While my brother was here I organized for him and Gemma to go view some “Asa Geiko” or early morning sumo practice. I rang several stables before I found one that was comfortable having them view even though they did not understand Japanese. I couldn`t go in with them because you have to be quiet and with Noah I never know when he is going to have an “outburst”…
We went to Musashigawa-beya which was about a 10 minute walk from Uguisudani station on the Yamanote line. I rang the day before and they explained all the rules so that I could relay them to Paul & Gem. We walked there in the morning (after stopping at the koban to ask for directions), arriving just before 8:30am.
They thought it was brilliant!!! I saw the last bit of the practice when I came back with Noah and then we had our photo taken with one of the stables top sumo`s (whose name I do not know!)
The rest of the day was spent in Ueno and Akihabara before having a super early (granny time) dinner just after 5pm at a local izakaya.
It was so nice having my brother and Gem in Japan- I really miss them already. I think Noah misses the attention too (especially after the weekend where he had daddy on call all the time!) because he has been super clingy these last couple of days. Not sure if it is a stage or not…
One of my favourite photos of my brother and Noah while they were in Japan
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I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
Wow. What an experience! Hope my family doesn’t read this post and see what you turn on for the tourists or they’ll be miffed at my apple tree tours!
And Noah is just cuter in each and every picture! Hope he gets used to normal life again quickly!
That last picture of your brother and Noah totally made me smile. I can tell why you like it so much!
Cool photos! The cherry blossom is so pretty!