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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Ueno Park Japan
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Friday, August 29, 2014. One place we really enjoyed was Ueno park which is north of downtown Tokyo. We did a paddle boat out on lake in the park. There's video at the bottom of the post of the boat. Here's Angela with her umbrella that Brian bought her that is a sun umbrella besides just one to protect you from the rain (Brian spent quite some time finding just the right one that she'd like). It's strange that you don't see more sun umbrellas used in the US and elsewhere. Anderson Family and Relatives.
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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Japanese Gardens
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Friday, August 29, 2014. One of the really nice things about Japan are the gardens in the various city parks. Here was one garden that was across the street from the LDS temple. It was nice to sit and quietly enjoy the views and eat a bowl of fruit we bought from a nearby market while Angela rested her sore feet. There are many turtles in these parks. Here's Angela on one of the park's bridges (this was at a different park we visited). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Anderson Family and Relatives.
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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Tsukiji Fish Market
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Friday, August 29, 2014. Tons of crates of fresh fish for sushi. There's various types of carts that are used to get things around the market. The fish smell is quite strong but the experience is so cool! We decided that it was imperative that we make fish faces for the occasion. Here's some video as we walked around the place. You can get an idea of how busy the place is. You hear the band saws cutting up the frozen fish and there's some video of it as well. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Justin an...
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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Daiba Island
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Saturday, August 30, 2014. Angela was feeling pretty tall. Here is the very interesting Fuji building that encourages tourists to visit and experience the latest technologies that Fuji is developing. There's a restaurant in that sphere. Daiba is where we had our favorite Japanese food, Okonomiyaki (see the food blog post to be posted later). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Anderson Family and Relatives. Brandon and Leisel Payzant. Craig and Jamie Blaisdell. Lacey (Payzant) and Josh Bates. Bret and Al...
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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Japanese Food
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Saturday, August 30, 2014. The Western breakfast wasn't exactly what we normally eat for breakfast and there was some variability each day but here's a representative one. Vegetable soup for breakfast? If you were still hungry after your breakfast there was all you could eat fruits and these tasty waffles with chocolate syrup and sprinkles or blueberry syrup. Sometimes it was wrapped in seaweed or had various kinds of sauces and dressings on them. One evening we met up with one of Brian's colleagues, Syl...
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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Random Japan Trip Items
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Saturday, August 30, 2014. Random Japan Trip Items. Angela's birthday happened while we were in Tokyo and we arranged to do a video call with our boys back home. Here's a video of the three angels posing for their mom (lower right corner). There was a foot bath for men and women on the top floor of the hotel that we enjoyed a couple times. This was the night view from the foot bath (again similar to the one above). We visited a very small fireworks museum that Angela's dad would have really enjoyed (he d...
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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Our first dog - Penny!
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Sunday, August 31, 2014. Our first dog - Penny! These couple photos were taken before she opened her eyes. Here's Penny and the boys when we had her at our home recently. Here's Lucas holding her. This video is pretty cute of Penny. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Anderson Family and Relatives. Brandon and Leisel Payzant. Craig and Jamie Blaisdell. Lacey (Payzant) and Josh Bates. Lisa (Anderson) and Sterling Stubbs. Fall 2010 New School Year Pics. Marci (Anderson) and Brandon Harwood. Wally and Ronni...
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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Shibuya Crossing
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Friday, August 29, 2014. Shibuya crossing is Tokyo's equivalent to New York's Times Square. It's an amazing intersection with tons of people flooding it. We went in a nearby Starbucks to get a nice camera angle. It was rainy so there were many umbrellas and perhaps not as many people as usual. Here's the before crossing photo. And the crossing photo! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Anderson Family and Relatives. Brandon and Leisel Payzant. Craig and Jamie Blaisdell. Lacey (Payzant) and Josh Bates.
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Brian & Angela Anderson Family: Sensoji - Japanese Buddhist Temple
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Friday, August 29, 2014. Sensoji - Japanese Buddhist Temple. Our hotel in Tokyo was very close to one of the most famous Japanese Buddhist temples called Sensoji. Many many tourists come here along with many Japanese people here to have a religious experience. Here's Brian in front of a cool looking building (called a Pagoda) that we weren't sure what it's purpose was. At the main worshiping area there are very ornate golden statues to see and pray at. All around the temple grounds are various outdoor sh...