Kate went to Tokyo for the weekend with some friends, so the children and I decided we would try to find the Utsunomiya Buddha. I glanced at a map and got the rough location relative to the station and we were off. We parked at the station and set off walking. Within 10 minutes we were able to stumble onto it. It is close to the river running trough the town. Not incredibly large, it is still nice and located within a well kept temple. We did a variety of other things for the weekend, but I failed to carry the camera along.
Kate headed to Tokyo with Reiko and Elin to spend the weekend. One of their stops was to a shop specializing in the fake foods that are often present in front of restaurants.
This is definitely an art form and if you want to buy it, it will cost you. Kate said that a plate of 5 fake gyoza was about $50. I can not imagine what the price of some of the more elaborate foods would be.
Of course sushi was also an option for purchase. We talked a little by phone and decided not to purchase any. It was a little pricey, and although it truly is a form of art, it is not really something we would put out on display.
Over the weekend they went to a restaurants with numerous salt water aquariums in them.
In the evening they went to the Black swan. Kate had gone to this show before, but said that the late night show was a bit more risk-ay.
At the end of the show all the ........ladies posed for a picture with the ladies.
While on the trip apparently both Kate and Elin ended up buying the same necklace from one of the shops. Kate said it is actually for holding glasses, you hang them by the earpiece through the ring, but they just liked it as a necklace. Not sure who's idea it was, but they decided to pose with them as a monocle. To me it just means they had fun.
On Sunday they went to a restaurant already decorated for Halloween. She said is was a "Cinderella and the seven dwarfs" themed restaurant. Sounds interesting. They also attended a Kabuki show. They couldn't take any pics and were very tired from the late night before but Kate enjoyed watching it. She said you definitely needed a translation ear piece to understand what was going on. It was a 4 hours show but they chose to stay only for the first 2 shows.
That is all for this post, have a great week.
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