May 10, 2007

• KARUIZAWA, JAPAN

  1st impressions team from New Hope Tokyo weekend getaway

  Golden Week Holiday - May 3rd-5th

  ps. I went here exactly one year ago that same weekend with my girls Ai, Ana, & Yasuyo - I really missed them on this trip.

  click here for last year's entry.

  

  :: there was a really cute coffee shop in the area where our hotel was where we ended up every night :: 

  

  :: dinner together ::

  

  :: me, ana, & yuika - like me new specs? ::

  

  :: silly boys almost getting run over - ben & toshio ::

  

  :: the girls after a trip to the onsen, yes we bonded naked ::

  

  :: all 15 of us on the first night - when we ended up back at the coffee shop ::

  

  :: getting their game on ::

  

  :: cheesey cherry blossom pic ::

  

  :: yes he does! ::

  

  :: and the boys as paparazzi ::

  

  :: from across the street - on our way to rent bicycles ::

  

  :: this is how we do! tandem bike riders ::

  

  :: rough ridin through the the back streets of karuizawa ::

  

  :: yes he was my first (tandem bike partner that is)- haha ::

  

  :: our bike gang ::

  

  :: ben showing off his girly side (w/my purse) ::

  

  :: karhoong trying to hitch a ride back - unsuccessful indeed ::

  

  :: this area made me miss ai & yasuyo so much (since i was with them in this same exact spot same time last year ::

  

  

  

  :: looking for his partner - whoops! ::

  

  :: remember this place? i came here last year! ::

  

  :: super good steak - there was a 'texas' steak, but since i'm going home soon, i opted for the 'other' one instead ::

  

  :: and i saw this guy again! he remembered me when i told him i was the girl from texas ::

  

  :: then back to the church (also where i went last year) ::

   

  :: the boys giving and getting some "christmas goose" or what i'd like to call 'german sausage' (in front of a church nonetheless =/ ):: 

  

  :: cool architecture ::

  

  :: still love this ::

  

  :: outside the church ::

  

  :: spirit fingers ::

  

  :: my boys - ben & karhoong ::

  

  :: someone stuck a bumper sticker on his bum so he 'bent' over to pick up a coin ::

  

  :: rare cheese ice cream - yum! (though it didn't really taste like cheese) ::

  

  :: ana & ben munchin up on the midnight snacks ::

  

  :: then jenga time! haha at ben's expression ::

  

  :: oh no - after 27 stories - it crashes! ::

  

  :: last silly group pic ::

  

  :: grabbed some crepes on our way to the train station ::

  

  :: inside joke - those boys & their german sausages ::

  

  :: on the trip - i managed to convince ben to let me pluck his eyebrows (his first time ever) - as i got close, i was like whoa! he had some furrrr all up in thurrrr - he's such a good sport! ::

  

  :: then a stop by the park to relax until it was time to get on the train back to tokyo ::

  

  :: the girls 'sleeping' on the shinkansen (bullet train) - my 1st time on the shinkansen, can you believe it? ::

  

  :: then when we arrived back in tokyo, we decided to grab dinner together at WAKO tonkatsu (at tokyo station) - it was delish ::

  Super fun & relaxing weekend - exactly what I needed...

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