Nephew Heading off to High School

My nephew came by and stayed with us for two nights on his way to moving into the dorm at his boarding school. We went for dessert after dinner and he opted for a triple-decker Baskin Robbins. He seemed to thoroughly enjoy his treat : ). I hope he's doing well at the high school...

Kyoto with three of the "N" family members.

For about 6 months, I used to live with the "N" family in Salt Lake City. I was totally stressed out with all sorts of stuff at the time and so the "N" family welcomed me into their home.












The kids were much younger when I used to live with them, but when I met up with them in Kyoto a few months ago, they were SO big! Kids sure do grow fast.












First, we went to Nijo-jo Castle. The floor was so freezing cold! I wonder how people kept warm back in the days.

Then we went to the Eigamura. Sort of like a Japanese version of Universal Studios, except, no rides and just sets they use for Jidaigeki movies.

It was so nice to see them!

Why would you want to....?!

Sometimes(actually, more like MANY times), you stop and scratch your head over what in the world people were thinking when they gave their businesses a certain name in English.

This one...a store called "Starvations". Now, what do you suppose they sell?

They're actually a brand of kids clothes!! It really doesn't make any sense. WHHHHY did whoever started up the business think that "starvation" would be a great name for a children's clothing line??? Apparently, it's a hip brand and parents don't think anything of it, but if I were a parent, I wouldn't be interested in a line of clothes that advertised starving. But then again, I guess in Japan, like in so many situations, the message sent out in English doesn't have to make any sense. It's just considered "hip" to have the English alphabet written, regardless of what the content is. Weird.