Satoya Ryokan Tome
183-1 Toyosato-cho Shinden-machi Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Tohoku, 987-0361, Japan
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What can be better then the Eiffel Tower?
I am having such a fun time here in Tokyo. I wish I could stay here for even longer, but this is already my fifth day, out of seven! This morning once we were all awake, we decided to spend most of the morning at the hotel. On level 29 there is a swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna and rainforest shower that we thought we would try out. We wanted to work up an appetite!
As my brother and I are both over the age of twelve we ...
Heading Home
Friday morning, Mr. Sasaki, his wife, Kiko, and I all went to Asakusa, the big temple in Tokyo lined by numerous shops of souvenirs, et cetera. I found this a great time to get some items for back home, and, best of all, I bought a kendo sword! I couldn't actually get a real steel one, due to sword laws in Japan, but I did get ...
Tokyo
Thursday started off with many hugs and goodbyes to the host family and all the new friends in Tome. I was sad to part from them, but I was also a bit excited to be going home soon. It's always a strange feeling on trips, isn't it? You want to stay forever, but you also can't wait to get home.
Overall, Thursday was a fairly relaxed day. After a fair amount of travel from Tome to Tokyo, we met up with Mr. Sasaki's daughter ...
Seagulls Are the Same in Every Country
Wednesday started off with a fair amount of travel to the popular tourist site of Matsushima. Before heading out on our boat ride, we visited a temple popularly visited to make wishes, and then a shrine in honor of a grandson of a famous samurai ruler of northern Japan. He died at the tender age of nineteen (suspected poisoning) and so his grandfather saw fit to honor him with a very detailed shrine. ...


