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• Nezu shrine & azaleas

  19Apr
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  Took a walk to admire the 3000 azaleas planted around Nezu shrine.

• Home on the monorail

  16Apr
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  We took the monorail back towards Tokyo.

• More from Kamakura

  16Apr
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  Speciality from Kamakura,  soft ice-cream with purple sweet potato flavour.  Quite yummy!

  

  

  

  Lots to see and do…

  

  Sam finished his soft ice-cream!

• Enoshima

  16Apr
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  Lunch and coffee and then a walk up to the shrine.

  

  

  

  

  Up to the shrine and down again…

  

  

  

  

  Squid and cucumbers.. On a stick?

  

  

• Enoshima electric railway

  16Apr
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  We took the Enoshima electric train to Enoshima and walked out to the island for lunch.

  

  

  

• Hase-dera

  16Apr
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  The small Jizo statues are placed by parents mourning their children,  lost by miscarriage,  stillbirth or abortion.  The statues remain for about a year.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Hase -dera, a Buddhist temple in Kamakura. Beautiful gardens and buildings and a lovely view of the bay.

• Great Buddha Kamakura

  16Apr
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  We started our trip in Kamakura to go and admire the great Buddha, that was built around 1250s. It is 13 m high and the principle diety of the temple.

• Papers and more papers…

  15Apr
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  Lena took me to a store full of washi papers and boxes of all kinds.  Here you can buy papers to glue on any kind of box….tissue boxes, tea boxes or any kind of box to keep things in…need I say it was impossible to choose…

• Chabako

  12Apr
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  We had a Chabako workshop today.
  Cha=tea bako =box. The box is made of cedar and it is lined with tin. Perfect for keeping things (like tea) dry. We covered the boxes with washi paper and they turned out beautiful!

  

  My box at home!

• Weekend walk

  10Apr
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• A day to remember

  08Apr
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• Park visit..

  03Apr
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  This was the entrance to Shinjuku park…so we decided not to get in line…

  

  So we went to Yoyogi Park instead…

  

  

  

  

  

  This is what it looked like…everywhere..

  

  

  

  We did manage to find a spot further into the park where it was a little bit less crowded…

  

  It was crowded beyond belief, but still a lot of fun, people watching as much as enjoying the cherry blossoms and taking part of this massive celebration!

• Cloudy day out

  02Apr
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  We took a day off from the cherry blossoms…and walked to a favourite park…but it’s not easy to have a day off…the city is full of blossoms..

• Weekend is here

  01Apr
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  Picked up Sam from school. Even cherry blossoms in our little park..

  

  We’re ready for a very busy weekend… still so much to see…

• This and that

  01Apr
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  Hanami is very organised,  with lots of places to sit and eat. Lots of food and drinks. And places for garbage…

  

  

  It is pretty crazy…so busy..

  

  

  

  

  Max and I had to do as the locals do. Therefor the obligatory selfies in front of the blooming trees…

  

  

• Meguro river

  01Apr
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  Max and I walked along Meguro river. From Meguro, where it’s wider to Naka Meguro where it’s more narrow and the branches meet over the water. It was absolutely breathtaking.  So beautiful. Very crowded, but it did not matter…

• Ueno park

  01Apr
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  Max and I took the train up to Ueno park, one of the top spots for cherry blossoms.  It was incredibly crowded, but still nice for admiring sakura… and for people watching…

• Play date

  31Mar
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• Spring break fun…

  30Mar
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  Max has spring break and we’re doing some Tokyo sightseeing.  Lots of fun!

• Kappabashi

  29Mar
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  Kappabashi,  where you can find anything you need, or don’t need, for your kitchen…