Culinary Adventures in Tokyo

May 19, 2009

Of course, Tokyo is well known for its adventurous cuisine and super-fresh seafood. At Zauo Sushi, in the ground floor of the Washington Hotel, they’ve given it an interesting spin. The tables are surrounded by tanks of various live fish, and after we ordered some drinks and appetizers, the waiters set me & the kidss […]

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The Happiest Place

May 18, 2009

I’ll admit I had serious reservations about going to Tokyo Disneyland. Aside from the expense, I was sure it would be ridiculously crowded. Danielle insisted, though, so off we went. Tweet

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Are We Having Fun?

May 17, 2009

Here’s a video answer to the question we get asked the most: Tweet

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Suck It Up

May 13, 2009

It happens to be our family motto. Seriously. Suck it up. And yes it is a bit crude, but you would be surprised at how many times it works as an answer. Basically, we want to teach the kids (and ourselves) to be a little tougher when needed, complain less often (how much good does […]

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Odaiba

May 8, 2009

A huge man-made island in Tokyo Bay, Odaiba is home to numerous hotels and entertainment complexes, along with the really cool Miraikan Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. This place was enormous, with tons of interactive exhibits on everything from robotics and space exploration to environmental issues. No wonder Japanese kids are so smart! Odaiba […]

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Harajuku, Baby!

May 7, 2009

I suppose no trip to Tokyo would be complete without a weekend visit to Harajuku, the self-proclaimed epicenter of Tokyo’s youth culture. It was a weird scene, for sure. We emerged from the subway into a sea of people, with the odd Tamagotchi character thrown in the mix. Most of the people here were either […]

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Looks Good Enough to Eat

May 6, 2009

I’ve already mentioned how hard it was to decipher the menus in Tokyo. Luckily, many restaurants here have picture menus, so I can do my caveman “point & grunt” thing. A lot of restaurants have taken this a step further, displaying elaborate plastic replicas of their food. One day we went down “restaurant street” near […]

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Puppy the World

May 5, 2009

Never mind the cultural heritage, historic sights, or natural resources – Hannah and Ray evaluate each country based on one criteria: puppies. And by this standard, Tokyo was by far the most awesome place we visited. It seems like nearly all the dogs in Tokyo are of the small and cute variety; we saw many being […]

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Mind Your Manners

April 30, 2009

I think the Japanese might just be the most polite people on earth. Even when they’re rushing to work or packing into subway cars, everyone here just seems so well-mannered. Maybe all these signs I’ve noticed at various places have something to do with it: Of course, I can’t read the one above, but the […]

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It’s Different Here

April 30, 2009

It didn’t take long for us to appreciate just how different Tokyo is from the rest of the places we’ve been. The Language Barrier: In South America I managed to get by pretty well in Spanish, Even though I couldn’t always speak it so well, I could at least read everything. Here almost all the […]

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