Family Trip to Japan: Day 6 Wednesday

We kind of had a chill day. We went to Gunji's preschool and played with the Japanese children. The kids wear a uniform, the yellow smock, and had to take off their shoes inside and wear slipper-type inside shoes. We played for about an hour. Right as we were about to leave I stopped and said, "I didn't get a picture!" I pulled out my phone for a selfie and all the kids crowded around without even being asked. They were the cutest!

We went back to Shota and Aya's house and played Mario Cart with Gunji. We ordered pizza for lunch and Merril and Shota left to show him where he worked. After lunch, we drove into Toyohashi city center to ride the Shinkansen (Japanese bullet train) to Nagoya.

It was super fast! Bucket list item for me!

In Nagoya, we rode the subway to a Buddhist temple, Oosukan nome. Jack chased the pigeons.  We went to a 300 yen shop. Then we rode the subway to the regular train back to Toyohashi.

Engrish is the best! These were bags at the 300 yen shop.

Bullet train ticket.

In Toyohashi, we went to a 100 yen shop and bought little presents and snacks to bring home. I bought a few more melamine bowls and Maxine bought some chopsticks. Then we went to an all you can eat Shabu Shabu place for dinner. I ate so much. Once Mikayla was full, she was out!

Then we came back to Shota's house and put the little kids to bed and went with Shota and Aya to a karaoke bar. The place was empty except for us so we sang song after song. Shota and Aya wouldn't sing except for We Are the World by Michael Jackson. Aya didn't know it very well and we didn't know it either. We had a good time and Merril and I felt like the sound system was pretty good.

We came back to Shota's house and Ren and Gunji we're still awake with Maxine. It was our last night in Japan!