Ramen night

This day was beautiful! 75 degrees or so and overcast. This is the base lake which you can do just about anything in.

Which one do you like out of the three above? I am taking a painting class and would like to see if I could use one of these.




My first painting ever.

Shrine tours

We went on a tour of the town we live in and another town. While there we got to visit 2 different shrines and a museum.

This one was from the Shinto shrine.

These photos were from a Samurai House.

Tea Room

This is where they receive their guest.
I didn't get a lot of pictures from here as the tour was behind schedule and everyone was rushed. I know we will be going back so this will have to do till then.

Japan....

Yea! I finally have my camera stuff so here are the pictures I have been promising everyone.....

I know this isn't one but aren't they cute!!!! The puppie's name is Miso which is a type of soup here which is sooo yummy.

Alright, the rest of these pictures are in the order of discovery.

The thing below is a toilet for us females. You have to squat! I know, I know, I said the same thing..... I have to what!? Where!? Most places have this and a some what normal toilet. This one was at the airport. The one in my house has a tushie warmer for winter.

That afternoon we rode the subway about three times and walked to our hotel. We then took a cab to a restaurant where we had our first taste of fresh sushi. It was up 41 stories and had a neat view over looking Tokyo.

The next day we spent wandering the streets of Tokyo. I Didn't know where to start taking pictures!


We rode the bullet train which (was about 160 a person!) from Tokyo to the town where our base is.

The train ride was about 3 hours. I got to read a lot of Harry Potty.

I tried to capture a little of the country as we flew by but as you can see it didn't work out so well.

Well that is all I have for this post. I will try to put up the rest a little bit later this week.