The Midas Touch

As I mentioned, after being in Japan for nearly three and a half weeks, I got a week off from work because of Golden Week.

Here are some of the highlights of my Golden Week:


1. Tokyo Tower

TT was awesome because there's something that I dig about being made to feel small. I don't mean this in the BDSM sense, but in the gaining-perspective sense. By being up so high, and being made to feel so small, my problems feel just as small.

I also get this satisfaction from looking at the moon. Which is cheaper.


2. Toho Cinema

Those who know me, know I'm a girl who likes the movies. I'll go with you, or I'll go it alone. I like film for its artistry, and for the down and dirty escapism it facilitates. In Japan going to the movies is an EXPERIENCE. I've gone twice over Golden Week. Once alone and once with friends. This may seem like a mundane way to spend time, but not in Japan. And certainly not for me.

Not only are tickets nearly $20 each (yes each), but there is assigned seating. And, if that weren't enough, there is a gift shop (yes gift shop) at the theater where you can buy movie posters, post cards, playbills AND candy. Not just any candy. But like, candy store candy where the candy is in bins, with scoops and there's a scale.

What movies did I see? It doesn't matter. Just going was entertainment enough.


3. The Ramen Museum

What can I say. I went. I saw. I conquered.


















































4. Chinatown - Yokohama

Every city boasts a Chinatown. But nobody does Chinatown quiet like Japan.

Yokohama's Chinatown deserves it's own day (or two) for visiting. I did a drive by, however I still managed to see two amazing shrines.

































5. Last but certainly not least.... Kua 'Aina Burger Shop

I was a vegetarian (lacto-ovo pescatarian to be exact) for nearly 12 years. That has ended since my stay in Japan. And I'm so glad it did. I had the most amazing meal of my life at Kua 'Aina Burger. I ate a juicy all beef, bacon burger that brought me closer to God. I feel my abstaining for 12 years was so I could enjoy that burger and commune with Him.

Here's the aftermath of my conversion:












































I understand this scene so much more now: