Squirrel Park Machida, Japan

The weather was really nice on Saturday, so I decided to check out the Squirrel Park that is kind of close to my place.  The entrance fee is 400 yen. Its a small place where people can go into a closure and buy sunflower seeds to feed the squirrels. I decided to bring peanuts to feed the squirrels.  Since the squirrels eat sunflower seeds all the time, they loved the peanuts.  It took a while to feed the squirrels, but once they found out I had peanuts they jumped on me.  It was quite surprising because they didn't jump onto anyone else.  I had 2 or 3 squirrels jump on me.  I was lucky enough that there was a couple close to me because I asked if they could take a photo of me and sure enough they were able to capture the moment when the squirrel was on me.

all their little homes

jump

in a lil boat

close up

found a walnut

squirrel apartment

tree house

peeking out

entrance and exit

fat ground hog

guinea pigs

cute painting

beautiful park just in front of the squirrel park

entrance of the park

paintings outside

squirrel on my leg

its on me looking for more peanuts

Sendai, Japan

I had a couple of days off in the middle of the week, so I decided that I should check out a city that I have never been to before.  I decided to go to Sendai.  It was a 7 hour bus ride from Shinjuku bus terminal until Sendai station.  The bus was very comfortable, but didn't have wifi.  I was a bit shocked by that.  
However, I had a wonderful time in Sendai.  I checked out Yamadera and Matsushima while I was there.   I even went inside the 6th tallest statue in the world, Sendai Daikannon.  It stands at 100 meters.  It was very impressive!  Until next time Sendai!

view overlooking the city

the giant statue in the distance

nice red leaves

remains of the samurai castle

yellow leaves

a temple near the castle

samurai armor

nice red bridge

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awesome red leaves

red leaves with the red gate

had to get me in the mix

a shrine

notice the shape of the thatched roof

inside the giant statue

view looking up

about to go up the elevator

the "top floor"

view from the statue

you can see all of the city

view looking down

so many arms

many heads and arms

fire hair?

layout of the statue

Monthly Couchsurfing Meeting (Tokyo, Japan)

Every time I am in Japan, I try to go to the Monthly Couchsurfing Meeting.  Last month I wasn't able to go because I was busy, but this month I had some time.  I have a different position at work, so now I am finishing work much later than before, so I went to the meeting straight after work.  There were lots of nice people and I actually lost track of time.  Most of the people at the meeting were travelers.  I hope they enjoy their time in Japan. It was nice to meet everyone!

group pic

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Halloween (Tokyo, Japan)

The last couple of years I have celebrated Halloween in Japan.  However, I normally celebrate it on the weekend.  This year I was too sick on the Saturday, so I decided that I needed to go on Halloween day.  Shibuya was sooooo crazy.  In fact, it was so crazy and I wasn't feeling the best, so I actually didn't get anyone to wear my glasses, but I took some pictures of the craziness.   I thought that it might be a time where I could lose my glasses if I took them out, so I chose not to get anyone's photo.

police vans were set up at the main Shibuya crossing

sooooo many people!!

Ronald McDonald

carrots

scary clown!  IT!!!