Jon, Sarah, Chris, Mark, and I left early in the morning to begin our adventure in Toyko. Chris probably took over 200 pictures from the train on the way to the city--- that’s how excited we were!! The pictures will tell the rest of the story…
Apartment buildings---(so may people who don't know Christ)
I just had to throw in this cute picture :-)
"I'm not going to sleep!-- I can't miss this!"
So strong!!
Entrance gate before the temple
Shops along the way to the temple
More gates to the temple. What a good looking couple!
people cleansing themselves prior to entering the temple
Inside the temple: (the temple was covered in scaffolding and tarps for construction, so I didn't include a picture of the outside)
People praying to the gods in the temple
Mark brought lots of attetion his way. People took pictures with him and felt compelled to give him things... These men thought they needed to fan him (I guess it was hot outside!).
Octopus balls!! These are like pancake balls with octopus in them!
chicken and cucumber on a stick-- a delicious and refreshing snack :-)
This intersection stops traffic in all directions every couple minutes to let people cross-- The number of people never diminishes! It's nuts!!
Dinner: Jon and Sarah searched high and low so we could experience this special type of dinner: Okinomiyaki. After much persistence they found this fantastic, hole-in-the-wall place. The alley to get to the restaurant was so narrow we had to collapse Mark's stroller! It was definitely worth the wait!...yum!! We even brought back the ingredients to make it in the States. I can't wait!
Who knew crepes were so big (literally and figuratively) in Japan?!? We got our with ice cream, strawberries and chocolate...ooo la la! :-) A great finish to a great day!
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