Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Yokohama &Tokyo



I am very happy to report that we had a lovely time here. The people are gracious and respectful, as you would expect. What you don't expect is the feeling of serenity you experience on such clean streets , with such polite people, even if there are alot of them. I am most surprised by the expanse of the urban area, dense high rises and factories continuously for the 40 miles from Yokohama to Tokyo. (If I am lucky there is a picture to convey this.) There are isolated green areas ( Shinto or Budhist shrines, a soccer field, the Emperor"s compound), but since the majority of people (almost 12 million) live in these 2 cities, the density is, well, very dense. I expressed my amazement to one of the Chinese students, and she said, "Wait until you see Shanghai." The other picture is from a sky scraper in Yokohama, showing our ship, and then we happened upon a wedding while visiting the Shinto shrine. As for the food here, most everybody eats Chinese. Maybe Shanghai will have a good Japanese restaurant.

2 comments:

  1. That sounds cool mom. Im glad yall are having a good time. I think Liz commented on a different post, she told me she wants to give yall advice or something. Half the e-mails i send to yall get returned so i figured I'd sign in and do this. Alright, be well.

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  2. enjoy japan, i'm excited about seeing yall's son & daughter this weekend.

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