Thursday, April 16, 2015

Japan: the beginning

I'm not a consistent blogger at all this year but I will be adding more photos to my Flickr album.

Japan is an amazing country where it's a mix of old and modern ideas, architecture and culture. I felt very safe there and even our kids had the chance to explore a little on their own.

There is so much to see and do here. The last time we were here was 9 years ago and we did a few of the same sights we did previously. I can tell you that we walked A LOT. Not just walking but climbing stairs up and down. A lot. That's why the people are thin, they get a natural workout every day. 

We walked a minimum of 7 miles/day and our high was close to 12 miles one day. Even the elderly people got around; they do not shirk their activities one bit. 

The weather was chilly and rainy for the most part. We did get some pretty skies and maybe 2 warmer days.


Welcome to Japan

First train ride of vacation

Riding the train to Tokyo

goofing off

Met some interesting characters...

waiting for us


Under

Vending machines

Our street in Roppongi

1st great find

Found some really great places to eat and see the people. Most of the places we ate out look like this. We have no idea of their names but we managed to try all sorts of food....more on that later.

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