Jen and I are still in Japan, and until quite recently, so was the rest of the Swinehart family. Fortunately the addition 3 more people made travel easier, since they all brought with them some made skills. Such as......
George Swinehart (Jen's dad): Fluent speaker of Japanese and many other languages.
Marilyn Swinehart (Jen's mom): Master of chopsticks
Andrew Swinehart (Jen's brother): Renonwned scholar / importer of Japanese comics
We all travelled around Japan for over a week. We went to Hiroshima to see the atomic bomb site. it was very impressive. Then to Kyoto, the cultural center of japan. We saw lots of temples and even a castle. We climbed to the top of the castle, but guess what? That's right. The princess was in another castle. So then we went on to level 8, which was back in tokyo. All in all an awesome family visit.
Bad news America. Japan is kicking our ass in several areas. Here are a few.
1. Public transport. Most awesome in the world.
2. Food on conveyor belts. We ate sushi from a conveyor belt and then had beer delivered by a minuature bullet train.
3. Robots. I saw a competition on TV between japanese robots. It made the US Battle-Bots look like it was done by 3rd graders.
4. Vending Machines: There is one vending machine for every two people in Japan. For some reason Tommy Lee Jones is on half of them. And they distribute beer.
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Hi Ringo! Don't forget heated toilet seats! Perhaps this isn't something you need or desire living in the Philippines, but it's been about 12 degrees this week in Wisconsin, so I'm missing that technology quite a bit.
If you have a chance, get a "Qoo" drink (www.qoo.jp)from those most awesome vending machines. They are apple-ly and delicious!
Well, I think Overland Park, KS is catching up to Japan. Awhile back I had sushi that was served on a miniature train. The train zoomed by, you grabbed plates. It was like living in a miniature toy land, where I was the giant who stole their supply of awesome foodies.
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