Finally, Vacation Photos!

This one is mostly pictures, of us in Kyoto and Osaka.

 So here are the pictures...We took the Shinkansen at 8:10, and it was only my second time to ride one, so I was a little excited.

 There's us at Kyoto Station. In the morning it was snowing in Kyoto.

 At the entrance to Kinkakuji.

 This picture looks like a postcard to me. Or a Christmas/New Year's card. Kinkakuji is a bit like Stonehenge where you just walk around and you're done. But still really cool to look at.

 Then we got the idea to take pictures of Ijiwaruo in famous places. Here he is at Kiyomizudera. Souichirou says he looks very proud in these pictures.

 Again, Kiyomizudera, this time all three of us.

 The postcard angle, with the addition of Ijiwaruo.

 Then later we found a store with all Gibli merchandise. I didn't buy anything, but we took a picture by giant totoro.

 Day two now, at the gardens outside Osakajo.

 Ijiwaruo steals the limelight.

 Sadly this was breakfast. The lady working the stand spoke to us in Osaka-ben.

 Some shots of us outside Osakajo.

 This set is from a movie called "Osaka Yasumi." I've only seen the posters, but it looks like a parody of Roman Holiday, but centered around Osaka.

 Last day, at Universal Studios. We never had to wait longer than 30 minutes for a ride, which seemed like a Miracle. We also saw Waterworld, all in Japanese of course. It was funny to watch after seeing the English version. (The two main characters were still American, which was a bit weird, and their microphones had voice overs in Japanese so they just lip-synched.)

 Reading a map in the line for Space Fantasy.

 Outside Back to the Future. After the ride, Souichirou had to sit down. I thought it was a bit tame.

 Matching Snoopy charms.

And then we found Fisherman's Warf in "San Francisco!" It was like taking a trip back home!

 Ijiwaruo gets eaten by a dinosaur at Jurassic park.

Souichirou is a fan of Snoopy.

This is our last picture. The park closed at 5:00, and after that we had dinner in the Hard Rock cafe. We look a little tired here, but really the last day was the most fun.