Kamakura with the Family

I know what you're thinking... how could we show our family Japan without Kamakura? Well, hold your horses because we spent a whole day there enjoying every last bit of it! First stop was of course Daibutsu( The Big Buddha)! It was a picture perfect day, although a little chilly. And as you can see I was showing Marge how to read the train maps and how I figure out how to get around... it's really not that hard! Daibutsu was nice as was the oishii green tea/sweet potato swirl ice cream we got on our walk there. The street to get to the big buddha has the most darling little shops where you can buy handmade things... we ended up buying the really neat handmade pottery flower vase that hangs on the wall. Hopefully we will have it for years to come and it will remind us of our time here in Japan!

We also went to to the main shrine in Kamakura and walked around until the sun went down. The leaves were really pretty and we came across this little bridge which was a great place for pictures! It was a chilly day and warm beverages were a must. Everyone had their first taste of Japanese vending machines in all their wonder! Gotta love getting a hot coffee out of a vending machine for 100 Yen! We had dinner at a little Australian restaurant tucked away in between all the sushi and ramen places and it was pretty good. We certainly packed a lot of sightseeing into just a few days and made sure everyone got to see as much of Japan as possible! 

Japanese Word of the Day:

Hashi (ha-she): Bridge