Good Evening
Gma Jean and CJ are both in bed after there 2 lil cups of sake and I am trying to catch up with a little book work before I too retire for the night. Talked with my brother briefly this am and he had just dropped by dad off at the rehab center and was then going to pick my mom up and bring her over to visit dad. Bernard has left Mercy Hospital and is now in residing for the next 2 weeks or so at Innsbruck Benedictine Health Center in New Brighton MN. I will call him in the am for another update on how things re going.
Gma Jean and I had a fun and rather relaxing day today looking at all the western style mansions up here on the bluff in Yamate-cho. Many were decorated for Halloween as they have a Halloween Walk Event on the 26th where kids can come dressed up and do trick or treat. They do NOT do it door to door in the neighborhoods here in Japan, like we do back in the states.
We stopped by the Tin Toy Museum and a Christmas shop that was loaded with ornaments of all kinds. Fun to see all the old toys the kids here in Japan have had over the past years.
The rose garden at Harbor View park was a rainbow of color today with roses blooming in every color imaginable... red, yellow, pink, orange, white, purple, fushisa,and various multi color ones too.
After touring 5 of the 7 houses on the bluff, we attended the first professional piano recital of a 25yr old young lady who just graduated from Ferris Univ in April 2008. Her name is Ariko Akiyama and she has been playing since she was 6yrs old. Her favorite composer is Mozart and she would love to go study some more in Germany or Austria. She was excellent and so kind to visit with Jean and I after the concert while we enjoyed a cup of tea and some pound cake. Ariko too, was very gracious and took a photo with us as well. We think she will have a very successful pro career. Amazing!!
We then went to the grocery for some more veggies and then back home to relax, and read up on Kamakura where we will go tomorrow. CJ is tied up with work tomorrow night and on Sunday, so Jean and I will head south to Kamakura tomorrow, Saturday to Hakone area with CJ and then Sunday when he is busy again we will head to Tokyo and the parks, Tokyo Tower, Harajuku, Yoyogi park...??
More soon
Karla CJ Gma Jean
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