My newlywed sister Michelle and her husband Dallin came to Tokyo for a visit, shortly after my parents left. We hit a few of the same tourist spots, but mostly we tried new places. I knew that Dallin could only handle so many shrines before he went batty, so I tried to pick "active" tourist adventures!
SHOWA KINEN PARK
Does this remind you of, "The Never Ending Story"?
Dallin caught "some" air on the marshmellow mounds... uh, wow
Michelle had better toe-touches than me and she never even did cheer
Dallin lured quite a crowd of school kids and like the Pied Piper, they followed him around until he was forced to make a quick getaway
Tulip Festival at Showa Kinen
HAKONE Open Air Art Museum
Creative nets with crawling holes to climb in and out
Dallin... now you see him, now you don't
Feeding the COY FISH, Michelle actually pet one :)
At the end of the museum path, there is a FOOT SPA... ahhhh so nice
Then we rode the ropeway to the OWAKUDANI NATURAL HOT SPRINGS
This area is famous for KUROTAMAGO which means black egg
(even Hello Kitty is dressed in a black egg costume for this tourist hit)
Steam comes from the hot springs and there is a heavy sulphur smell in the air...
PEEE EWWW
The eggs are cooked in the sulphur water and it turns them black
They were stinky and looked wierd, but actually YUMMY!
HAMARIKYU GARDENS during SAKURA season
Tea House in the center where we had Matcha Tea
HEIWA NO MORI Obstacle Course Park
We all fell into this water and became completely soaked
(bummer...pictures accidentally got deleted )
ZOZOJI Buddhist Temple
Cool idea to lean on these huge red doors... uh, wet paint?
And now a stain to always remember Tokyo.
TOKYO TOWER
Bye Bye Michelle and Dallin... we had fun!
