A quick side-note before getting into the story about the trip. Yesterday Chris and I joined Peter for a little bit of a sendoff. He is moving on to surf the waves in Australia and will be sorely missed around here. The sendoff went well, and I heard that he had a tough time finding his way home last night. We'll see ya Pete!
The first night of our trip was spent in Tokyo. So, after hopping off the Bullet Train, we got on the local line and headed up to our hotel in Tachikawa, the town in Tokyo that Ritsy and I used to live in. We were able to get seats and Ken had a good little sleep, except for the last few minutes when he thought he would show off his screaming skills.
We headed over to Kichijoji with Ken to meet up with my former colleague and friend Martin. Ritsy took off early and met up with some of her old co-workers from when she worked at Hino hospital.
I stayed in Kichijoji though, and had to wait for a little while as Martin had a class to teach. I headed over to the local park (Inokashira Park) where the hanami parties were in full swing. It was wild to watch them, the park was just packed and alive with a wild buzz as partiers were singing, dancing and partaking in other drunken celebratory activities.
After another beer with Martin I got back to the hotel for some zzzzzz'z. We woke up early in the morning and shared an apple with Ken and said goodbye to Tachikawa.
A quick side-note before getting into the story about the trip. Yesterday Chris and I joined Peter for a little bit of a sendoff. He is moving on to surf the waves in Australia and will be sorely missed around here. The sendoff went well, and I heard that he had a tough time finding his way home last night. We'll see ya Pete!
The first night of our trip was spent in Tokyo. So, after hopping off the Bullet Train, we got on the local line and headed up to our hotel in Tachikawa, the town in Tokyo that Ritsy and I used to live in. We were able to get seats and Ken had a good little sleep, except for the last few minutes when he thought he would show off his screaming skills.
We headed over to Kichijoji with Ken to meet up with my former colleague and friend Martin. Ritsy took off early and met up with some of her old co-workers from when she worked at Hino hospital.
I stayed in Kichijoji though, and had to wait for a little while as Martin had a class to teach. I headed over to the local park (Inokashira Park) where the hanami parties were in full swing. It was wild to watch them, the park was just packed and alive with a wild buzz as partiers were singing, dancing and partaking in other drunken celebratory activities.
After another beer with Martin I got back to the hotel for some zzzzzz'z. We woke up early in the morning and shared an apple with Ken and said goodbye to Tachikawa.
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