This is my roommate, Jordan, and I being extremely cool in our hotel room.
On Tuesday we went down to the Roppongi district for sushi, which was phenomenal! Japanese sushi definitely has something on Iowa sushi. I was surprised at how different the ginger was too! The ginger was SO good! I thought I liked pickled ginger, but this stuff is in a whole new league. After dinner we went to "Vortex". It was a big arcade, but we were the youngest people there... and we're all between 19 and 28. Most of the people there were older men, one of whom I showed here.
He was wearing the face mask that many Japanese wear while he played a crane game - attempting to catch a teddy bear. 
This is the garden in the US Embassy housing compound where we work. It is SO beautiful! There are tons of perfect shrubs and flowers. This is one of the two ponds. It has a ten foot waterfall and two little fountains. It's really nice because it is right outside of the classroom I am in, so it's a beautiful view for me!
This is the "before" shot of the room we are working in. This is the dress-up/ kitchen area. There are about five different centers that we set up (reading, building, arts and crafts, and puzzles). We have totally redone the room and are in the process of decorating it with posters and fun stuff now. Yesterday (Wed for me) was our "painting party". We spent 12 hours painting posters to decorate our rooms, and I think we may need to dedicate today to the same thing.
This is my super cool US Embassy ID. It lets me onto any embassy or military site in the world!!! (Until August 31st). The Japanese people who took the picture thought it was pretty funny... I guess maybe people don't give the camera a thumbs-up every day?
A beautiful shot of our lovely hotel room. Jealousy is a natural reaction upon seeing this.
This is part of the gang posing in front of a giant pot sticker/wanton outside the first Japanese restaurant at which we ate called Osaka Osho.
This is right after we landed in Tokyo. On the left is Jeff, one of the only three Iowans, and on the right is Lena, a sweet Californian girl.
Sorry these are so out of order. This Blogspot thing is not the easiest to work... it's actually kinda' annoying.
2 comments:
Love the newest update. Fun pics. So you guys are ready for Monday when the little troopers come? It will be lots of fun, but you'll be exhausted. Have fun! love ya ~ madre
Botty!! I love the pictures. I am most jealous of the giant wonton...it makes me immediately hungry for a dumpling. And, your ID picture is probably the coolest picture ever....sweet thumbs up face! I'm glad you're having fun! I miss you over here, but can't wait for you to be the best sushi-orderer in the world....I feel like I will benefit from that. Love you!
~Penty
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