FREAKY Bug!

Not sure what I found in the house today but it sure was FREAKY!!!!!! The size was about that of a silver dollar (the whole bug) Just hope not to wake up to one of these. Now that I think about it, I had a hige bite on my ear last week and it swelled pretty big, maybe.........

Skinny Little Oven

This is a skinny little oven. Actually it is an American oven that is not so wide but it is deeper- My Pampered Chef large stone dishes seem to fit in it, so that is nice. We once had an oven that none of our dishes could fit in and we could not figure out so we never used it, only the top burners. This oven is in F. temp so that is nice too.

Koinobori

Koinobori! For Children's Day in May. A little late but thought they would be nice to show. These are HUGE Koinoboro decorations flying high above a river, I think there were thousands on display there. They are really pretty with all the bright and fun colors. Children's Day is part of a week long celebration in Japan known as Golden week.

Japanese Toilet

The most funnest toilet you will ever use- check out all the cool features. Flushing sound button- makes a flushing sound while you use the toilet, spray/wash for - well you can figure it out and of course the heated seat. The water thing on top is to fill the toilet with clean water after flushing (I flushed it on purpose just for the picture) I can't figure out if it is for washing hands too????? there is a towel rack in there so maybe it is (we put Purell in there and then just use the sink in the other room- I don't want to break it) As mentioned in an earlier post the toilet is in a separate room away from the bath. shower, etc.

Japanese Bathroom

O.K. Here is the Japanese bathroom. It is exactly that - a bath and shower room, the toilet is in a totally different part of the house, down the hall from the bathroom. The bathroom sink, vanity and laundry area are next to the bath and shower. The shower is HUGE, the bathtub is SUPER DEEP! I took a bath almost to my shoulders last night. Now I just have to get a friend to come over to show me the features of the bath, you can see a computer thing located next to it- we have figured out the top button- that is the water heater, it gets turned on about 3 minutes before taking a bath, shower or for the kitchen(another one is located in the kitchen) the other buttons we don't have a clue........ one is supposed to heat the water and circulate it the whole time you are in the bath, this also allows for reuse of the bath water for up to 2 days- just turn it on a few minutes before getting in. (notice the bath lids in the picture, for closing it up) The idea behind it is you shower before getting in- enter clean and then soak, you may also use Japanese bath scents, salts etc. but NO SOAP! It will destroy the circulation system which can then cost you around $2000 USD to replace........ kinda the reason we have not worked the thing yet, it has a few rules and we want to be sure before trying! Keep us in your favorites as we will be adding more features every few days :)

Which way home?

Looks confusing huh? Not so bad since- there are tiny words in English next to the Japanese. Very interesting day. Crowded as heck! Everything was crowded, the trains looked like packed sardines - we ended up waiting for another train since we did not want to squish our way in. The Pokemon Center was a 40-50 minute wait just to get into the store to look, we decided it would be better to come back during the week when it would be less crowded- now that we know where it is it won't be so difficult to do! There were pictures with Pokemon (but it closed before we could get there :( decorated ships, Koinabori everywhere! It was the end to a mojor Japanese Holiday- Golden Week, it is a bunch of holidays all together forming a week long holiday/vacation. Probably not the best time to sight see but a very decorated time to be out!

Pictures- showing the Japanese train station sign, Some sort of add featuring a Jelly lady, Bug Sculptures for climbing!

Mushi King!!!!!

These have got to be the best pets ever! We found out that the larva was going to be available for 100 Yen at the Japanense department store today- when we got there it seemed they were out but it ended up being that they were FREE! So we left with 2 stag beetle larva and about $18 of supplies we purchased for them. These are the easiest pets to take care of- just spray with water, feed them some little jellies and put a bug trap in the cage and they are good to go. Once we find out what we have then we will know if we need to seperate them or not. The one time we had a male and a female the female killed the male. I guess we know who the stonger sex is! Here are some pictures of the stuff we got- everything in Japan seems to come in sets, it is soooo cute! the beetles look like they are having lots of fun in the picture :)

Yokosa! or Welcome to Japan

Here are some pictures from Yokohama where we rode on the GIANT ferris wheel, went to a Bug Park filled with gigantic big sculptures you can climb on.