dave in nippon

sorry for the delay, things have been a little busy as of late.

kyoto was an amazing trip and dave is the best tour guide i’ve ever had. our first day in kyoto was pouring with rain but our second was perfect. we went to fushimi inari where walked through tunnels of these orange gates.

along the way there were shrines with many different fox statues sporting red bibs.

we walked for a good 7 hours that day!! yiks!

we parted ways on friday, dave went to a hill to pray with some monks for a couple of days and i headed home on the bullet train. my birthday was well spent. i boarded the train around 12pm and gazed out the window to the sounds of Max Richter, Kings of Convenience and Ulrich Schnauss, it was nice and sunny as I watched the world go by at high speeds. i treated myself to a lovely bento box of goodies and some beers.

i got home around 5pm then met matt at omiya where he showered me with treats : )

dave got back on sunday evening and we pulled an all nighter. we started out with drinks and food at an izakaya. joe and matt joined us for food and later we had shelley, lisa and lola come ‘round for some drinks. after that we all headed to a karaoke bar. i had never heard dave sing before…he’s got quite a set of pipes on him!! 3000 yen for all you can sing and drink is alright by me. here's a pic of dave and matt tearin' it up, i think they might have been singing toto's africa...

toto's a problem, you can't escape it. crane does not make toilets and sinks here, toto does. everytime you go to the bathroom you're guaranteed to come out humming one of their tunes.

we took a cab home and walked through this tunnel under yono station. it was late and the many gin and tonics had kicked in at that point. dave was prepared to protect me from any intruders...

yesterday dave and i walked around tokyo. we went to yoyogi park where we saw many cherry blossoms!! next week the trees will reach full bloom and i can’t wait. many people go to the park for picnics under the trees and apparently you can also go at night cuz they illuminate the tress from below which sounds beautiful. some parks also have karaoke set up as well…good times!

today is dave’s departure and i don’t know where the time has gone. it was lovely seeing a friend from home, i think he’s going home with fond memories of nippon.

today i'm going to go see a doctor in omiya. my eyes are practically swollen shut and i look really pretty. i may not go into work tomorrow in fear of scaring my little kinders away.

xo

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Listening to Gllia Kazumasa Hashimoto