I'm still not 100% so we opted to pass on some sight seeing that seemed strenuous. More on that for tomorrow's post.<br />
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Getting back to what we did yesterday... Paul was finally well enough to make the trek to Kyoto. We weren't quite sure what we were going to do there since there seems to be a lot to do. We're both not feeling great yet, so we knew we couldn't do it all. Somehow we managed to do quite a bit- I was exhausted when we came home! Here's the play by play.<br />
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We left a little later to avoid rush hour traffic on the trains. It was the last day to make use of our rail pass, so we took advantage of it. We decided to try to do the riverboat cruise in Arashiyama so we headed in that direction from Kyoto Station. Paul wanted to walk around first before going to the river cruise, so we headed to find the bamboo forest. Please note, right next to the station is the station for the "Romantic Train" or "Love Train" as I keep calling it. Paul said when I call it that it sounds like the Love Hotels, so I better stop calling it that. I can't help it. Whenever I think of it that song Love Train plays in my head. LOL!<br />
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Anyway... you can also buy your tickets for the riverboat cruise there too. We didn't get our tickets right away and by the time we got back to buy them, the Love Train was sold out for the day. Booooo. Luckily, we could still buy our tickets for the river cruise and get their by regular JR line. Yay!<br />
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Back to what we did... so right outside the love train station they had a couple of kiosks. Paul got the chestnuts and I got a croissant taiyaki.<br />
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Then we made our way to the main tourist area of Arashiyama. We had read about the Kimono Forest and wanted to check it out. Neat yah? <br />
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And look who was nearby!?<br />
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I found a store that had all of those mobiles that I like so much. They were kinda expensive though. I don't think I paid that much in Nakamise, but they had more variety here.<br />
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OK by now I was getting hungry, so I wanted to eat before we got on the riverboat. Believe me, I thought this thing was like those kamaboko sticks we got in Miyajima, but it was nothing like it. It tasted like imitation crab. I didn't eat the whole thing. That was junk. Paul got some gyoza and that was just OK.<br />
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Next up was the bamboo forest. It was Sugoi! Not sure why, but blogger doesn't seem to like a lot of my bamboo pictures. Junk!<br />
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So after we explored the bamboo forest (sorry, no pandas were around), we headed back to the station to check if we could get on the love train. As I explained earlier, that was a bust, but we did get our tickets for the river cruise. The last boat leaves at 3:30 and it was already 2:00, so we had to hurry! We caught the JR to where the boat cruise starts and waited for our turn.<br />
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The boat itself held about 25 of us plus the crew. And man, they earned their money. They basically row, row, rowed us gently down the stream! It was about 1 hour and 40 minutes and honestly, I was ready to finish after about 1/2 hour. But I must say it was interesting! I wish I could understand more Japanese though since the crew was talking a lot about what to look at but we missed out on it.<br />
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These were some kind of ducks... We missed getting a photo of the snoopy rock! Darnit!<br />
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The forest reminded us of Stranger Things...<br />
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What you can't see is that he's pushing us away from the rocks.<br />
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Even Pusheen was enjoying the ride!<br />
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At one point we had some company. The boat that left after us caught up to us! I think they wanted to get off work early.<br />
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Towards the end of the ride, there is a guy on one of the rocks with his camera taking pictures of each boat! I wish I knew how to order it. I'm so junk.<br />
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And this was the most interesting part to me... at the end, they had this boat pull up next to us and they attached to us and started selling stuff!!! They had oden, skewers, beer, sake, drinks, snacks... you name it! People were buying it too! <br />
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After we saw the lit up forest, we were about ready to leave and find some real food. It looked like everyone was closing down for the night so we started heading towards the station. Along the way, we found a katsu sandwhich place.. we broke down and bought a snack to share. This was right next to the shop and Paul thought he could take a selfie of us. Ummm... it was a fail!<br />
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Try again but no Paul this time. It reminds me of the hamburger guy on McDonalds. Or maybe the filet o fish?<br />
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I needed a snack and smelled the Manneken waffles again! I bought two this time. One caramel apple and one chocolate to take home. They were both yummy!<br />
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When we got home I immediately crashed out! I heard a lot of sirens and vaguely remember Paul saying he was heading out to check out the commotion. When he returned I recalled him saying something about a fire. The next morning he told me there was like 25 (mini) fire trucks working on the fire a few blocks down! Scary! Today we visited Nishiki Market and it was all that! Stay tuned!<br />
