Oct 22nd

i was thinking about my brother the other day remembering how when he was traveling in Europe and mentioned something about just wanting a bowl of cheerios..and thinking..come on...theres so much great food out there..well...i was thinking the same thing the other day after i started feeling queezy about any thing else that might possibly have something without some type of fish in it...i had something with scallops in it the other day and believe i have developed my dad's allergy to shellfish...now i dont want anything with fish in it ...


which is not easy to do in Japan...especially when people barely speak english.







we stayed at a real nice hotel last weekend a few hours north

of here with a big buffet breakfast included...and all i wanted was three bowls of cornflakes..and I usually love to try new foods..
thankfully we have this apt and have found a few good grocery stores..mostly i make pancakes and french toast for breakfasts...rice and soup of local vegetables,etc. for lunch..then go out for dinners with Drew...we've been out for Italian and Indian meals which were a nice change..from Sushi..and there’s still lots to see..but I’ll be glad to be back home when the time comes..

So far we have covered quite a bit of he city by subway...Lily and I...
this weekend we may be going to Disney,Tokyo..then maybe one more trip for our last weekend before we come back to the states..

You can check out where we were last weekend on the blog.





Kusatsu Onsen Resorts Its a series of hot springs that run thru the middle of the town..then gets filtered thruout the whole resort area...There's also a pretty famous ski lodge just north of there too called..Mt Shirane which is actually a volcano.,.and a park we walked to called Saino Kawara . This is where the water gushes from countless springs creating a river of hot water!!!!People had built up river rocks around several of the little springs forming little pools that you could walk up to and stick you hands or feet into...some were actually too hot to touch...

you could even boil eggs in some of them.

amazing...we took the full soak back at our hotel which was filled and refills constantly from the main Yubatke River that runs thru the middle of the town..Kusatsu...