Hi All
Well it is actually Dec 26th here in Japan, but we have been so busy the last few days I have not had time to jot down anything till now.
Everyone is sleeping in or doing their own thing this morning so I will take a few minutes to get you up to date on all the happenings here in Japan.
Christmas Eve day we met CJ at the Ramen Museum for lunch. We enjoyed some very garlicy ramen as well as some miso based and soy sauce based soups. It was no joke that we lost our noodle as we legally slurped our hot and savory soups and enjoyed some egg like looking sweet cakes after.
We then made our way up to Shinbuya, Tokyo to see the Akihabara Electric town and all the electronics, lights, colorful signs... First we spent an hour or so in the Club Sega game pavilion where Mikey, Kalen and the Harriman Boyz tried their hand at a few racing games. I walked around and looked at all the Manga posters, books and figurines. I hoped to see lots of girls dressed in their maid costumes,but we saw more santas and 1 reindeer than anything else.
The Santas I ran into, were passing out little cards of a NEW Manga charcter who's Birthday it was today. I guess everyone here likes to dress up like Santa as many a store had employees dressed in the red and white outfits as they tried to hawk and sell their numerous wares. I can not believe the high inventory all these stores here hold on their shelves. Yikes !
We then wandered the streets and made our way to the train station and over to the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. As darkness fell over Tokyo the skies lit up with many a neon sign,and we saw many a Christmas tree light,stars twinkling,snowflakes a glow as we walked through the 2008 Shinjuku Light show at Times Square. Was so fun to watch the faces of surprise on young and old as they pressed a button and watched the color change on the very lacy looking gazebo.
We walked up and down some more streets and as the cool wind blew I wondered how these girls in their short shorts and boots of all varieties and styles kept their bare legs warm. I was a bit chilly even though I was bundled up in my gloves,turtle neck, tights under my jeans, scarf, jacket...and was still a bit chilly. Interesting Christmas apparel I'd say.
We finally found a little restaurant that served pork cutlet and so we entered the bottom floor of this building to have our Christmas Dinner of some very sweet and savory specially prepared pork cutlet, with cabbage salad, brown rice and pickled veggies.
After dinner we made our way back home on the numerous different subways and trains and had a night cap of sake and some fancy cakes flavored with mango, carmel and chocolate banana before laying our heads to bed so Santa could get down to business.
Konbonwa
Karla and the reindeer gang
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