Disney, Again

We had never been to a Disney park in October during their Halloween celebrations. Yep, Disney Tokyo celebrates Halloween.

Even the monorail gets festive.

We always start with Pirates of the Caribbean.

It was a great day with great weather and not too crowded! I love spending this time with my husband and kids!! We went to Disney Sea the next day, more pictures to come!

The Sidestreets of Tokyo

There are some amazing side streets and pedestrian only streets in Tokyo. I love exploring these places. They are usually packed full of great food and quaint shops.

These are also some of my favorite scenes to capture in pictures. Candid scenes of everyday life here in Japan.

Of course, I like taking pictures of these guys too.

Tokyo Tower in the background!

Rayce found a delicious curry bun.

Another fun thing about walking these streets is you literally meet people from all over the world, we had conversations with people from New Zealand and England.

We ended up eating at a little place on one of these side streets and they served quail eggs as an appetizer, so of course we all had to try one, even Avie! She is usually not an adventurous eater...at all, but Danielle said she'd pay her a buck to try it. Wow, that's the key, huh? We thought for a moment that she might vomit but she kept it down. Actually, quail eggs are pretty tasty.

They even had rickshaws and after all the walking around it was kinda enticing, but expensive!

It's nice to have a city like Tokyo where you feel safe enough to explore the side streets and stuff kinda off the beaten path. Even more to come.

A Short Getaway With a Long Drive

On Sunday we left for Tokyo for a few days. It's about an eight hour drive so we usually try and stay a week so we're not spending most of our time in the car. We spent three days in Tokyo and two driving back and forth. The good thing about Tokyo is once you're there, you can park your car and just take the train everywhere. Our first day we spent in the city and the next two at Disney. We've been down there many times but still have not come close to seeing everything! It's a huge city with a lot to see.

The first place we tried to go was closed so we set off to Sensō-ji. Sensō-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. It is the oldest temple in Tokyo, and it was busy! I'm sure it's hard to find a day that it's not busy.

This is the entrance, these temples are made up of several smaller buildings and usually a main hall that is huge!

Vendors line the pedestrian walkway to the main hall, lots of souvenirs and food.

5-story pagoda.

This is the main hall. Big and crowded.

More to come.