Day Out

At 6:30 this morning, Ten and I were both up and ready to start the day....this rarely (if ever at all) happens, so we decided to make the most of it and go on a day trip....Where did we go? We went to Kawagoe (aka "Little Edo"). For all of those who are reading from outside of Japan, this little town has the feel of traditional Japan since it wasn't as affected by various fires and disasters throughout Japanese history.

Anyway....lots of pics today, but I will try to keep it short and simple. : )

First, we bought our bus passes for the day....now these little babies were very important. In the past, we have tried to navigate with a map in Japanese towns (which is next to impossible since there are no street names), and we walked everywhere....However, we both end up getting furious at each other and everything around us...so I call these tickets....the marriage savers...

First, we went to Kita-in...above and below

One of the 538 unique statues

After visiting the temple, we used our marriage savers to go to the Kawagoe Castle grounds...took us only about 15 minutes to visit the main building

We then headed over to our favorite part....

Kashiyayokocho....it's roughly translated as something like small street with lots of candy/snack shops....yumm!! To be honest though, they may want to rethink their marketing strategy...we were fed so many free samples....we were sugared out and couldn't imagine buying anything....hahaha

Candy that looks like a lunch box...so cute

Yakidango...no idea how to describe this...grilled and salty...love it...and Ten as the hand model :)

The last places on our sightseeing list were the old storehouses and bell tower...quite impressive

Finally, as we were getting ready to head back to Tokyo....we spotted this....

Yes, it is a boiled egg...so what do you know...the restaurant is dedicated to egg based dishes...have to try it of course...hahaha

Yes, that is a whole lot of egg for a late lunch...hahaha..

Great day, but the best part (as the cliche goes) is coming home...:)