Ohayo Gozimasu! Genki desu ka?
Ok. It is finally that time. I can't put this off much longer.
I wish I could just write a caption with every picture because most of them have interesting stories or explanations, and because i could just talk forever about this trip.
But...Im not going to.
A. Because my sister and my pictures combined equal roughly 600 pictures
B. It would probably start to get boring for some people
C. This would probably end up being the longest post in blogger history
D. I don't have the time or the finger energy
So.
Here, for my history and your enjoyment, is my Japan trip in a Nutshell.
PEOPLE
The faces of Japan. You know what I thought would be a rarity?
People wearing kimonos. Come to find out, its still pretty common.
You can see a couple people in this pic who are wearing their kimonos out-and-about.
The escalators are my favorite shots.
You will always find people in a line on the left side. No one, and I mean NO ONE will be standing on the right side. That is for walking.
We went out to eat almost every night with my dad's friends and clients. It was really fun to go out with them and practice some Japanese.
Oh the picture of the people sleeping on the sub is pretty funny. It happens all the time but it is amazing because they will wake up mere seconds before their stop.
FOOD
Just a few pictures of the food we ate. It took me a day to get use to it. But it was great.
It was also pretty sweet going to eat with my dad's clients and friends cause they spared no expense at taking us out. The first place my dad's clients took us a Chicken BBQ place that is NOTHING like a BBQ place in the US. I couldn't really eat it. The chicken wasn't really cooked all the way and they were dipping it in raw egg yolk. The salads were really good there though...The second day/place was were I ate gold for the first time. They had gold flakes on the tomatoes, cucumbers and eggs. Yum. We also had food on sticks that we dipped in oil. The food consisted of veggies, egg yolk, curry, yeast, and chicken gizzard. Very interesting but very good! The 3rd day/meal was shabu shabu with my dad's old friends from Nissan. It was sooo yummy. Shabu Shabu is really thin slices of raw meat that you dip in broth to cook it. I think that was my favorite. The 4th day/meal was with my dad's friends and potential clients from Nippon Alcohol. They took us to an organic restaurant. What was interesting here was the dessert. Ice cream: sesame seed, sweet potato, tofu flavored, etc. Yummy... they were actually good.. Speaking of tofu. We ate that stuff everyday with almost every meal. I got pretty use to it and kinda like it now.
PLACES
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Hiroo (where the LDS temple is)
Harajuku
Odaiba
Ameyoko (old black market place for sweets)
Yokohama
Asakusa
Sensoji (oldest temple in Tokyo area)
JAPAN was fantastic. It was the best trip I've ever been on. I was so lucky to be able to go! and I can't wait to go again!!!
Anyone up for Japan 2010?