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So, he was feeling pretty miserable the night before when we got home from Hiroshima. He actually had the chills. Now if you know my husband, you'll know that he NEVER gets cold. I don't recall ever seeing him with chills either, so needless to say I was worried. Luckily I had some advil and on guard (doTerra oils) to start him feeling better. Here he was the next day...<br />
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We had gone out to get breakfast but I knew something was still wrong. So I told him that he should just rest. I had seen a Don K! nearby that I thought I could go to on my own, so I left him in the room to rest.<br />
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Don K! is one of my favorite stores. They have such fun stuff! I mostly bought food stuff for omiyage, but I did manage to entertain myself for a couple of hours. The store in our area is a mega Don K, so it it pretty huge! While I was looking at their beauty section, I stumbled on these masks. I'm dying to know what they are for!? If they weren't so big, I'd buy them as omiyage! LOL!<br />
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I also saw this shi shi mai (is that how you spell it?). I always think of Paul when I see these. He desperately wants to play a song so they can use it in their performances.<br />
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When I got back with my two huge bags full of goodies, I came back to this.... I guess he was really tired! <br />
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On my way back from Don K, I saw a Daiso across the street, so since Paul was still sleeping, I decided to go out again... On my way, I actually saw a train crossing the track! <br />
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I had fun at Daiso (I always do). Got some more omiyage goodies to take home. I think my suitcase if filling up! If Paul was still sick tomorrow, I was going to do a haul video. Maybe I'll still do one.<br />
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So after sleeping the WHOLE DAY, he said he felt a little better the next day. We decided to stay in the Osaka area so that in case he needed to come home, we were close by. We decided on shopping so he could rest in between. But before we left, we saw the resident neko again! He's so friendly! He really likes belly rubs. <br />
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So, I had already gone to Tokyu Hands in Hiroshima, so I decided to try finding either Shimojima or ABC Crafts. We decided on Shimojima. Yay! I was in charge of navigating and amazingly we found it! They had about 7 or 8 floors of goodies. The top floor was surprisingly craft supplies. This whole wall was old school punches. <br />
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This is what I came for! They had the large rolls of double stick tape! Yay! Only 756 yen each. The 1/4 inch size is only 75 yen. (I think all the crafters just dropped their drinks!) Yes you read that correctly. Less than $1 per roll of 1/4 inch tape. I bought 20 to restock.<br />
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After my shopping spree, I needed a break and so did Paul. We wanted to sit down so we went into the Doutour cafe. I've always wanted to try that place, but never did. They had this really good crepe cake! <br />
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I guess Paul was feeling OK cause he suggested that since we were close by Osaka castle, we should try go there. I had cabin fever the day before, so I wasn't about to say no. Behind me is a huge fountain before the park. <br />
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While wandering around for a closer look at the castle, we figured out we'd have to walk up to get a better view. I could tell my husband was still not feeling great because he complained about walking up the stairs. I'm usually the one who complains! So I had to suck it up and not complain... we can't both be complaining. LOL! <br />
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They were planting more trees! These were cute tiny trees already turning color!<br />
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Ohayogozaimasu from Osaka! Yes, we made it back last night after a long day of travel. Paul is still sleeping, so I decided to update the blog. Pretty sure he caught whatever I had last week and is under the weather today. I told him we should take it easy today and not venture out too far from our place.<br />
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Enough of the bad news... on to more fun stuff! We checked in after dark the day before, so we didn't see how gorgeous the view was! Look how pretty!<br />
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So yesterday I told you about how we missed out on the hotel dinner? Well, we made up for it with the breakfast! They had quite a spread featuring western style and japanese style breakfast items. My first plate consisted of the western style stuff which wasn't anything special. Hello, should've known right? But Paul got me some miso soup which really hit the spot! Then we tried their katsu curry, which put me over the top. I was feeling pretty miserable after we ate. Geez, I hardly do that nowadays, so i felt so yucky. <br />
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But, it was worth it! Ha ha. After breakfast we finished packing and headed off to explore the island. We checked out and said goodbye to the nice staff at this hotel. We had a futon room, which was probably the only downside to staying here. Other than that, I would definitely stay here again! Let's put it this way, the room was way bigger than our Airb&b!<br />
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So we made our way to the ropeway so that we could catch the awesome view... More on that later. We must've missed this torii gate when we passed by yesterday. <br />
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Decisions, decisions. There was a shuttle bus to take you to the ropeway, or do we take the 10 min walk? Hmmm... remember now, 10 minutes for Japanese people = 20 minutes for the rest of us! LOL! <br />
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We decided to "exercise" and walk. What we don't have pictures of is the brutal path we took. It was super steep and not for pedestrians. I'm sure the cars that passed us were thinking we are dumb tourists!<br />
