Ferris Wheel

After playing lots of video games, I walked with my family across the island to a giant ferris wheel. It is 377ft tall. When it was built, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world. 4 santa monica ferris wheels stacked on top of each other would not even be the same size as this one. It does not stop for you to get on, you have to hop in, but it moves slowly.

We could see a lot of the city from the top!

Fun and Games at Deck Mall

On Odaiba, the "Deck Mall" is like a big mall with small shops selling candies and toys. It also had many places to play games too.

Deck Mall also has lots of video games. It has a special place called Sega Joyopolis. At Joyopolis you can race virtual cars, be on a snowboard roller-coaster and play lots of different video games.

One section was like Chuck E. Cheese but serve battered octopus instead of pizza. No thank you!

Odaiba Ferry

After the garden, we took a ferry to Odaiba. Odaiba is a man made island. They put a bunch of dirt into the water until it made an island. On the island are a bunch of fun things including a big ferris wheel.

The ferry trip was about 15 minutes. We crossed a part of Tokyo bay. From the boat we could see the rainbow bridge, which is in the picture.

Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Garden

Today I went to Kyu-Shiba-rikyu garden. It had stepping stones around a pond. It had traditional Japanese trees. One tree was a cherry blossom tree in bloom, which usually does not happen in the winter. The garden is over 200 years old.

I liked running around the pond on the rocks and climbing the hills.

Answers to questions from my class.

I love what you said. -Mia

Thank you Mia.

I really miss you in Japan. -Alexa

I miss you too.

Did you do any more fun things? -Chloe

Yes, I will be writing about them soon.

You had a lot of details to your blog. -Liam

Thanks for reading it Liam.

Did you write that all by yourself? -Ameli

Yes, but my daddy typed.

Do you have friends in Japan? - Cosimo

We have made some grown-up friends.

I hope you have a good flight back home. -Danielle

Thanks Danielle, for wishing us a nice flight home.

I want to know more about your trip. I might go there too to see what it is like. -Ava

I will write some more soon.

I like what you said and I like your pictures. -Kiara

Thanks for saying that.

I like the pictures and I want you to add more. -Sawyer

I have more to come Sawyer.

How long are you going to stay there? -Summer

We are flying back on Friday.

Kyoto

In Kyoto, we hiked through streets full of shops. Some of the shops gave away sweets. We saw fan shops, pottery shops, and chop stick shops. We stopped and ate Udon, which is a kind of noodle in soup.

We finally got up to the top of the hill and saw some amazing shrines. The temples and shrines we saw are like churches for one of Japan's major religions, Buddism. We saw people praying at several of these places. One interesting thing was they took off their shoes before going in and put on thongs.

At the shrines, many people would dress in traditional Japanese clothes, like Kimonos. I asked some of the girls if I could take a picture of them. They were very beautiful and nice.

Visitors to the temples collect water from the fountains in metal cups and drink it for health, and long life.

Kyoto is a very beautiful city.

Bullet Train

It took two hours on the bullet train, Shinkansen, to get to Kyoto. That's the same distance as to San Francisco. The train runs every 10 minutes and goes 180 miles per hour. It is super smooth.

I read, watched movies and looked at the scenery. First we passed Mt. Fuji, which is a volcano. Then we saw lots of small towns covered with snow. The whole thing was very cool.