Hello All!

I have a moment to write as our time in Tokyo is winding down.  It’s gone much more quickly than I imagined it would, but all vacations are like that, aren’t they?

By the time we return to Grenada, we’ll pretty much have seen and done everything in and around Tokyo that we came to see and do.

Japan hasn’t been as mind-boggling as I thought it might be.  It’s very familiar in a way.  Not so unlike New York City for the most part, but then you turn the corner and find something completely unexpected that no one can explain.  Like this for example:

Here I am out having yakitori (which is absolutely delicious, by the way).  I’m eating a sausage, and holding it by the bone.

Wait, what?

Yes, you read that correctly.  Grilled sausages at yakitori places have a random bone shoved into the end, which you hold to eat them.

Hold on a minute…why would they….  I don’t…but…really?!?  Uhh, okay….

And then, of course, there have been many experiences that were completely different and new.  One of our very favorite parts of the trip so far took place at this onsen.  They have a bathroom that I’d happily spend the rest of my life in.

So, that’s it for now.  We’ll share many more stories and photos after we get back and over our jet lag.

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