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Once we made it to the ropeway, we saw that the park stroll was much nicer!<br />
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We finally made it to the ropeway!<br />
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Here's the view from our gondola... <br />
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When we got off, we decided to look around the park area before heading back to the main street. Paul did his best Kramer's pose here...<br />
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This bridge was so pretty! Can you see me in the picture? <br />
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Paul was very proud of this shot since it also had the dew drop on the leaf... <br />
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This guy was just hanging out..<br />
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The other night, we saw that someone drew the hanafuda card that had the deer and the momiji on a lantern! Hello, that is perfect for this area! I tried to replicate it in this photo...<br />
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One final shot of the park before we leave...<br />
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I think its neat that they even make their drains beautiful! <br />
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Finally made our way back to the torii area. Here's the temple/pagoda that we didn't have enough energy to go see. <br />
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When we got back, it was low tide, so we decided to walk out to the torii like everyone else. <br />
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Now its time to eat! We couldn't leave the area without trying more of the street food. I wish I didn't eat so much breakfast... I'm sure I could've tried more things! <br />
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At first we weren't sold on the whole deep fried momiji, but we saw a video online by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHSdN1cc4o&t=524s">Only in Japan</a> that features the Miyajima street food. You should check it out if you plan to go. After watching the video, we thought the deep fried momiji looked like the age manju we usually get in Asakusa. So we decided to give it a try. Good thing we did! It was so good when it was fresh! We chose the custard one- it pretty much oozed out of the crust.<br />
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We decided to go back before we left to buy some to take home. Here's the flavors they have. <br />
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Everyone sells that momiji, so in case you are wondering which one we went to.. its the one with this guy outside. Cute yah? I think he's supposed to be a deer. And I think you are supposed to put your stick in the slot below when you are finished eating. <br />
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Ok, now this was not planned... I kept seeing everyone walking around eating these fishcake on a stick so I went to check it out. They had all types of flavors and it smelled so good, that I broke down and got one. We shared the potato bacon one and it was awesome! So awesome I'm going to try to figure out how to make it when I go home. It might not be on a stick, but I'm thinking patties? <br />
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We were still pretty full, so after we went down the whole street, we decided on one more deep fried momiji, bought our omiyage, and headed back to the main island. Thanks Miyajima! We had a fun adventure!<br />
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Next, we headed back to Hiroshima Station. Paul had read about a waterfall area off the beaten path that he wanted to check out. Since we weren't sure we'd ever make it back here, we decided to make the trek up (another) the mountain to check it out. Here's us halfway up the mountain. I was hoping the bus would pick us up, but no such luck. <br />
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We finally made it! I was so tired and sore by then. Training at Imiloa did not help. I need to train more next time!<br />
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I love this photo Paul took of the pagoda. <br />
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I thought this was so cute. The crafter in me liked that someone made little hats for each statue. I think Paul told me the story about the guy who gave all the hats to the statutes cause he was cold and though they were probably cold too. Cute yah?</div>
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That side trip really tired us out. We were hungry by now and found the Little Mermaid bakery in the station, so we had a quick snack. <br />
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We also saw this Danish bar donut. It was pretty good. <br />
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Well, come to find out he was so tired because he's sick! He's sleeping now, so I'm letting him rest today. I might go check out Don K since its near the station while he sleeps. Wish me luck!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-44047051794946172422017-11-13T23:01:00.002-10:002017-11-13T23:01:43.775-10:00Osaka Adventure: Day 3- Hiroshima and Miyajima<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Greetings from Hiroshima! Actually, we are about to leave Hiroshima as I write this post, but the whole post will be about our trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima.<br />
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We started out the day by waking up super early (again). Well, we did have 10 hours of sleep after all! LOL! We got up before the sun and decided to try find 7-11. Success! We got more musubis and snacks for the trip. When we got back to the room, we decided to eat that cheescake that we bought the night before. We really should've eaten it fresh, but we were too full and tired to enjoy it. It was still ono the next day!<br />
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After packing for our overnighter, we headed towards Osaka Station to get on the Shinkansen to Hiroshima. The main thing we planned to do in Hiroshima was to check out the Peace Memorial Park. It was pretty far from the station but we still walked the whole way! On the way, we found a Tokyu Hands, so I grabbed some stuff that people were asking us for.<br />
