One of the best parts of being a teacher is all the breaks we get. For Spring Break 2014 (!) I went to Tokyo to visit Sarah and Justin!
Here are a few things I loved about Tokyo:
1. It is clean. There are no trash cans around and yet the whole city is spotless. I never saw one piece of litter.
2. The trains run on time. We took a train every day and only once was a train delayed. That is AMAZING!
3. The food......... I love all Asian food and I have never had such great sushi. I could eat udon for days.
4. The children are adorable. I have never seen so many children so well behaved and I am a firm believer that makes kids cuter. They wear these yellow hats if they are in kindergarten and I shrieked of excitement.
5. I did not see one obese person, everyone is thin! Maybe because they work 10 hours a day or because everyone does hot yoga but all the Japanese people I saw were little. I suppose they have to be tiny or they would not fit on all the trains.
6. THERE WERE SO MANY TYPES OF KIT KATS!!!!!!!!!( I found most of them at the airport) I came home with 7 different flavors!
Things that surprised me about Tokyo:
1. It takes forever to get anywhere! We road the train about 3 hours a day!
2. I thought Hello Kitty would greet me at the airport (not really) but I thought there would be way more HK
3. Japanese girls walk in heels EVERYWHERE. No matter what we were doing- those girls were strutting their stuff. ( I did not exactly love the fashion though......)
A brief overview of the trip:
Day 1- Arrived two hours late and got dinner then bed
Day 2- Went hiking to see a big Buddha then went to the navy base and shopped a bit. That night we ate at a little sushi place that had the freshest sushi! The tuna went straight from the fish, then melted in my mouth.
Day 3- DISNEY SEA!!! It was like the California Adventure of Tokyo Disneyland. And it was amazing.
Day 4- Tsukiji Market, Shibuya, Harajuku, and a show at night. We basically explored Tokyo and it felt like I was in Times Square. The fish market was amazing! Sarah and I took glamour photo booth shots!
Day 5- Yoga on base, the cup noodle museum, and the Robot Restaurant. The RR was so touristy and I have my thoughts about entertainment for foreigners, but it was so bizarre. Of course we could not leave without a bit of karaoke!
*I met up with a friend from elementary school in Tokyo- it is amazing how Fbook keeps up connected!*
Here are a few things I loved about Tokyo:
1. It is clean. There are no trash cans around and yet the whole city is spotless. I never saw one piece of litter.
2. The trains run on time. We took a train every day and only once was a train delayed. That is AMAZING!
3. The food......... I love all Asian food and I have never had such great sushi. I could eat udon for days.
4. The children are adorable. I have never seen so many children so well behaved and I am a firm believer that makes kids cuter. They wear these yellow hats if they are in kindergarten and I shrieked of excitement.
5. I did not see one obese person, everyone is thin! Maybe because they work 10 hours a day or because everyone does hot yoga but all the Japanese people I saw were little. I suppose they have to be tiny or they would not fit on all the trains.
6. THERE WERE SO MANY TYPES OF KIT KATS!!!!!!!!!( I found most of them at the airport) I came home with 7 different flavors!
Things that surprised me about Tokyo:
1. It takes forever to get anywhere! We road the train about 3 hours a day!
2. I thought Hello Kitty would greet me at the airport (not really) but I thought there would be way more HK
3. Japanese girls walk in heels EVERYWHERE. No matter what we were doing- those girls were strutting their stuff. ( I did not exactly love the fashion though......)
A brief overview of the trip:
Day 1- Arrived two hours late and got dinner then bed
Day 2- Went hiking to see a big Buddha then went to the navy base and shopped a bit. That night we ate at a little sushi place that had the freshest sushi! The tuna went straight from the fish, then melted in my mouth.
Day 3- DISNEY SEA!!! It was like the California Adventure of Tokyo Disneyland. And it was amazing.
Day 4- Tsukiji Market, Shibuya, Harajuku, and a show at night. We basically explored Tokyo and it felt like I was in Times Square. The fish market was amazing! Sarah and I took glamour photo booth shots!
Day 5- Yoga on base, the cup noodle museum, and the Robot Restaurant. The RR was so touristy and I have my thoughts about entertainment for foreigners, but it was so bizarre. Of course we could not leave without a bit of karaoke!
*I met up with a friend from elementary school in Tokyo- it is amazing how Fbook keeps up connected!*
Buddha
Cup Noodle Museum
Robot Restaurant
Shin- our sushi chef
At Indiana Jones at Disney Sea
Sushi at Tsukiji Market
