Japan 2014 - Monday

Japan Trip - Nov 1-11, 2014

Eden in front of the family car

Leanna picked us up from the airport on Sunday afternoon. It took 2 1/2 hours to drive to the base. We were very tired from the 13-hour plane rides, and the time change. We gave her kids a squeeze, had a bite of her wonderful Cafe Rio dinner and headed to our hotel room on base to go to bed early. The room Julie and I had was very nice... like a condo really--kitchenette, 3 bedrooms, two baths... Sweet.

This is where we stayed 3 nights

Monday - Today we woke up and walked to Leanna's house.  She made some yummy whole grain pancakes. We then took Annie with us on a wonderful bike ride around a lake. We saw a big Japanese temple on the way and got some fruit at a market on the way home. Loved trying a persimmon for the first time.

We took Mike to lunch or rather, he took us to lunch, at an Indian Food place.  It was really good food. We had some curry and nan (bread). Yummy.

 Then Leanna arranged for her kids so we three could drive back to Tokyo and  we went to a fun Alice in Wonderland restaurant. We couldn't find it at first, so Leanna stopped to ask a kid if he new where the place was by showing him on her phone the place we were looking for. He didn't know the place, but immediately got help from his friends, and they were all looking it up on their phones and looking around. They wouldn't give up until they had found just where we needed to be. We loved how kind and helpful they were.

We walked around a bit checking out the big billboards and tall buildings  and crazy intersections of Shibuya. It's quite amazing - all the people, and all the businesses that are packed into a small place. They definitely build UP! We're spending the night in a very nice military hotel here in Tokyo. In the morning we're going to the fish market and checking out some more sights here in the Tokyo area.

This is the busiest intersection in the world. Crazy!

Hachiko Statue is a famous statue of a dog who possessed legendary loyalty to his owner.