Explanation of Tokyo Slideshow

Hey, thanks for the nice comments about our photos. Liz said that it was interesting seeing Asian Disney characters and since I didn't take any I realized she was talking about the crazy costumed teenage girls in the Harajuku district of Tokyo. Gwen Stefani made a song about these "Harajuku girls" who dress up on the weekends and parade around letting the tourists take their pictures and hanging out having fun. Most of them are gothic, baby doll or anime (Japanese cartoon) themed. We took a photo with the "bloody doctor" group because Sean is a surgeon and he thought it was funny. Also, the photos of the people in Japanese dress were part of a wedding ceremony at the Meiji shrine (the large wooden building) we visited in the middle of Tokyo. The woman in full kimono was the bride. The other funny thing is that they love Christmas here (did you see the photo of Colonel Sanders dressed in a Santa suit? Even though most of them are Buddist, they have Christmas decorations everywhere and participate in many of our traditions. They just love anything American and will go out of their way to help us. If you ask a sales clerk in a store to give you directions to another store they will not only walk outside and point it out, but walk down the block with you to make sure you found it okay. Also, in the city if you drop something then someone will pick it up and place it on a ledge for you near where you dropped it (including wallets) so that it doesn't get stepped on. Everyone is so nice here! By the way - Liz the blessing picture of Taylor was so gorgeous. She looks like a doll baby.