August – The Beginning of The End

Exactly two weeks left of my year abroad. Which means… check stuff off the want-to-go-to list!

For your viewing pleasure in this rendition of MasiyInJapan, we have the Sky Tree, a proper fireworks festival, and a couple of museums. Mitch hadn’t seen the Sky Tree yet, and it’s quite a fun place to hang out. They had a cute summer festival going on in the grounds too, so that was a bonus!

We came to the sky tree to check out the planetarium thing as much as the views;

The sunset was pretty.

Mitch doing his best deep fried fish face.

So ready for stars to whoosh over our heads!

We found a Ghibli shop!

Summer festival thing.

Dinner; our favourite!

Got our feet nibbled by fishies while watching the festival and the lights.

Next on the summer to-do list in Japan; a fireworks night. Coming from the UK where fireworks mean gloves, hot drinks, and lots of layers; going to a display when it’s so hot I want portable paddling pools for shoes was very odd. But the festive atmosphere was still in tact, and they might have the season backwards, but at least it’s still a night time activity! Mitch and I looked up a supposedly good display near us and had a wonder over. They take them very seriously here; selling seats and plots for picnics months in advance. But pretty things that go bang in the sky rock regardless of whether you have a seat in a pen or a spot on the floor, so we had a great time.

Amazingly huge daruma on our walk from the station

Ready to go!

Tickets! We made it!

Pens and seats for those far more organised than us

Food time

Naturally, if you can pick the flavour you want on your shaved ice… why not all of them!

Delicious sugary goodness

Mitch and his festi-food

Definitely a fun evening if it involves candy floss

Quite the crowd!

Pretty 🙂

This was their crowning piece; a big old string of glow

Very very busy getting out!

And on the third day of August, my true love gave to me, tickets to museums ♪

We checked out both the Edo Tokyo Museum, and the Meguro Parasite Museum. Both pretty awesome, one grosser than the other! If you’re squeamish, try and ignore the severed turtle head picture. Sorry not sorry.

The building alone is pretty cool!

Giant bridge inside? Ok, cool!

I love Japan’s early pottery style. looks so cute.

Got to see a bit of Taiko too.

A collection of gross for all to behold.

Yum!

This…. was inside someone.

We went to check out the castle there to see if it was actually an awesome medieval themed love hotel… just a normal love hotel. no themeing. sad.

In prep for the last few trips left to us in Japan, I decided to grab a new happy snap camera. I forgot to mention, but the dust on Mt. Fuji completely ruined the last one I had, and it was about 8 years old at that point. So here I am with my absolutely glorious new Nikon that shoots better than my DSLR!