Josh in Japan

today we went to shibuya to the NHK Studio Park today so the big kid could get her picture taken with WanWan, her favorite TV character…….

it was a good day overall. even though it was raining, it was just a lisht mist, and it was cool so that made it a little easier. we went with friends a-san, m-chan and k-chan (that how japanese bloggers describe their friends so as not to reveal identies…. i personally find it lame) so it was a bit more fun since there were two kids there…..

we got to studio park and walked in on a live show with waku waku san. he shows kids how to make interesting and fun toys out of stuff just lying around the house…. he’s on every day with the rest of the afternoon nhk gang. the purpose of his so is to teach kids to use everything they can to save refuse, and to understand that you don’t have to spend alot of money to have fun! i love this dude!

we then hopped right in line and waited 30 minutes for picture taking with wan wan. as we were waiting, i think i was more excited than my kid! it was pretty cool. he was as furry in person as he is his on TV.

we then went all throughout the NHK museum portion (not really the museum, but a mini version of it). we got to see all kinds of cool exhibits, and got to walk over all of the active sets where shows are being shot. we even got to walk over the set of the show “yoshitsune” which is one of the historical drama shows, as well as the set for one of the afternoon kids shows, “okasan toishyo”. it’s the show with lots of music and dancing. we weren’t supposed to take pics, but i turned my flash off and shot one pic from up above. i’ll post it once i break it sown from being 1.5mb…..

after that we went to a great hamburg shop (yes i spelled it like that since there’s no bun on the hamburger) called Gold Rush. We saw it on debyua one night and decided we had to go. I got a dish with 2 hamburg patties and cheeses with a baked potato all sitting in curry! damn was it good! (unfortunately, i’m still tasting it)…….

after that we made our way slowly back to shibuya eki to catch the kaitoku back home……. we were all reminiscing back to our single/dating/honeymooner days. pretty much back to the time before we had kids…… there was so much to look at in all the stores there in shibuya, but because of the stollers and crying, it makes it a bit more difficult to shop. especially in those tiny tiny stores….

well, that’s pretty much it….. i guess i’ll try to get the pics up tomorrow…..

mata-ne!

EDIT:the pics from nhk studio park are posted in the sights of japan tab up top…. or you can click here.