What a year it's been again! I always think that cannot top previous year was but it keeps getting better all the time :) Kaj has grown so much since last year and runs around the house keeping us...busy! Getting more accustomed to Tokyo and Japanese language + finding a friend in our neighbour has made 2017 a lot easier. 2018 will be a busy one and also our last in Tokyo...At least for a few years. Next year we are heading down south to never ending summers. Thank you Mona for being the best Kaj can get 24/7 while I've been gone!
Some travel highlights of the year for new cities visited was: Karachi - Pakistan, Gdansk - Poland, Adelaide - Australia and Hiroshima - Japan and Bari - Italy.
It was amazing to have the reunion in Shanghai about 3 weeks ago and meet everyone and so nostalgic to go back to China as a tourist for the first time. Fun to visit but I now realise that it's not a place I want to live in anymore.
Second year in Tokyo was much better than first, now more familiar with places , language and people here. But I still think that Tsukuda is the absolute BEST place to live, can't beat the seaside while at the same time being in central Tokyo.
Cool chocolate shop in Tokyu Mall - Ginza
Went to the infamous Yasukuni shrine. The Chinese always get super angry when some Japanese officials visits because of buried Japanese war heros here who committed a lot of bad things during the war
ENTER!
Like a street lighthouse
Tokyo station
When you don't feel super genki you go for coffee at...So Tired
My favourite view!
Our backyard is a perfect playground
Lightsaber sun
Coffee breaks
I usually do a 9 km set from Tsukuda - Toyosu - Harumi and back. This is by Harumi seaside
Thanks for the awesome retro present Mona! Time to play some SNES again
Light dance show for some pre new years partying
At Bar Bridge for some beer. Probably the best view over Shibuya's scramble crossing
End the night in AgeHa with some drum n bass
AgeHARD
In Japan people come to temples the first morning of the year to wish for good luck. Some people arrived early in the night already on the 31st to be the first ones to wish for luck in 2018. Cold to wait in 2 degrees for hours!!
Meiji Temple entrance
The waiting people
Lanterns lighting up the forest
70.000 people were at the Shibuya countdown. Loudest and most drunk were the foreign tourists, keep it down guys. 109 getting ready!
Minutes before 2018!!
And Happy New Year everyone!!
Next morning on the 1st a walk around Meguro, amazing blue skies - Saigoyama Park
New Years Osechi brunch, eating preserved food. In the old days it was made so that the wife in the house could rest those 3 days during the year. Note, only those 3 days to rest in a whole year.
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