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Finally we made it to the park! The leaves were turning color already!<br />
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This is the children's peace memorial dedicated to Sakado Sasaki who folded cranes while she was sick from the bombing. <br />
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See the crane? You can ring the bell by pulling on his cord.<br />
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So, people who come to visit from all over the world fold cranes and bring them here to hang. Now I wish we did that too!<br />
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This was my favorite one. Its so cute!<br />
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Although it has a special message, seeing all the cranes made me a little sad.<br />
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So we ventured into the park to look at the fall foilage..<br />
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This building is the original dome that was right near where the bomb fell. It still stands today, Amazing!<br />
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The whole park was filled with trees turning color!<br />
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Behind us is the peace memorial in the park that was made to look like a shelter<br />
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Next, we headed towards the museum... It had a lot of interesting information... This is what Hiroshima looked like before the bombing...<br />
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And this is what it looked like after...<br />
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Paul said these were the actual cranes folded by Sadako.<br />
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Towards the end of the exhibits, they showed a lot of graphic photos that I wasn't prepared to see. I had to stop early because I started getting emotional and didn't want to cry at the museum. When Paul was finished, we decided to leave for Miyajima.<br />
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So since we walked all the way to the park, we decided to try to look for food or catch the bus back to the station. Since there was hardly any food places nearby we decided to catch the bus.... so lesson number one- we don't know how to catch the bus, so don't follow our instructions. LOL! I think you are supposed to enter from the middle of the bus and grab a ticket. Then when you leave, you give the ticket to the driver with your exact fare. Well, we were dumb and didn't get a ticket.. then we tried to pay with our train card. He was nice and didn't get mad at us. I'm sure he was shaking his head at us after we got off.<br />
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So since we were still hungry, we decided to look for food at Hiroshima Station. We looked at the department store food but surprisingly didn't find anything that looked good. So we decided to find a restaurant upstairs and decided on an Okonomiyaki restaurant. You could order other items too, so we decided to get a grilled musubi and karaage chicken along with an okonomiyaki to share. Here's my rice and chicken. It was ono!<br />
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And here's my first Okonomiyaki! It had noodles on the bottom then it seemed more like an egg than a pancake, cabbage, squid, and shrimp, topped with green onions. I didn't think I'd really like it, but I was pleasantly surprised! See my little spatula? I feel like the girl from Ranma 1/2.<br />
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So we decided we really needed to try these cheese tarts. There was a constant line around the building for them, so they must be good right? We got one lemon and one regular. I liked the lemon one the best! It was really liquidy once you broke into it and the crust was a cookie- not like a pie.<br />
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After our dessert, we were ready to make our way to Miyajima. Let me just say that the Hiroshima JR tracks are very confusing! We ended up on the wrong platform 2xs and then again when we came back. Then we saw other people getting lost too, so at least it wasn't only us.<br />
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We finally made it on the train!<br />
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The train ride is about 20 minutes from Hiroshima Station. After you get out of the station, you need to go underground just to cross the street! Then just go straight ahead and you will find the ferry to Miyajima Island. The ferry comes regularly, so the wait wasn't that long.<br />
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Paul got this nice shot from the boat. We just made it for sunset!<br />
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And now for the best part!!!! I got to see deer!!<br />
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You are not supposed to feed them... but they come up to you looking for food. They aren't that pushy like the Nara deer. Well, most of them are not.<br />
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Look! I made friends!!<br />
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These two were on the beach. Mommy and baby.<br />
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I think this was the Daddy. He didn't go that far ahead of them- kept turning around to check on them. <br />
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When we went to check out the famous torii gate, this guy came up to Paul and really wanted his bag. I think he could smell the cheese tart that was in it.<br />
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He wanted it so much, he tore the bag! They really like paper by the way... more on that later.<br />
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Here's that torii gate I was telling you about. Its beautiful in the ocean.<br />
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After visiting the gate, we decided to try find our hotel and look for food. While on our way, some of the shops were still open, so Paul got to try the fresh oysters. He said it was really good.<br />
