JapanGirl64

 In October and November we had the chance to get together with family and friends one last time for some farewell lunches and a dinner. We knew the day would come when we would go back home, but still, it was hard to say goodbye. We hope everyone will come to the US for a visit someday! October 11, 2025 - Dinner with the Okumura family at the New Sanno Garden Room October 18, 2025 - lunch with some of the cousins and Aunt Kieko in Shinjuku November 2, 2025 - lunch with the Takase family and Shizuko Imai at the New Sanno Buffet (Ben and Violet just happened to be in town visiting us at that time)

 We weren't sure Ben and Violet and family would come to Japan while we were living here, but then just in the nick of time them made it - October 2025. It's definitely not easy to travel around the world with 2 toddlers, but they were all champs and we had such a fun time.  Arrival October 23 - Pokemon Center, Sensoji, and Skytree October 24 - Ghibli Museum and nearby park/zoo (jetlag is real, man) October 25- TeamLab Planets and Odaiba October 26 - Shinkansen trip to Osaka and stay at Air BnB (love Leo's train riding style) October 27 - Playland and Kyoto (We split up - the kids had enough of trains and needed a break,so grandma and grandpa took them to play at an amazing playland while mom and dad went to Kyoto for the day) October 28 - Osaka Aquarium October 29 - Osaka Castle and travel back to Camp Zama We had a nice view of Mt Fuji on the way home. (First pic is just keepin in real) October 30 - Disney Sea (Erina was super sick so grandpa stayed home with her)   Oct...