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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Japan In Pictures


Green Tea to help you loose weight.


Hand dryer in some of the public bathrooms.

Tamika in front of the Cherry Blossoms at the Tokyo National Museum. It looked like snow.



A toast to having a good time in Japan.



Some of our meal..including chicken cartilidge nuggets and indian style pizza.


Tamika with tattoo artist.



Tamika's new tat. Cherry Blossoms!




Bobby getting his tat.





Tamika drinking a yummy mango breeze.



Bobby drinking the best Kirin.




Seafood cake.Yummmy!!



Tamika waiting for the train.




Bobby waiting for the train.



Tamika in front of Yokosuni Shrine where the sumo wresting took place.














Sumo Wrestling practice before match.




Sumo wrestler stretching out before match.




Bobby and Tamika posing with Sumo Wrestelers.


Tamika in front of Sumo Wrestlers.



Sumo Wrestling!



Bobby eating noodles. lol



Part of our meal at the restaurant.



Tamika wanting to eat after a very long day out.



Bobby at an Izakaya in Shinjuku. He had to bend down to get in the seating area.



Horyuji Treasures- Tokyo National Museum






Traditional Japanese Board Game- Tokyo National Museum




Dagger-Tokyo National Museum


Bathrooms at Ueno Park. They also have western toilets but this was funny to take a pic of. You have to squat.




Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Park.



Tamika in the Swan at Ueno Park.


Bobby riding the swam in Ueno Park.


We told you the ducks have Mohawks here. lol



Toshogu Shrine.


A vendor cooking the octopus balls in Ueno Park.





Vendors @ the famous Ueno Park.




Tamika weighing herself on a Japanese scale in kilograms.




Bobby peeking his head through a replica of a traditional Japanese home at the Shitamachi Museum.




Tokyo has been the city for the Olympics in 1964 and is a candidate again for the 2016 Olympics.


Bobby showing he is too tall for many things in Japan including this replica of a traditional Japanese shop at the Shitamachi Museum.



Tamika at the Shitamachi Museum in the replica of a traditional tea room.



Tamika at the Shitamachi Museum standing beside a mini shrine meant for prayer.



Replica of a traditional Japanese store at Shitamachi Museum.


Famous Octopus balls that made Bobby gag. They were good though!



Thought it would be funny to show the McHotDog at McDonalds in Japan.



Bobby and Tamika walking through Yoyogi Park.




Shrine building at Meiji Jingu.


Bobby in Yoyogi park at the At Temizuya partaking in paying respect at Meiji Jungu.



Tamika in Yoyogi park.



Cherry Blossom part 3.




Tamika underneath the Cherry Blossom tree.



Cherry Blossoms part 2 by the Tokyo Government Building.



View from the Tokyo Government building 45th floor.



Japanese version of the House of representatives.


Japanese traditional symbols found in the Tokyo Government building.


Little Restaurant by the hotel. We have been here twice. Its good. Couldn't tell you the name though.



Japanese menu. We have to order everything through pics. A few of the restaurants do have English menus but mostly we just look at the pic and hope it tastes good. We have had good luck so far.


Bobby and Tamika about to go out.



Tamika ready to go out to Shinjuku for the night.



Cherry Blossoms by the Tokyo Government building.



Vending machines like these are all over the city for your convenience.


Tamika in Shinjuku

Bobby is Shinjuku.


The major mode of transportation.


Our first meal in Japan. Traditional Ramon noodles with Chicken.



Bobby in the same attire acting like a ninja.


Tamika with the traditional robe and slippers that hotels give you.

3 comments:

  1. Looks like just a wonderful place to be. Love the Cherry Blossoms. You guys went there at the perfect time! That is just the tattoo I've always thought about....it came out beautiful. The pizza and the ramen noodle dish look good but I'm not sure about the rest. Don't you love those SQUAT potties! Hehe. I look forward to you next post. Be safe.

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  2. HAHAHA yeah we have had some tough time with the food over here. Not sure what alot of it is. Thanks for your comments. Can't wait to meet your son!

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  3. hot dogs at mcdonalds now that funny! lol you guys look like your having a blast!

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