huh?

hey! this guy has the same first name as me!

watch out!

seen on a bathroom door in akihabara...

daddy-daughter days

japan is coming off the golden week. it's a string of national holidays that most japanese companies lump together with official company off days to basically give everybody here the week off. the name golden week is a play on the japanese term for prime time tv, which is known as golden time here.
for me it was a great chance for some daddy-daughter time with rose. nao's company only gave her the national holidays off, so most of the week it was just the 2 of us.
on wednesday we went to the ueno zoo in tokyo, which is famous for its panda, only to greeted by the news that the panda had died that day! it was ok though rose more interested in the lions and elephants. the best was her reactions to the animals she didn't know because at first she would be like, i don't like this!, but when i said let's go, she'd say, no! i like this! afterwards we headed to tgi friday's for some good old american food.

most other days we spent around the house or at the park. the 3 of us went up to the mountains for the weekend to relax in the hot spring. it was certainly a golden time!