Lukan was desperate - DESPERATE - to go to the Pokemon Center, but we heard from Yumi that it was just a big shop. So we figured the shop at Tokyo Station would suffice.
He wanted to buy a Pokemon. We could only see the balls that they came in, not the Pokemon itself, so he picked one out. The photo above was taken just after the purchase, before opening the ball... which, it turned out, contained a magnet. There was much sorrow and wailing.
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Téo was very happy to go to the shinkansen (bullet train) station. I think he could have stayed there all day, watching the trains come and go.
We meanly dragged him away - although he still got to see a lot of trains.
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There were quite a few places we wanted to show to the kids. One was Akihabara Electric City, where one goes to buy electronics.
Electric head massagers.
French maids - not electronic, but they do offer massages. More here if you are interested.
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Meiji Shrine:
Caskets of sake given as offerings.
These girls wanted a photo with the kids, We said that they needed to pay, but they didn't get the joke.
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Harajuku:
We had wanted to see the dressed-up kids on the bridge between Harajuku and the Meiji Shrine, but there were none! There were still costumed people elsewhere however.
We had wanted to see the dressed-up kids on the bridge between Harajuku and the Meiji Shrine, but there were none! There were still costumed people elsewhere however.
Harajuku is the home of the most-looked-forward-to place of the entire trip, by the kids at least: a giant toy store! Much birthday and pocket money was spent.
We went to Odaiba with Yumi and Daiki. For the kids, the Legoland Disocvery Center was the best part.
We were taken out to dinner by Akie, C's homestay mother from when he first moved to Japan. She took us to a restaurant famous for fugu - a pufferfish that can be lethally poisonous if not prepared properly.
It was delicious. And happily, not lethal.
The restaurant is owned by an ex-sumo player - who was there! He asked the kids if they knew any Japanese... despite having been coached by Shabolz to say cute bum in response, the kids claimed not to know a word.
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Odaiba:
We went to Odaiba with Yumi and Daiki. For the kids, the Legoland Disocvery Center was the best part.
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We were taken out to dinner by Akie, C's homestay mother from when he first moved to Japan. She took us to a restaurant famous for fugu - a pufferfish that can be lethally poisonous if not prepared properly.
It was delicious. And happily, not lethal.
The restaurant is owned by an ex-sumo player - who was there! He asked the kids if they knew any Japanese... despite having been coached by Shabolz to say cute bum in response, the kids claimed not to know a word.
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On the last night we went out with Yumi, Satoshi and Daiki.
And then the next morning we had to get up early, to go to the airport. The kids had their last edamame and chips meal (yes, for breakfast!)...
... and then it was time to go.
A wonderful, wonderful holiday!
And then the next morning we had to get up early, to go to the airport. The kids had their last edamame and chips meal (yes, for breakfast!)...
... and then it was time to go.
A wonderful, wonderful holiday!
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