On Monday September 24th we had to wake up at 6:00 a.m. Then we said goodbye to our horse, our five dogs, our guinea hens, our goats, our cat, our cows and my cricket. After that our neighbor Bruce came and brought us to the airport. We got our tickets, gave our luggage to the man behind the desk and walked through airport security. Then we got on the plane for an hour. After that we stopped at the Chicago airport. We went on another airplane for 15 hours. It felt weird at first but then I got used to it. I finally fell asleep on the plane.
Before I knew it I was being woken up by my mom because we were landing. My adventure in Tokyo had begun!
My dad told me it was Tuesday afternoon when we got there. I didn’t believe him at first and when I looked at a clock I couldn’t believe my eyes! He was telling the truth. I was very surprised about the time change and very tired because it was the middle of the night at home and the middle of the day in Japan. My dad showed me a cool map that shows which parts of the Earth are in day and which are in night. You can see this here http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunearth.html
My dad and I went out for dinner at a Sushi place. We thought it was cool because there were live fish in the window. The fish were in a tank alive. We had to point to the food we wanted on the menu because they didn’t speak English very well and we don’t speak Japanese. But we got what we wanted. I had cucumber roll which is cucumber wrapped in rice and the rice is wrapped in Nori. Nori is a flat sheet of green you can eat made from a vegetable that grows in the ocean.
So far my trip to Tokyo is perfect!
WEDNESDAY September 26th!
Today I was very tired but we went for breakfast and my mom and I went to a shrine. A shrine is a place where people in Japan go to say a prayer. There is a special part of a shrine where only the monks can go in. I took a couple pictures for you.
I went to bed at 1 in the afternoon and slept all day until my dad got home from work. Then we went out for dinner again at Jonathans and we had pancakes and breakfast about the same time people in Michigan were having breakfast!
Thursday September 27th!
I woke up at 2am for the day. I was reading, playing my game boy, pacing, laughing and trying to wake my parents up. So I went out on the balcony. When I went out I couldn’t believe it. Everywhere there were lights and all the buildings looked like they were open because they had the lights on. I went inside to wake my parents up again. They wouldn’t even budge until 5am and we all went to the same place for breakfast but it was closed. We found a supermarket and had breakfast at our apartment. My dad went to work so it was just me and my mother. I did lots of schoolwork today with a picture of my class sitting next to me. Then I did handstands. I slept most of the afternoon from 4 until about 8:00pm.
Friday September 28th!
On Friday we bought a very special fan from a fan store that sold nothing but fans.
Fans are a symbol of Japanese life and there are many different kinds. The kind I have is a dance fan. The fan was about 2000 yen which is $20.00 when you round up. I am learning to count Japanese money. I am also learning to use our camera so that I can send pictures. Here are two pictures of the Japanese money and my fan.
Saturday September 29th!
On Saturday I woke up at 3:00 am. I read chapter books and waited for my parents to wake up. At 7:00 we had pancakes. I had 9 pancakes. My parents and I went to Starbucks then we went on a train. We had to stand because all the seats were taken. When we got off the subway we went to a fish market. It was very crowded there and some of the fish were stinky but most of it wasn’t.. They also sold other things at the fish market like veggies, pots and pans, and rice. 
At the fish market there were ponds with chubby fish, these fish you do not eat!
Why they sell mostly fish is because Japan catches the most fish in the world. When we went to a Sushi restaurant they had a big fish tank in the room. I wondered why at first but I noticed when my dad ordered fish one of the chefs reached into the tank and grabbed one. My mouth dropped open I was so surprised. After he took the fish I noticed he put 3 more alive bigger fish into the tank. For lunch I had Kappa Maki, which is a cucumber roll that is cucumber rice and nori. And I had Tomago, which is cooked sweet egg and rice, and Nori. When we went out of the sushi place and waiting to go across the street a guy on a bicycle came up and he was balancing 3 bowls of soup on a tray while he was riding his bike. Then we went back to our apartment very tired.
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