Golden Week Day 12

You can see the pics posted during the trip here.

前の携帯の写真はここで。

We saw Otaka’s Path in a guidebook and liked the pictures, so we decided to go.

ガイドブックお鷹の道を見たから行って見た。

It was pretty.

きれい。

But really, it wasn’t so interesting.

本当にとても面白くなかった。

The train ride to the airport.

空港まで電車に。

Our last meal together. 

最後の一緒にご飯を食べた。

Yum!

とても美味しかった！

Mandie bought a Kitty.

妹はキティちゃんを買った。

After she left, I headed to my hostel.

妹は飛行機でいたの後にホステルへ行った。

It was only a few minutes south of Narita Airport, but it was in the middle of nowhere.

成田空港の南に５分ぐらいかかったけど、とても田舎の所。

I went to my first-ever not-Hokkaido Michi-no-Eki (like a cross between an information center, local shop, rest stop and restaurant).

最初の北海道以外道の駅へ行った。

This was the hostel’s bicycle.

ホステルの自転車。

All these strawberries for 300 yen – so cheap! (I’ve been in Japan too long . . . )

この苺は300円。安い！日本に住んでいる事は長すぎる。

Golden Week Day 10

You can see the pics posted during the trip here.

前の携帯の写真はここで。

We ventured to the Tokyo Metropolitan Photography Museum.

東京都写真美術館へ行った。

They had some cool exhibits. I just wish I could have snapped a few pictures.

たくさんいい写真があったけど、写真撮ることはだめ。

This was the view from the top of a nearby building.

隣の建物からこの眺めが見えた。

After that, Mandie and I got dressed up for dinner.

晩ご飯のため、私たちドレスを着た。

Here’s where we ate. Unfortunately, I forgot my tripod.

ここで食べたけど、トリポッドが忘れちゃった。

After dinner, it was time for purikura.

次はプリクラ。

When we got back near our hotel, we decided to stop in at this cute little Korean Café for dessert.

ホテルの近いへ戻ったにこのかわいい韓国カフェにデザトーを食べた。

What we had for dessert. Yum!

美味しいデザトー。

Golden Week Day 9

You can see the pics posted during the trip here.

前の携帯の写真はここで。

Mandie with her tea juice box.

妹とお茶。

We ate bentos in Shinjuku Park. It was Children’s Day, so the park was full of families.

新宿公園に弁当を食べた。子供の日だから、たくさん家族がいた。

Yum!

美味しかった！

Then we headed for Harajuku.

原宿へ行った。

We found sakura ice cream!

桜アイスを食べた。

We had to find some people who were dressed in interesting ways in Harajuku.

原宿の面白い人。

Golden Week Day 8

You can see the pics posted during the trip here.

前の携帯の写真はここで。

Our first stop for the day was Ooedo Onsen Monogatari. Mandie's first-ever onsen. The light inside was terrible, so there are no pictures. 

最初はこの温泉へ行った。妹は温泉が始めた。中に光はとても黒いから、写真撮らなかった。

After the onsen, we went to Diver City, because I had heard an Old Navy had opened and I wanted to find clothes that fit. 

温泉の後にダイバーシティ東京へ行った。オールド・ネイビーと言う店へ行きたかったから。

Of course, we had to stop and take a picture of Gundam.

もちろん、この写真を撮った。

Here I am after spending way too much at Old Navy. 

店で買いすぎたの後。

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Golden Week Day 7

You can see the pics posted during the trip here.

前の携帯の写真はここで。

Breakfast with our new friends before we all head different directions.

離れるの前朝ご飯を食べた。

(Photo by Oskar, Oは写真を撮った）

Our friend M gave us a ride to the station.

Mの車で駅まで乗った。

After we split up, Mandie and I headed to Tokyo station.

離れてから、妹と東京駅まで行った。

Mandie wanted to see a castle, so we headed to the Imperial Palace. I hadn’t really considered that we wouldn’t even be able to see the gardens inside.

皇居へ行った。

At a park nearby, there was a protest. We didn’t know why.

近い公園に抗言あった。なざかわからなかった。

Because of the protest, there were cops all around the park, but when we first saw the cops, we didn’t know about the protest and we wondered why they were so heavily guarding a park.

来た時に警察いっぱい見たけど、なぜが分からなかった。抗言を見たの後に分かった。

After our walk, we went back to the hostel and then out for dinner. Here’s Mandie with her first-ever onigiri (rice ball).

晩ご飯に妹は始めたおにぎりを食べた。

Dessert – a strawberry sandwich.

デザトーは苺のサンド。