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Look how huge they are!<br />
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We finally found our hotel located up the road from the street with all the shops. It was called Live Max or something like that. The hotel was nice! No shoes inside- you gotta leave them in lockers by the door. Oh and if you want to eat dinner in their restaurant, you need to let them know by 3:00 that day.... yeah, we didn't know or do that, so we were dinnerless. Luckily we had paid for free breakfast the next day, so at least we'll be able to eat that.<br />
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So we had to venture out to look for food. Hmmmm... didn't realize what a challenge that would be! It was only 6:00, but everything was pretty much closed on the island except one izakaya that was already packed. Geez, even Hilo food places stay open past 6:00!<br />
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No combini either... Hmmm...<br />
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So we decided to take the ferry back to the main island and see if we could find something open there. We found 7-11, so if worse came to worse, we could eat combini food.<br />
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A few doors down, we found an izakaya that served dinner, so we settled on there for dinner. Phew!<br />
Started off with two LARGE beers. <br />
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Paul had to help me finish mine. Yes, I'm a lightweight.<br />
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Ok here's what we had at a glance... Paul had chicken karaage set and I had the tonkatsu set. It was good!<br />
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And for dessert, we went to 7-11 to grab some snacks. Paul wanted this ice cream sandwhich. The outside is like a wafer cone that is super crunchy and fresh!<br />
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After we got back to the island, we headed back to our hotel. See that deer? He was being totally kalohe. He was eating those signs on the board! I was wondering why the deer was in the back roads away from the others!<br />
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We sure did a lot yesterday! Wait till you see what we did today!! More Miyajima Island and Hiroshima on tomorrow's post. See you then!<br />
<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-38634777570822883882017-11-12T14:52:00.002-10:002017-11-12T14:52:53.538-10:00Osaka Adventure: Day 2- Dotonbori and Shin-Kabuki ZaHi Everybody! We had a long day yesterday.... well, maybe not that long. We ended up sleeping very early, but I guess we needed it! More on that later. Right now we are on a shinkansen to Hiroshima/Miyajima, so I have some time to work on my post.<br />
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We started off the day by going to the Family Mart Combini and a neighborhood supermarket to find breakfast. If you follow me on facebook, we did a facebook live to show you our haul. After filling up on musubis, we headed to the Shin-Kabuki Za to see if we could still get tickets for the Kodo performance that afternoon. Paul had found out at the last minute that they were playing in Osaka, so we had to try!<br />
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We had to wait till the box office opened to buy our tickets. The website said that tickets would be available on the 7th floor. The 7th floor was blocked off, so we couldn't even get up there.. Paul was disappointed, so we walked around to see if there was another elevator somewhere. Luckily, he found the box office located downstairs right outside the station! We were still able to get tickets, so he was now a happy camper. <br />
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Since we now had a few hours to kill before the show, we got back on a train and headed to Dotonbori to try to get that grilled crab. When we first got out of the station, we saw "The Walk", which is an underground shopping area. At a glance, I saw Mister Donut, so we had to backtrack and get me one. They had some cute seasonal ones, but we opted for our favorite pon de ring! So ono!<br />
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After we got out of the station, I saw this cute Oni. Not ure why he was selling okonomiyaki, but we took a fast pic before heading off to find the crab.<br />
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Made it! Paul grabbed us an order each. He took the one with the leg but he said it was not that juicy. His other piece was better.<br />
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Mine on the other hand was super juicy!!! I was in charcoal crab heaven! I think Paul said it was 900 yen each. He thinks when we make at home is just as good, so looking forward to new years!<br />
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We had some time, so we ventured down the street a bit and kept running into this guy. I think his name is Taro, or something like that. He has all these snacks with his picture on it. Not sure why, but I decided to take a pic with him.<br />
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See this truck? I want to go back. It wasn't open when we were there and when it finally opened, we didn't have a lot of time to wait since we needed to head back to the theater. I think its funny that they made it look like one of the cars characters. Its a melon pan ice cream sandwhich lunch wagon!!! I thought it was funny that it says they are the "second best" melon pan in Japan. That makes me wonder.. where is the best?<br />
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While we were waiting for the melon pan truck to open, I ordered one of these tornado fries, or something like that. It came in 3 flavors, chili, sour cream and furikake salt. I had the furikake salt one and it was ono! I think it was 500 yen.<br />
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After our snack, we headed to the theater. On the way, we passed the racetrack. I have to take a picture with every sign. So cute with Hello Kitty!<br />
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We made it to the theater and my husband was in Taiko heaven!<br />
