Tokyo Disney Sea - Meditteranean Harbour

One of the largest parts of the Disney Sea park is the Meditteranean Harbour area, which is right as you come in. It is basically a full scale model of Venice. I usually spend hours here just taking pictures. This is where all the nice shops are, some great Italian restaurants, a Gelato shop, and even a hotel you can stay in! I never thought there were any rides really there - instead it was more of a stage for the shows - but actually you can take a gondola around the main laggon area in the centre. We were waiting for Russ and Sophie to watch a show, so Josh and I went over and managed to time it perfectly for the gondollas first opening of the day. So we got to take a really nice, leisurely boat ride along the canals up to the main laggon, where you could see the whole main park. It was ncie to get a different view of the park too! Lots of people waved at us, and the gondalier man sang in Italian, so it was pretty lovely! It is seriously easy to understand why this theme park was the most expensive theme park in the world to build. The attention to detail, and the little asthetic parts (which are my favourite) may not be neseccary but are certainly amazing.

Tokyo Disney Sea - Mermaid Lagoon

Another one of my favourite areas (maybe all of them are my favourite), but this one specifically reminds me of my Daddy, as we spent a lot of time when he visited Tokyo Disney Sea with me last year in May. I love the colourful detailed mosaic walls all around Tritons Kingdom - but I especially love the inside of Tritons Kingdom - its like an indoor play area and night club all in one - everything glows and is lit up and it really does feel like you are under the sea! I love all the details there too! We ate a heck of a lot of popcorn in this area - mainly because it was sea salt flavoured!

Tokyo Disney Sea - Cape Cod

My visit to Tokyo the week before hadnt been particularily productive - and actually,I found myself a bit bored with Tokyo! I needent have worried, as only 4 days later, I was back on Shinkansen to Tokyo. I was very happy that when it stopped in Shin-Osaka, Josh got on and we could ride the rest of the way together. We luckily got to stay at the Hilton in Tokyo - a superb hotel that is very luxurious - and strangely enough, only one of 2 Hiltons in the entire Metropolis! The next morning, we got up bright and early and headed over to DisneySea - one of my favourite places on Earth! One of my favourite areas there is the Cape Cod section, modeled right after the American waterfront village. This is the home to Duffy - and I was really excited to try this mochi fruit cream filled Duffy shaped head thing! That is one of my favourite things about Tokyo Disney - all the themed food!

Asakusa - home of the Giant Red Lantern

I remember, back in October 2011, taking a photo with Shelby in front of the giant red lantern in front of Asakusas temple gate. In the morning, we got breakfast and headed out on our ways, but we stopped quickly for a photo! My day in Tokyo was pretty short lived, we made a brief stop in the Gundam Cafe in Akihabara, and then I was back on my way to Osaka, to stop for a few hours to have dinner with my Josh!

Back at Asakusa at night

We made the long trip back to Tokyo, and again I slept really well. We stopped and did a little shopping at the giant shopping mall which is underneath Tokyo Sky Tree. I think that mall is really nice and I introduced Sam to the wonder that is Coldstone ice cream! It was super yummy! After going back to the hotel, and freshening up, we went back to Asakusa temple to take some photos. I havent been there since October 2011, which seems a really long time now. It was just as pretty as I remembered!

A rainy day in Nikko

I finally made my way back up to Tokyo - the first trip since March, and was so happy to see Sam! She had booked us into a super cute twin room which was more like my dorm at Moreton than I care to admit! We got up early and headed on the long train to Nikko....well, I slept the entire way and some nice old men woke Sam up to ask if we needed to change trains at the intersection station. It was pretty sweet of them! Finally, we arrived, got the correct bus, and headed up to the temple areas. It was just pretty drizzly all day, but in the morning, it was very light and we could do without umbrellas. All the temples were really beautiful, covered in intricate carvings and pretty colours. Even in the rain they stood out! We didnt stay too long, just enough to see the temples and grab some bannana pancakes from a food truck with a vendor from Hagi! Pretty small world!

Our Japanese Engagement Photos

We had some Japanese Engagement photos takes, way back in April. It was actually, the day after our rainy Hikone trip with Sam. We stayed in Kyoto, and there was a massive thunder and wind storm, so we werent very hopeful that the cherry blossoms would have survived the night. To be honest, they really hadn't, but we still set out to have our photos taken. The place we were getting dressed was nice and easy to find, and Josh was ready in no time. I however, had some difficulty picking one out, but once I was dressed, had my hair done, we set out with our photographer! We visited lots of nice shrines and temples, which was great, and even thought it was really rainy, we found a few cherry blossoms for some great photos! I really love how much the photographer captured Josh and I, and how much we are in love!