Nihongo now!

Nihongo means "Japanese" in case you were wondering. Here are a couple of pictures of experiences we wouldn't have living anywhere else. I could do a whole blog about strange things in Japan but I might be considered rude capturing it all on film... such as when you see a JP mom riding her bike with a kid on the front and the back, checking her cell phone and holding an umbrella. No kidding. More on life in Japan another day.

"Junior" sumo wrestlers at a match Chad attended in Tokyo last weekend. Interesting fact: Most sumo champions are no longer from Japan but Mongolia, Russia and other places.

Plastic food display outside of a restaurant in a shopping center. Most restaurants have these and we have been known to bring our waiter outside to point at what we want to order if we can't find it on the menu!

Japanese dancers in traditional dress at our city's Tanabata festival. There is a whole parade of these groups of dancers with the same song looping for hours!