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So, we weren't allowed to take any photos or video, so no pictures of the actual performance. But I need to warn you that it must be the Japanese version of Thunder from Down Under. Its all young, half naked, sweaty males. And they would make a lot of these funny poses that were kinda feminine. But it was still good! Don't let that stop you from going.<br />
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OK confession time... I totally fell asleep during the performance! Please don't take that as a reflection on how well they did, cause the parts that I was up for was really good. I think I was just really tired and it was a little warm, so that combination makes for a guaranteed nap time for me. Sorry Kodo. Hope I didn't offend anyone. I kept waking up that after awhile I just said to myself, "screw it" and pretty much slept through the entire second half. I'm sure Paul was thinking he couldn't take me anywhere. Sorry!<br />
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When leaving the station to head back to Dotonbori, we saw the Manneken kiosk that sold these Belgian waffles that smelled so good! I wanted to try one, so we stopped really quickly to get one.<br />
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I opted for the chocolate. It was good! I think it had a little crunch but not from being crispy. Hard to explain, but I would buy that again!<br />
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When we got back to Dotonbori, we decided to eat. It was only about 3:30pm but we were hungry. I think its cause we were only snacking all day. We had seen a hot pot place the night before, but when we tried to go there, they weren't open yet... so we walked back to the area with the crab and was going to look for the kushi katsu place. On our way, Paul found a place that was upstairs. It had a sign that said all you can eat yakitori or shabu shabu, so we decided to give it a try. So glad we did! The shabu shabu really hit the spot. <br />
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The first thing I really liked was that we were put into a private (fake) tatami room. It was nice and quiet away from the hustle and bustle of the street below. We were able to relax and enjoy our meal. They even had a sliding door for privacy and a call button when you wanted to order something.<br />
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So, you could get the 70 minutes of all you can eat goodness with the "western beef" for 2000. Or you could pay an extra 1000 yen and get some japanese beef, so we opted for the japanese beef. Not sure I could really tell the difference since it was all really good! To start off, they ask you to pick two broths, we chose the sukiyaki and konbu but you could also pick the kim chee one too. Then they bring you the beef, dipping sauces (ponzu and goma) and two eggs. <br />
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The rest of the goodies were located at the front of the restaurant, which included tofu, udon, long rice, two different mushrooms, cabbage, and mizuna, You could go back as many times as you wanted for those items. <br />
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Look who was a happy camper! <br />
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I was done eating and Paul proceeded to be the clean up crew. I think we ended up with like two rounds of the beef, a small order of chicken, and two rounds of the freebies.<br />
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There was also ice cream in the front with all the freebies, so Paul went to get some green tea ice cream. I (thought) was done, so I didn't get any. I still wanted that melon pan! When he came back with his ice cream, the server came back with panna cotta. It was really good, so I ate that.<br />
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By then, we were ready to go and were pretty stuffed. I knew that the melon pan would have to wait till later. As we were getting ready to leave, another server came by with another tray of dessert. Whaaaaat? We didn't want to be rude, so we ate everything! LOL! They had lemon jelly, more panna cotta, and chocolate mousse. After that we were done! Even the clean up crew was full!<br />
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I guess I wasn't full enough, cause I really wanted to try this cheesecake. I saw it while passing by and there is always a line! I left Paul there while I went to find a restroom.<br />
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We decided to go back to the room and relax, pack for Hiroshima, and then go back to Dotonbori. Saw these cute breads at the station- so cute yah?<br />
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So much for our plans to pack and go back to Dotonbori! We both crashed out! Tried waking up a few times and then just gave up. I guess we are still jet lagged. That was all worth it though! The food here is awesome! Catch us tomorrow to see what we end up doing in Hiroshima/Miyajima! Sayoonara!<br />
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Ohayoo from Osaka! We made it! After a LOOOOOOOOOOONG day, we are finally here.. but let me back up for a bit before I tell you about our trip.<br />
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So we started off the holiday by dumping trash (yes, we still dump our own trash in Hilo), and then picked up some okazu from Hilo Lunch Shop. After our errands, Grandma Kat and (the real) Kiki dropped us off and we were on our way! First stop was Honolulu, where we dropped off Akemi with Grandma Helen. Castle High School was putting on Les Miserables and Akemi really wanted to watch it, so she will get to stay with Grandma for the weekend.<br />
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After we said our goodbyes, we still had to wait for our luggage. Geez, it took at least 1/2 hour before we got our bags- that's unusual, but lucky we had a lot of time in between flights. So then we headed to the Air Asia check in counter, We almost passed it as we made our treck across the airport. Luckily Paul saw the sign and the LOOOOOOOOOOONG line, so he stood in line while I grabbed a drink.<br />
