Japan Day Three

Today in Tokyo, we started out with a ninja class taught in a studio with a long family history of ninja.  We had a weapons demonstration first:

Jenn's ninja outfit:

Throwing chopsticks darts:

Brack using the blowdart:

Posing with the weapons (Brack is on the left, Jenn is in the middle):

With our teachers:

We also visited the Meiji Shrine, an important Shinto shrine.

Sake jugs used at the shrine:

Emperor Meiji and his wife are enshrined here.

We saw the cutest kids at the shrine:

We wandered around the Harajuku district for a bit.  Japanese teenagers love this shopping area.

In a Harajuku food court:

On a Shinjuku street:

Tokyo skyline from Park Hyatt:

We went to the New York Bar on the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt for drinks.  The movie Lost in Translation was shot here.

Some more skyline shots once the sun went down:

Shinjuku at night:

We went to a tempura restaurant for dinner:

Japan Day Two

We went to Tokyo Disney today and had a fabulous time.  The resort has two parks - Disneyland and DisneySea.  Since we have Disneyland at home, we decided to check out DisneySea, which is completely different than any other Disney park.

The whole park is gorgeous and the theming is so clever.  Each "land" has to do with water.  Here is the view looking at Mysterious Island:

View looking back at Mediterranean Harbor:

Tower of Terror:

Brack and Jenn on Tower (bottom left):

Cape Code (this is where we had lunch):

Aquatopia ride:

Bridge going to Lost River Delta:

Indiana Jones:

On Indy:

Brack in front of Toy Story:

Gondola ride in Mediterranean Harbor:

Arabian Coast:

In front of Columbia boat in American Waterfront:

In the Teddy Roosevelt Lounge on the Columbia:

Gondolas at night:

Park at night: