Ginza!
Friday, December 30th, 2011Konnichi wa!
Last week, we were privileged to be able to go spend some time with Brother and Sister Lucas, Brother and Sister Yokoyama, and Seika. We went to Ginza to spend some time down there. It was SO pretty! I loved it!
So on the drive down to Ginza, we passed by this building in Tokyo that was so pretty. The lights were changing from green to red and back again.
Rebekah took these pictures. Aren’t they good?
It was so lit up down there. It was beautiful!
We walked up one side of the street and then down the other just looking at everything.
This building was decorated to look like a gift. That’s a bunch of lights!
This was one pretty tree. And it was big, too.
Here are the three young ladies in front of the tree. Seika-chan, Rebekah-chan, and myself, except in the opposite order.
See? Isn’t it pretty?
The wreath was really pretty, too.
Some of these stores just looked expensive.
For all the ladies out there, a 5 or 6 story Forever 21!! Now that’s what I’m talking about…. a huge Forever XXI!
If I remember right, this is the place that has been run by the same family for 300 years.
This place looks like a honeycomb on the outside.
Another ‘gifted’ building.
It was so neat to be walking down the street, looking at all the lights (Christmas light and non-Christmas lights) and hearing all the different Christmas songs being played in each store, and to be spending time with our newly ‘adopted’ parents (both sets), the Lucas’s and the Yokoyama’s, and our adopted sister, Seika. I loved every second of it.
This was hilarious! So this guy was on a little horse type thing and he was able to ride it. He would lean forward and then lean backwards. Each time, the horse would move. My dad said, “I hope they’re paying that guy a lot to sit out there like that.”
After changing to individual color, the big colored dome goes multi-colored.
This looks so old-school to be in downtown Tokyo.
Ginza is the most expensive spot in Japan (or is it Tokyo?) to buy property.
Here is Daddy doing his happy ‘Charles White” pose. ALC people know what I’m talking about. 🙂
GINZA STREET!!!
I just like the geometry in this one. This is the only geometry I like.
I didn’t even want to walk on the letters out front. Brother Lucas said that’s the type of store where when you walk in, you think they’re going to charge you $10 per breath you take.
Lights, lights, everywhere lights!
We passed by one shop that has these yummy looking sweets in it. But they were closed so we didn’t stop.
It’s so hard to believe that it’s almost 2012. When I saw all the ‘2012’ signs downtown, it made me realize just how fast this year has flown by.
I like getting pictures when I’m at an angle where the shapes of the building look odd or outrageously high.
These little things were lining the street.
I turned and felt someone staring at me. It was this huge evergreen owl.
This is the newest Skyline something-or-another. I’m not good on car names.
We walked into this one building and there was this huge tree there. I think someone said that it was a prayer tree, or something like that. And we didn’t realize at first that there was a small sign at the bottom that said “No Photography”. But we had already taken our pictures.
The chandeliers were beautiful!
This purse is about US $3,000. Yeah, when you’re a person who doesn’t like to pay more than $15 to $20 for a purse, this is WAAAAAY too much! Although it’s a pretty purse, I wouldn’t carry this thing around. I’d rather sell it and just have the cash.
Has anyone else heard the saying, “Life was much easier when Apple’s and Blackberries were just fruits”?
I loved just looking at all of the lights.
This is really pretty, too. It’s so small but so pretty and….I’m not sure of another word to use to describe it.
I love these two colors together.
Do you notice how the majority of the people in the front row are the same height? Sister Yokoyama, Seika, Sister Lucas, myself, and Rebekah are all roughly the same height. I didn’t realize it until later though.
The way the lights were falling on this building were cool.
See how the street is just lined with lights?
Kirei!!
I love the symmetry of some of the buildings in Japan. They are so creative with their designs.
While we were downtown, we also went by the Tokyo Tower.
So….that’s all I have from Ginza. To the Yokoyama’s and the Lucas’s, we had such a good time with y’all last week! I’m so glad we were able to meet with y’all and spend so much time with y’all. I really enjoyed it.
Alright, that’s all I have from Ginza.
I love all y’all and God bless each of y’all.