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While in line, we saw Les's friend Kat with her family. They were on our flight too. I think she scared Paul by saying that Air Asia was very strict on the hand carry luggage, so he started looking stuff up to make sure we'd be able to bring all our bags. LOL! First time I saw him panic a little. Eventually, we got through the line and then had to wait in the next LOOOOOOOOOOONG line for TSA. Luckily the line moved pretty fast, but it went faster once they opened up the TSA Pre-Check line for the rest of us since they didn't have anyone to check. So our three hour window became about 10 minutes to get from TSA to the gate. I managed to buy a water and go bathroom before boarding. Everyone had boarded already and they said you needed to board 1/2 hour before take off. Geez, that was stressful. So my plan to pick up lunch at the airport did not happen. I was already hungry, should've bought something from Starbucks earlier. Oh well, at least we made it!<br />
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A word about Air Asia... OK so we normally fly on Hawaiian Airlines but I just couldn't pass up the deals on Air Asia since they just started flying to Honolulu. I think we got one way at $100 and return flight at $200, or something like that. Then they upgrade you to death, Additional costs for luggage (which is now standard on most airlines but Hawaiian gives us 2 free bags for international flights, so not used to paying per bag). We opted to pay for one bag each, but a few days ago I ended up paying for one more bag coming home. Let's face it, its me..... in Japan. I need two bags at least!<br />
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So in addition to charging for bags, they also charge you for a meal (again routine nowadays but Hawaiian feeds you on some legs), and Reserve Seating. I'm not sure how it would work if we didn't pay an extra $50 each for reserve seating, but since we barely made it to the gate in time, it was worth it for me! We were assigned to the Quiet Zone, which was just behind the extra comfort seats (you can lie down in those). The seats were pretty snug and I was by the window, so getting out was difficult since it was a row of 3. I was waiting for the guy on the end to go bathroom, but he never did... Then I found out from Paul that he did go, but while I was sleeping.<br />
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Getting back to the flight, after we settled in a bit, we found out there are no chargers on the plane. I was already at 50% on my phone so I had to conserve. We had a spare battery, but we had to share it and we were pretty low by the end of the flight. I feel like that's a deal breaker for me Air Asia!<br />
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I found some snacks in my bag and started eating that. It was enough to satisfy me until we would eat our dinner. After a short nap, we ate our okazu. I was so hungry for real food by then! It was still good. I was worried since we had heard from others that had flown Air Asia before that they don't like you eating your own food on the plane... but they didn't say anything to us, even when we busted out the spam musubi and chicken!<br />
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Anyway, it was a long uncomfortable flight for me, but I managed to fall asleep. It was really warm, which tends to make me tired. I slept about 1/2 the flight, which I shouldn't have done. That probably explains why I was up at 3:30 this morning. Rookie move.<br />
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After we got off the plane, I headed to the restroom. Yes, I managed to wait the whole flight! I don't think I've done that before. Hopefully that won't happen again. I was just glad to be in a cooler area.<br />
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So after our rest stop, we boarded a tram to immigration where we waited in another LOOOOOONG line. There was one line to take your photo and fingerprints, then they send you to another line to check in. Note to self, don't let Paul write on the immigration slip again. The guy couldn't read it, then we got sent away to input the phone number for the AirB&B. Don't make the same mistake as us- fill out the form completely. Several people got turned away for that, so the immigration guy was all irritated by the time I got to the window. Once we filled it all out correctly we went to grab our bags.<br />
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Luckily everything else went smoothly. Bags, customs, pocket wifi, train ticket all done with no problems. I did like that the train station was right upstairs and it was the type where you can place your bags in a specific area and had assigned seats. That was so much easier than when we land in Haneda. I'm already liking Osaka!!<br />
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The train ride took about 40 min to our stop. The AirB&B we rented is really close to the station too so its really convenient. This neko greeted us when we arrived. He was a friendly cat!<br />
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We left the station and saw more lights! Yay! These trees were so pretty!<br />
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After a lot of walking around, we stumbled on the crab place! We will definitely be going there soon. They were sold out by the time we got there. I hear their grilled crab is awesome! <br />
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So after a lot of walking around and being indecisive, we found a little hole in the wall place that served a little of everything (Note, that is not common in Japan. Normally its all ramen or all sushi, etc.) Paul had a maguro don (bowl) and I had udon. I couldn't finish it but Paul helped me "clean up". He's the clean up crew. Food was OK but by then we wanted to just eat anything.<br />
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Before we left the area, we went to Family Mart to check it out and Don K. Paul needed an adapter and we got some snacks and drinks.<br />
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For some reason, our train had a long pit stop at the station. When we go there it was empty, but when I woke up it was full. Paul must've taken this picture when I fell asleep, He assured me I wasn't snoring, LOL! <br />
