Hi there!
Once again I am so far behind!
My beautiful sister, Amy, or Pame + Babe, as I call her now since she's pregnant, was here visiting for 10 days at the end of January. We had the most amazing time together. She was our first visitor to Japan and it was so nice having her here and showing her around. Besides eating all kinds of delicious food, we toured around Tokyo going to the Sky Tree, the zoo, the Meiji Shrine, Senso-ji Buddhist temple, on a Sumida River boat ride and to DisneyLand and DisneySea.
The Tokyo Sky Tree is the tallest tower on Earth. We could see the horizon in every direction before we could see the edges of Tokyo, the largest city on Earth.
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| Pame + Babe at the top of the Tokyo Sky Tree |
My favorite part of Disney Land was all the popcorn stands. The first thing we saw as we entered Disney Land was a line, but instead of some big ride or fancy restaurant, the line was for a popcorn stand. We laughed and couldn't understand why people would stand in line for an hour for popcorn, until we finally stood in line ourselves and tried some. OMG... We had honey popcorn, curry popcorn, chocolate popcorn, strawberry popcorn, orange marmalade popcorn, caramel popcorn, soy sauce and butter popcorn, white chocolate popcorn, black pepper popcorn, salt popcorn, and I think maybe even more! We also had a great time going on lots of rides, eating at the cool restaurants, enjoying the parades and people watching.
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| Konnichiwa from Tokyo Disney Land |
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| Who can come up with the best caption for this one?? |
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Amy kept wondering what all the homeless people were doing at Disney Land
until I told her that all Japanese people carry tarps, or leisure mats as they're
called here, with them to be able to sit anywhere!
I swear, they also love standing (or sitting) in lines... Perfect! |
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| The daytime parade at DisneyLand: Toy Story |
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| Aladdin |
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| Winnie the Pooh |
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| Mickey Mouse and Friends |
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| It's a Small World |
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| Jackson is one excited kid to see Buzz Lightyear! |
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| The Alice and Wonderland themed restaurant |
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| Alice and Wonderland |
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| The entrance to the restaurant |
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| Fun! |
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| It's a Small World at night when the clock struck 6:00 |
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| The night parade |
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| Puff the Magic Dragon |
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| Our hotel on the Disney Resort - the Disney Ambassador Hotel |
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| The ceiling of the lobby |
We also had a good time at Disney Sea. We decided we liked Disney Land better because there seemed to be more to do there for the children, but once again, we loved people watching, eating delicious food and going on a few rides.
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| The Toy Ride at Disney Sea |
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| My favorite part of Disney Sea - these little alien mochi treats! |
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| Inside the Toy Story ride |
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| Disney Sea |
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| One of the popcorn stands! Strawberry! |
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| Pame + Babe in front of The Little Mermaid area |
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| Inside The Little Mermaid area |
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| Jackson and me on a jellyfish ride |
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| The view from the jellyfish ride |
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| Mickey Mouse treats! |
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| On one of the Disney Resort bus |
Next stop: Meiji Shrine
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| Pame + Babe at the entrance of Meiji Shrine |
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| Pame + Babe with sake barrels |
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| Pame + Babe with wine barrels - gifts from France |
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| Inside Meiji Shrine |
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| Pame + Babe rocking it on the train in Priority Seating |
Now the boat tour:
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| The best picture ever! On the ferry boat tour of the Sumida River |
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| Pame + Babe with a Samurai |
Onto the zoo!
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| Pame + Babe and a panda at the Ueno Zoo |
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We always have more fun at the little amusement park next to
the zoo than the zoo itself! |
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| Jackson |
While I had such a great time showing Amy around this amazing city, my favorite parts of her visit were when we were laying around chatting and eating. I'm so lucky because I get to see Amy in a few weeks and (hopefully!) get to meet her newborn babe, too!
Thank you so much for reading. I love you.
XOL
