We were so excited that Grandma Anne and Grandpa Franz came to visit us in Japan. We did so many fun things together. We took them to Kamakura to see the Big Buddha since the last time they saw it was many years ago. We did that while the big kids were in school. From Kamakura station we rode the cool old school blue train with wooden floors. It was only a few stops on the train and about a 800 meter walk to see the Big Buddha. Back at Kamakura station we walked along the shops and ate at our favorite Ramen shop and drank Ramune. Yum!
One afternoon we all went up to Yokohama and went ice skating together at the Red Brick Warehouse. It was fun relearning how to ice skate and to do it with grandma and grandpa. We had loads of fun and enjoyed watching the beautiful sunset in the city. Afterwards we went to eat dinner at Bubby's. The food was delicious but the hot chocolate was the winner of the night.
Over the weekend we were able to stay up in Tokyo at the New Sanno. We had somehow managed to book two rooms a year ago not even knowing my parents were coming. That was fortuitous. We played in the pool and just relaxed while we were at the hotel. While we were in Tokyo we got to eat at our favorite Indian restaurant called Moti's where they completely pampered us and gave us free sodas. We also visited Ueno Zoo and had fun see all of the animals there and enjoying the warm sun.
The boys got to have their excursion up to electronic district of Akihabara one afternoon to shop for electronics and the girls got to spend some time up at China Pete's looking at dishes. The last time my mom and I had been there was before I was married. It was super fun looking around. I bought some bowls to match the plates I already had and some chopstick holders. The coolest part of our adventure in this store was watching the cashier lady pull out an abacus to add up our goods instead of using the calculator that was sitting right next to her. Classic old school Japanese! We loved having my parents come to visit.
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