THE trip

So, it finally happened. Mum and Dad actually made it to Japan. I didn't tell them but it actually snowed in Tokyo the day before they arrived. I had told them to pack for early spring. Oops.

Here they are outside a temple in my "hometown". The weather wasn't that great, so we had the place almost entirely to ourselves, which was pretty cool.

After seeing a bit of where I live, we headed up to Hiroshima. Dad took all the photos there so I don't have any. They did see the Hiroshima Castle and the Peace Park. And then it poured with rain. Typical.

From Hiroshima we made our way up to Kyoto and did more culture-y stuff. This is kinkakuji (the Golden Temple). I made dad push me around in a wheelchair because my knee was the size of a small balloon by that point. And I got a kick out of relaxing while he did all the work. :)

sorry, I haven't figured out how to rotate pics, yet.

Then on to Tokyo and shopping. And Disneyland. Woot!

Where Dad assaulted one of the card soldiers from Alice in Wonderland. Can't take him anywhere.

All in all it was a pretty good trip. The weather didn't really help, but we saw a bit of Japan, ate lots of different food - sorry about the spicy stuff, Dad.
My knee wasn't in the best condition afterwards, but it was worth it. Can't wait to come home now - only a year and a half to go.