Back at Asakusa we encountered some young men who were offering jinrikisha (rickshaw) rides of various lengths around the area. We decided to take a short ride and were duly bundled into a rickshaw pulled by a delightful guy whose name was 'Fukui' - also the name of the city where I stayed as an exchange student all those years ago! It was great fun and Fukui was an excellent guide. The boys cheered him on as he pulled us around, getting very excited whenever he built up some speed.
Later that evening, we had a visitor at the ryokan; Mayumi, a lady who came and did a homestay at our house in Sydney 6 years ago
. She was thrilled to see how Angus had grown and to meet Lewis - who I was expecting when she stayed with us - for the first time.
We went out to a kaiten sushi restaurant (where the sushi goes around on a conveyer belt). The sushi chef was a real character and combined with the boys our dinner became a dinner-plus-show which kept us all laughing the entire time.
A Rickshaw ride, then sushi for dinner.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Kaminarimon, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
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1Are we there yet?
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2Digression...
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3Are we there yet? YES!
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4Breakfast at McDonalds
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5Tokyo Bay Reunion
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6A Rickshaw ride, then sushi for dinner.
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7Tokyo to Shizuoka
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8Shizuoka
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9Shizuoka
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10Shizuoka - Fukui via the "Scenic Route"
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11Scenic Route to Fukui...
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12Fukui
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13Angus & Lewis experience a Japanese School
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14Hokuriku High School Reunion
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15Paper Making
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16Off in different directions
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17Farewell Fukui and on to Osaka
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18Guuzen (coincidence!)
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