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| The Two Maidens statue at Lake Towada |
For those of you not on Facebook, here are the 'best of' our first 8 months in Japan. After this initial aggregate of pictures, I hope to maintain the progressing posts in a timely manner.
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| Bento lunches for the boys |
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| Ryan & Nana with his Taiko drumming 'sensei' (instructor) |
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| Mom and me at the Kushihiki Hachimangu Shrine |
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| Samurai armor at the museum next to Kushihiki Hachimangu |
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| Everything is a performance here - at this gas station, the attendant 'marshals' the cars out onto the road and bows to them. |
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| This is Ryan and Brandon at the very first restaurant we ate at when we got here. |
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| The beginning of a new hobby! |
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| Can you say 100 Yen store? WOOT! WOOT! |
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| It snows in Misawa? WTH??? |
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| Miss Veedol was an airplane that made the first Trans-Pacific flight (1931.) Misawa is proud and this is one of many replicas. |
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| Self Explanitory |
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| The boys at Cape Shiriya (north-eastern most point on our island, Honshu) |
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| We spent a lot of time this summer at the Misawa City pool. (Oh yeah, everybody has to wear swim caps in the pool.) |
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| Just in case.... |
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| Yes, we went to Tokyo Disneyland! |
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| Elliot from Pete's Dragon - the boys' favorite float in the parade. |
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| After a long, hot day at Disneyland. The kids were happy with their goodies, though! |
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| The Tokyo Tower |
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| Ryan looking down the Tokyo Tower |
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| In the depths of the Tokyo subway |
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| The boys swimming (and posing) at the New Sanno Hotel in Tokyo |
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| My guys at Lake Towada |
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| The Oirase Gorge -gorgeous!! |
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| At the Statue of Liberty Park |
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| This replica of the statue is on the same latitude of the one in New York. |
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| The boys with a character at the Misawa Space & Science Museum. |
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| The 'Big Buddha' in Aomori |
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| Collecting sand dollars at the beach in Aomori |
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| Mom and the boys at Shipwreck Beach |
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| Misawa City Summer Festival Parade |
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