Christmas in Tokyo is interesting. The majority of the people here aren’t Christian. and Christmas has taken on more of a Valentine’s Day feel. Christmas Eve is a night to go out on a romantic date, and most of the… Read more ›
Today we bought an ice cream cake to eat on Christmas. What? You know it’s a great idea. They sent it home with us in a box packed with dry ice, so we decided to play with it when we… Read more ›
Yesterday we went to Yoyogi Park in Harajuku. Here’s what happened. :). We wandered across a recently completed wedding ceremony. A fine, mustachioed guardian. The girls at the police station. (We did not have business in the police station, just posed for… Read more ›
Today we went to Yoyogi Park in Harajuku, and I got a little obsessed with taking pictures of crows. The starkness of the bare branches against the white sky was just so striking. Â We also ran into a man who… Read more ›
The other day we stopped in Ginza and as we looked into the sky, Zoe pointed out the cloud that looks like Santa’s sleigh. Â Then we noticed it. Do you see it? Zo thought that it looked like a… Read more ›
There have been a number of questions in  the comments on recent posts, and I’m never sure if anyone goes back to check to see if there are answers, so I figured I’d answer them in an actual post.  Starting with… Read more ›
Today we went out to Fukagawa and went to the Edo Museum there. It’s in a hangar type space, and the whole thing is a reproduction of a 19th century Shitamachi neighborhood. It has seven buildings that you can walk… Read more ›
On Saturday morning we set out for Disney Sea. It was absolutely gorgeous. Completely breathtaking. Â It rained for most of the time we were there, which made it tricky to get good pictures, but somehow I managed. 🙂… Read more ›
On Thursday morning we got the girls up and dressed warmly, and got on a train. They had no idea where we were going, or that we had supplies for staying over night in our backpacks. An hour long… Read more ›
The other day we stopped in Hiroo on our way to Ginza. There is an LDS temple there, which is beautiful. Across the street is an amazing park; a great example of how well thought out the parks here are,… Read more ›
