We were so excited to have Grandpa and Grandma Shupe come for a visit. We went up to Tokyo and spent a few days sightseeing there. Our first stop was the Tokyo Temple.
We aren't positive, but we think this says....
"Holiness to the LORD, The House of the LORD"
Even though Paul and I have been to this temple a few times, we never noticed the beautiful park directly across the street. The cool thing about it is that you can't get a good picture of Moroni from the temple grounds because the temple grounds consists of a VERY small patio due to the lack of space in Tokyo. But in this park we were able to see Moroni beautifully!
So one of our favorite things to do is to take pictures of all the badly translated English that is posted around Japan. They do their best....but we still have to laugh. Here is a good one!
After the LDS Tokyo we headed over to the Asukasa District to see the Sensoji Temple. It is a buddhist temple that was built in the year 628 AD.
This is the 5 story pagoda on site there. The pagodas are used for actual worship services, while the temple is used for prayer.
AND....this is best story of the day. The beautiful woman is walking towards us.....she looks just like a "geisha"......gorgeous. I can't resist....so I start using my sign language and my ridiculous sounding speech and act out the words (please imagine the worst asian english you can here), "can I take a picture with you".
The response....."Sure....people have been asking me all day". My jaw drops, this woman not only speaks English but it is with no accent as if she is actually American. So I say, "where are you from from?". She then tells us how she is from Chicago, she is just here going to college and actually graduated from the University there in Tokyo in what??? Music......of course!
It was a fun, and funny day! I will forever remember my encounter with her, although I hope she soon forgets it because I sounded and looked like an absolute idiot!
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