Gary signed the contract for the church building and picked up the key! I can't even remember how many buildings were looked at to finally get to this point! Now Gary is busy ordering chairs, pulpit and light bulbs so we can have our grand opening!
It looks like Spring is finally arriving in Tokyo! We've had some warmer weather the last few days, into the 50's and some sunshine too! Soon we will get to enjoy cherry blossom time again! I hope to visit some of the good parks with blossoms this year. Last year we were too busy to do more than a cursory visit to Fuchu's cherry blossom street because we were all the time looking for an apartment. One thing though about all the running around looking at buildings and apartments we have gotten to know a lot of different areas in Tokyo! Even with that, it's such a massive city that like when we lived in Mexico City, even after 7 years, we hadn't seen it all!
Hopie arrived! We have been enjoying our visit with her.
Yesterday Hopie and I went to Ueno and Asakusa. It was a fun day exploring and wandering around Tokyo!
In Ueno, we went to a large park and saw some temples. we also saw this cute frog fountain . Here, Hopie and I ended up taking a picture of each other taking a picture !
Hopie aka Nozomichan!
We also saw this on one of the buildings, I think it kind of looks like a chicken from mexico!
We also saw some of the CUTEST ducks ever! I call them penguin ducks.
In Asakusa we saw more temples and did some souvenir shopping in nearby market stalls.
(I have no idea who the lady on the far right is..lol!)
Hopie and random people under the big red thing..sorry, don't know what it's called!
I gotta wonder if these didn't inspire the invention of hot air balloons...
Many people line up to pray here. Legend says that praying at this particular temple will grant you a successful life so there are always people here praying. I had to stop and pray for them.
Today, is Daddy and daughter day. I think they are headed to Shibuya!
On to Food!!!!
When we first arrived in Asakusa we were wandering around and we found a Taiyaki shop!
Taiyaki is a Japanese fish-shape cake. The most common filling is sweet red bean paste. The shop we were at offered other flavors as well. There was strawberries and cream, custard, cheese and chocolate as well as a few other flavors.
The taiyaki is made using waffle batter that is poured into a fish-shaped mold for each side. The filling is then put on one side and the mold is closed, it's then cooked till golden brown and delicious!
I had a custard filled Taiyaki, it was HOT and delicious!
Awesome!!!!
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