Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Mushrooms!
We stumbled across a huge and awesome grocery store where I snapped some more photos -- Look how many sorts of mushrooms they had! Amazing.
More Fake Food!
Stan was carefully examining things to select his souvenirs and I took some photos -- this plastic food looks so real and AWESOME!
Tempura and Tentacles
We were trying to find some good tempura before we left Japan and we stumbled upon a tempura chain restaurant which was pretty tasty! We also ordered a tako and nori salad which was super cool looking with all the tentacles and suction cups I had to photograph! And that strange looking vegetable is a lotus root which tasted like a potato :)
Pokemon!
There was a little promo outside of a camera store giving away free cardboard hats and letting people pose in front of the inflatable pikachu! Of course I was sprinting towards it and Stan came along :)
Asakusa - Shopping Street
Long row of shops to buy souvenirs and anything you can think of, and there's a huge lantern at one end. Amazing! And not too far from our hotel!
Shinkansen - Bullet Train in Action!
I caught a video clip of a train whizzing by the station while we waited for ours! Zoooooom!
Shinkansen- Bullet Train
After our tour of Mt. Fuji and Hakone we took the Shinkansen train home to Tokyo! These trains are fast! They go something like 200km/hr so it was only 40 min back to Tokyo. Weeee!
Stan - Portraits with Autumn Leaves
Here's Stan's photo shoot -- a bit goofier than mine, but some good shots still came out of it!
Mt. Fuji Visitor's Center
The clouds were kind of in the way at this point in the day but we still saw a nice view from the Mt. Fuji visitor's center.
Mt. Fuji Tour - Teacher/Guide
We learned many things from our tour guide. He taught us origami and how to use a hole in the ground style toilet. :)
Mt. Fuji - View from the Bus
Some of our best glimpses of Mt. Fuji were from the bus ride. I tried to grab a photo of Stan in front of it but it got kind of washed out. The peak of Mt. Fuji is definitely beautiful and we were fortunate it was a clear day to see it at all (even though we couldn't drive up the mountain due to ice).
Mt. Fuji Tour - Bus and Guide
On Friday, we booked a bus tour out to Mt. Fuji and Hakone, then took the Shinkansen home. It was a good way to get some history and insight of the country from a local who spoke English, our tour guide Tadashi! He was pretty funny too!
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