Our first meal in Tokyo after 8hrs of train rides
Real Chinese Ramen, not as good as the Japanese style, by far
Dessert from the conbini store Lawsons,
a perfect parfait with matcha pudding, whip cream, red bean, mochi and fruit
One of our pen pals and her boyfriend took us to an awesome whale restaurant in Shibuya
Whale steak
Whale kara age
Whale sashimi
Whale Nabe with tongue meat
A nice garden in Shinjuku
A visit to the Edo Museum
A sukiyaki restaurant in Asakusa
Raw egg dip
On a train leaving the island of Shikoku to get on another train at Yokohama bound for Tokyo, 4 hrs. away
Yokohama station bento
A crazy-cool looking guy at Yokohama station
More mountains, I think this is Mt. Fuji san, it was really hard to tell
We finally made it to Tokyo station…
On to Tokyo, 8hrs of riding trains…
The view from the train
Exploring Matsuyama
A bamboo forest near a foreign settlement house
The inside of a tea house rented out for tea ceremonies
A view from the tea house
One of the older style street trams
A park surrounding the lower grounds of Matsuyama castle
A bento for the train ride back to Tokyo
Goodbye Matsuyama, I will miss you.
On our way to Matsuyama, Ehime on the Shikoku Island…
We managed to catch a ferry boat from Hiroshima port going to Matsuyama port.
The view from the boat to Matsuyama
A snack on the boat..
Orange cream mochi
Matsuyama is famous for growing oranges
Pulling into Matsuyama port after a 3hr ride
After arriving at the port we had to take a short walk to the nearest station
This is the first station that we have had our ticket stamped by hand by a station manager. It was a very old and tiny station
On the train into Matsuyama
there were these school boys arguing
on the way to their stop
We finally made it to our very obscure hotel after asking the nice people at the police station for directions and a short cab ride there
The views from our hotel windows..
a large school and a tiny church of course
Exploring Matsuyama with our friend
Shoko san..
Dogo Onsen, the oldest Onsen in Japan
Lunch at a very traditional Japanese style cafe that serves sandwiches on their own fresh baked breads
Fancy looking buses outside the train station
On our way up to Matsuyama Castle in this thing…
The alternative way up to the castle
Matsuyama Castle and the view from it on top of a mountain
Ume Plum Tree
You can try on Samurai armor inside the castle
Matsuyama’s famous roll cake and dongo with matcha tea
