Asakusa, Taito-ku Our first visitor from New York! Joy, one of my very best friends since high school came to visit us in Tokyo. This was her first trip here and also her first time to meet Arisa. Although I selfishly wanted to just spend most of her time here sitting at some cafe/restuarant/bar to [...]
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Happy Birthday Hina!
Hina just turned 3 years old! She had a lovely barbecue party at Shiokaze Park 潮風公園 in Odaiba, which has a really nice barbecue spot underneath rows of trees. There’s also a great water fountain area just a few feet away where kids can splash around and a playground set up as a wooden ship. [...]
Happy Birthday Wes!
Wes turned 2! And Ema’s Daddy turned a year older as well! So there was a joint birthday barbecue party in Kashiwa to celebrate. It was a fun gathering in full summer style. On the grill was a very flavorful mix of torinegi yakitori, Croatian sausages, corn on the cob, sweet potatoes, and peppers. And [...]
Sanja Matsuri
Asakusa 浅草, Taito-ku 台東区 Milie, Aki and Wes invited us and some other families to take part in the Sanja Matsuri in Asakusa. It was really fun. If it hadn’t been for Milie putting together a small party to celebrate the festival I don’t think we ever would’ve had a chance to go to see [...]
A Lovely Birthday Party at Oyata Park
Ema turned one today so we went to her very lovely picnic party in Oyata Park!