Last weekend we took a little trip to Japan. Yep, hop on a plane, spend a few days, fly back. Nice. We went to Japan to attend Anton's wedding party. She and
Mako-
san were married last year, but this party was for friends. I'll post some pictures from the party later. Below is the first part of our trip.
Of course, being that the semester is well under way at the U,
Hiroe had to keep up in her studies while we were gone. This is on the
Narita express train on the way to Tokyo.
And this is in Tokyo. One can't study all of the time.
It was a cool restaurant that we went to with
Hiroe's friend
Yuko. A cozy place with good beer and lots of lovely appetizers.
On Saturday we went to
Ginza. Weekends are a great time to be in
Ginza because they block the streets off for pedestrians and the people watching is quite fun.
Plenty of photo opportunities.
Like this. Still not sure what her theme is.
Hiroe uses a method for selecting apparel based on
TPO. Time, place, occasion. Saturday, Ginza, shopping. So she wore blaze orange and brought her two dogs. Maybe I didn't stand out as much as I thought I might.
Once inside the department stores, one is surrounded by a selection of chocolate. Around Valentines day all of the stores set up a plethora of chocolate displays. Most have free samples. Imported chocolate from around the world. In Japan, Valentines day is a time for women to give chocolate to men they find attractive. Hence all of the women in this pic. I sincerely believe the rest of the world should pay attention to this custom.
You can tell the women want to leave a good impression on the male. If he doesn't like chocolate, maybe he'll like these chocolate tools.
They even have a rust colored chocolate powder on the outside to make them look like more real. I think these rust colored chocolate tools were imported from Italy. Now that's love.
I had a cone pizza for lunch. The entertaining part of this picture is the employee hiding behind the counter so that she's not in the picture. You can just barely see her red hat through the glass counter top.
