I Heart Suburban Connecticut

Ahhhh, vacation time and I am loving it. This is my 3rd visit to Monroe, CT and I fall more and more in love with it each time Mike and I come. Its nice to just relax, hang with family, and enjoy the town. Here are some highlights so far. (Finally got to use my new Nikon D60)

Day 7- Zojoji Temple, Studio Ghibli Museum, and Shinjuku

On Thursday we woke up early. After breakfast we walked around the hotel a bit and took pictures of the chapel and the park behind. Then we walked next door to Zojoji Temple. There was a school there taking class pictures so that was fun to watch. And then we got lucky and got to watch some sort of Buddhist service that was going on. After that we took the train to Mitaka since I had tickets for the Studio Ghibli Museum. I absolutely loved it. So much cool stuff on display and we got to view a new short animated film that was recently created by the studio. After that we went to Shinjuku and walked around. It was a good day.

This is me tying a written prayer that I got inside to the wall.

Studio Ghibli Museum: Majority of everything was inside, but they didnt allow any photos to be taken, so all i could get were outside shots :(

One of the abandoned Robots from Laputa:Castle in the Sky (this is my favorite animated film by Hayo Miyazaki, so I was really excited to get to see this)

Shinjuku

Day 6- Shibuya

I looooooove Shibuya. This part of the city was too much fun.

The Story of Hachiko:
Hachiko was born in 1923 and belonged to Mr. Uyeno. Everyday Hachiko would follow his master to Shibuya Station on his way to work and then meet him later that day to walk to him home. One day in 1925 Hachiko saw his master leave for work in Shibuya and when he returned later to walk him home Mr. Uyeno never came back. Mr. Uyeno passed away that day at work and story has it that Hachiko would return to that very spot every day and sometimes even stay for days in hopes that his master would appear. Hachiko waited there every afternoon until he himself passed away. This is the statue at Shibuya Station in memory of him.

We ate lunch at Denny's which has nothing on its menu like the Denny's in the US. I got sauted pork in a ginger sauce and I was even given chopsticks in a pretty pink wrapper.

Karaoke Madness

The Obsession that is Pachinko

Apple Store: Japan Style
I wonder how hard it is to type in Japanese

I walked in on an iTunes lesson

CUTEST STORE EVER

Shibuya Crossing. This is the main intersection of Shibuya where Shibuya Station is located. At the most busiest times of day thousands of people cross from every direction. This has to be the most famouse crosswalk in the world.



This is me walking across at around 5ish in the afternoon.