Towada Horse Park

 

Today we took the kids to the Horse Park. It's a huge horse themed park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kids had a lot of fun playing on the giant horse slide.

 

 

 

There were a few horse that could be ridden for a small fee.

 

 

 

 

The best part of the park is this long "roller" slide. It was the kids favorite part of the day.

Dan even took a turn with Danny, and had a lot of fun!

 

 

 

After playing out in the cold for a while, we decided to go inside and get some lunch.

I love all the Japanese vending machines. This is how you order your food at the lunch counter.

A lot of times, it's just random guessing and we eat what we get. But we've come to recognize some Kanji symbols and can order a few things that we like.

 

 

The vending machine gives you a ticket for each item you purchase.

 

 

You then take your tickets to the ladies at the counter, who make your food.

 

 

The family enjoying lunch of Curry Rice, Yakisoba & French Fries.

 

 

When you're finished, you bring your tray and dishes to this window for them to be washed.

 

 

 

 

Lunch would not be complete without some ice cream to finish off the day.

 

New Addiction



 

This is my new favorite salad dressing. It's Roasted Sesame Dressing, and it's AMAZING!! I've found myself eating more and more salad. And in turn, I've found myself loosing weight. So, it's a win - win situation!!

Japan Day

 

Today was Japan Day. It's where the locals come and show us different things about their culture.

 

 

 

There was a 30 year old Maple Bonsai tree. It was pretty cool.

 

 

Tons of different musical performances.

 

 

Dan got the chance to play a Koto, a traditional Japanese Instrument.

 

 

Our neighbor Kyla helped Sydney bob for water balloons.

 

 

 

Dan enjoying some Bacon.

 

 

Sydney loved the Chocolate dipped Banana.

 

Hot Ginger Ale

 

I found this in a vending machine, it's really yummy and YES! It comes out warm. I love Japanese vending machines - they're amazing!! Dan didn't like it. He said it tastes like mahogany. LOL

When I asked how he knows what mahogany tastes like? He replied: I can only imagine THAT'S what it tastes like - hahahaha

Snow Corridor

 

We let Danny skip school so we could drive up to the Snow Corridor.

 

 

At the highest point, it is 18 meters (59 feet) high.

 

 

It was really cool! We've NEVER seen SO much snow!!!

 

 

 

On our way down the mountain, we had to pull over to getting a better look at this gorgeous view of the ocean.

 

 

Snuggling with my little bit.

 

Ryusendo Caves

 

This weekend we went to the Ryusendo Caves. It was really cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's really pretty in the caves. They have colored lights shining on the walls to make everything more colorful.

 

 

This is a pool of water inside the cave, that they've dropped some lights down.

 

 

 

 

Lots of stairs for us to climb. The kids did great! Sydney only complained once about some of the tight spaces.

 

 

They gave us these little speakers that clip to the hood of your coat (it's a little chilly inside, so coats were a good idea) and would talk to you in English about the different parts of the caves and pools.

 

 

 

 

 

After the caves, we went to an Amber Museum. We were given a piece of amber to shine and buff into a piece of jewelry.

 

 

It was an amazingly nice day out today. We only needed our coats in the cave. After that, we left them on the bus.

 

We are having LOTS of fun exploring new things while living here in Japan.