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We pretty much crashed out when we got back. Special thanks to my tech support for helping me with post. I think blogger and chrome hate me right now. And they don't like my phone's pictures. Hopefully we won't have as much tech issues the rest of the trip!<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-26098813603298977922017-02-26T11:39:00.001-10:002017-02-26T11:39:32.278-10:00Tokyo Adventure IV- Tokyo Hauls!In case you want to find out what I bought on our trip... you can watch my Tokyo Haul videos! It's much easier for me to do a video instead of taking photos of each item. Hope you enjoy!<br />
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First up is all the snacks! Most were purchased at a store in Ameyokocho in Ueno, but the rest was purchased all over Tokyo and Kawaguchiko. <br />
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I needed to do an entire video for my Daiso haul! Since (almost) everything at Daiso is 100 yen, it's great for picking up omiyage! We don't have a Daiso in Hawaii, so I go crazy whenever I go to one.<br />
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Ok... last up is my "Everything Else" Haul. It's a mixture of stuff from Loft, Tokyu Hands, Kiddyland, Don K. and other fun stores. A lot of these items were gifts as we like to share fun things from Japan with our friends and family. Hope you enjoy!<br />
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This concludes my Tokyo Adventure IV series. Hope you had fun following us around Tokyo! It was a really fast trip and we managed to pack in as much fun as possible. Wish we had a few more days, but I'm grateful we were able to go at the last minute. Looking forward to our next adventure... I wonder where we will go next?Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18244983833027207496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705384165437894828.post-27665549477413729682017-02-25T00:56:00.003-10:002017-02-25T00:56:47.715-10:00Tokyo Adventure IV- Bunny and Hedgehog CafeAs you may have read from my Day #8 post, we went specifically to Roppongi to try to get into the <a href="http://www.harinezumi-cafe.com/english/">Harry</a> Cafe. We got a little lost, but eventually found it. If we had only turned left out of the train station and cut through a lot, we would've had a direct route to the cafe.<br />
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So when you see this sign, you know you're in the right place. We went upstairs to the 2nd floor to see some hedgehogs. They were all full, and asked us if we had a reservation. Of course we didn't as we didn't know if we'd even be able to go... so she said we could wait in line downstairs.<br />
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There was two girls in line ahead of us. Paul and Grandma decided to sit this one out and waited in the parking lot across from the entrance. We waited about 10 minutes then saw a group of people leaving the bunny cafe just upstairs from the hedgehog cafe. After about 5 minutes, a worker came out and talked to the girls in front of us. They proceeded upstairs.. then the worker came to talk to us and asked us if we would consider going to the bunny cafe instead since it also had hedgehogs. Akemi was happy cause she wanted to do both. So we took that option and headed to the 3rd floor. Inside the cafe, we were seated, and then someone came around with a "menu" which was basically which package you wanted. We choose the 30 min package since we didn't have much time. It didn't include drinks like the other ones did but we were fine with that. It was nice that they had an English instruction card available on how to handle the animals. I forgot to take a picture of the hedgehog one... but here's the bunny one. I think we paid something like 1300 yen each? I forget, sorry!<br />
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Along the wall, there were cages with the animals. I thought these two chinchillas were so cute! Later on, the couple next to us picked them and the black one was trying to escape! I'm glad Akemi didn't pick that one. The white one fell asleep on the boyfriend's lap. <br />
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Akemi picked a bunny first. They give you a blanket and a waterproof pad for your lap in case they make a mess. Akemi had a few messes made on her. LOL!<br />
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This bunny was really active. It was hopping all over her (and made shi shi and poop too!)<br />
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Most of their bunnies were babies! So cute! Their faces were really rounded.<br />
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See, only sleeping! Still cute though. Someone asked me if they had fur, only underneath. The rest of them was spiny like quills. <br />
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Then Akemi picked a hedgehog. Her's was much more active than mine. It pooped on her too. She keeps telling everyone that their poop is green, so I think that made an impression on her. <br />
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He was crawling all over her!! <br />
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OK so they let me have another guy. This one was moving around in the box when I got him.. then he played dead as soon as I picked him up. I followed the instructions, but no luck. <br />
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So I turned him over so I could get a look at him. So cute! <br />
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He moved around a little, but just to go back into his hiding position. <br />
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Then when I put him back in the box, he started walking around. I guess he just didn't like me.<br />
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Akemi made her last pick.. she chose this cute lop! <br />
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I must say, this cafe was very clean. Even though you handle the bunnies on your lap. As soon as they make a mess, someone is there to collect the soiled pad and give you a new one. Plus they had wipes and hand sanitizers at each table. I'm allergic to bunnies and I didn't even sneeze once. It was a great alternative to the Harry cafe... in fact, I think it worked out better for us since Akemi wanted to do bunnies too!<br />
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