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| Abbie's family arrived with some NZ supplies for us, that's right folks, we've got two unopened premium jars of Marmite! |
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| The famous Japanese Cherry blossom in full bloom, absolutely beautiful! |
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| All the whanau, plus Yukiko and her niece Ami |
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| We took the family in to Shinsaibashi, one of the busier areas of Osaka. |
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| Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, one of the more famous temples in Kyoto,. Beautiful weather that day and heaps of people. |
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| We tried to make sure they experienced all the necessary Japanese cuisine. Here's us having Kaitenzushi (Sushi train) |
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| This is a unique Japanese restaurant, where you order lots of small plates and share them all. And you sit on the floor with a space under the table for your legs. |
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| Okonomiyaki - savoury cabbage pancake, very famous in Kansai! (the region that Osaka is in) |
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| About to catch the Shinkansen (bullet train) |
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| The crazy lights of Shinjuku on a rainy evening |
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| Standing on the 43rd(ish) floor of the Tokyo Council Building |
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| Tokyo stretched as far as the eye can see! |
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| A little stop off at Tokyo Disneyland, quite fun |
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| One of the highlights of the trip away, the Monkey park. The pool is a natural outdoor hotpool, or Onsen, this one is for Monkeys only. |
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| We got so close to them, was real fun. |
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| A little bit of monkey business |
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| On one of our restaurant trips we met some university students. We had fun together practising our Japanese. They asked us why we came to Japan, and Tim had a crack at explaining that we'd prayed and Jesus asked us to go to Japan. Cool opportunity to share our story. |
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| Another restaurant on another night. |
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| At Universal Studios Japan we met someone very famous! Hello Kitty! |
