July 30th

Posting a day late. I feel asleep early last night after eating to much. Originally we were going to all go to the Japan sea today but it ended up raining so we took the day off. Instead we jammed everyone in the car and went shopping.

For some reason the Japanese girls love guys that look like girls? I don't get it, but every musician and movie actor has long hair and perfect skin. So we found a shop with a section dedicated to the fans...literally you can buy fans with their faces on them. Cassy had to pose.

Cassy holding a hedgehog! We both miss Poke :(

So many stuffed animals here...

For the longest time Japanese food courts amazed me. You could get curry, noodles, rice, tako yaki, ramen, and anything else really. Since I was little I had a thing for Japanese fast food. So here's Heidi and Aina having some ramen for lunch. Cost? less than 3 dollars for a big bowl. Time? took less than 2 minutes. Taste? really freaking good.

Wendy enjoying her bowl too. She looks good with those braces off!!!!

One thing I have noticed though is the introduction of McDonald's in the mainstream fast food line. When I was younger, like 5-10yrs old there were no McDonald's in the area. About 5 years ago they built one about 5 minutes from where I live. However now you can find one anywhere. Cassy noticed it first, but all the kids in the food court were eating Micky D while the parents were eating noodles or curry. Apparently child obesity is becoming a problem in Japan (not as great as America) and its beginning to be really present in the culture. For one, just from my first hand experience at the food court, it was really interesting to watch the shift in diet for the younger kids. I sort of felt bad because the Japanese have such great food but to those little kids McDonald's is all they want.

We were both sick of shopping after about 2 hours. Had to take a little nap. My aunt was making fun of us because Japanese people would never just sit in the middle of the floor at a shopping center and act so leisure and nap. Lol. Americans...

I found this sweet poster for a clothing store. Read what it says at the bottom.

On our way home we stopped by a grocery store and I found 2 liter bottles of beer. Lol, 14 bucks a pop though. Still I thought they were pretty sweet.

I didn't take any pictures of dinner but lets just say I ate for like an hour and passed out right after. It was only about 9 but I was so tired. In Japan there are no time zones or daylight savings time. So depending on the season, lets say summer, the sun rises at 5am and sets at about 7:30pm. So by 8pm its completely dark out and everyone just gets together and chats and by 10pm were all ready to sleep. Its kinda nice but I honestly miss the sun setting at 9 at night.

Hey Moto and Mimi! Thanks for taking care of Moose, mae and bella! I hope your not having parties at our house every night! lol. ちゃんと運動してるか！僕かいったすぐまたジム行くで！