Tokyo DisneySea

On our day off on Tuesday, I went to Tokyo DisneySea. Most likely the most amazing Disney park of them all. Here are photos to share my day:

Exhausted in Tokyo

Today I had the day off. I spent most of it laying in bed reading. I feel like a real dork because I'm in one of the greatest cities in the world. . . yet I just don't have the energy to go see it. Three show days, waking up early to catch the subway to the venue. . . walking, walking and more walking. . . it's all taking a toll on me. Not to mention stress. . . it's been a rough week here in Tokyo.

Here are some Cherry Blossoms for your enjoyment:

I am Geisha

Net service is really lousy currently, so I'll make this fast with photos. I found a place here in Tokyo where they dress you up as a Geisha and take photos. All during the makeup and dressing process they tell you all about the history and stuff. It was really cool!





I've been very "people sick" lately. Missing my friends and family at home. Wish some of them would snail mail me at all or more. Mail day is Thursday for the company, and it's my favorite day of the week!

Yokohama

Net service has been really crappy lately here in Japan. Not much time to write, so I'll just post photos for your viewing pleasure.

Hiroshima

We spent two very quck days in Hiroshima, Japan. I did manage to do the most impressive thing there, which was the Peace Park and Memorial Museum. This is the Muesum and the "Mother and Child in the Storm" statue.

This is the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victioms. It's also known as the Memorial Monument for Hiroshima, City of Peace.

This is what they call the A-Bomb Dome. Before the bombing it was the Hiroshima Perfectural Industrial Promotion Hall. It's the only surviving building standing in the vincinity of the hypocenter (where they released the bomb).

It was both horrifying and enlightening to visit the Hiroshima Peace Park and Museum. It was work every bit of my time to go and learn about this horrifying event. The museum was very neutral on the events. It explains every detail of how nucelar bombs work, and the effects on humans. The muesum goes on to explain how now Hiroshima is leading the way in peace development. It's really quite inspiring. They have the Gates of Peace. These arches are incribed with the word "peace" in 49 languages.

Here's a nighttime shot.
Well, it's getting late and I'm tired. More still to come!

Toliets in Japan

As I sit around the lobby waiting for it to be time to travel to Hiroshima, I'm just going to take a moment to discuss Japanese toliets.
Here is what we like to call "The Squatty Potty."This is a "Western" toliet, which has it's own hard drive, options, and a heated toliet seat. I mean really, these picutres were taken in the same restroom. In stalls right next to each other! I just don't understand some things at all! Happy travels!

Is that what I think it is? and other photos.

Since Japan is so safe, I have a tendency to wander. Actually, it's more like I'm walking along and I'm looking around at everything because Japan is so neat and I get lost.

So I'm walking along. . . . and I see. . . .

That's right, a Statue of Liberty. I somehow ended up in the American Village. It's kinda crazy. So along I walk and I see other things like:

The giant golden geyoza and this interesting street lamp.

They sure do have some fancy man hole covers here in Osaka, Japan.

Tomorrow we leave Osaka and travel to Hiroshima. Sadly, I will only be there for two and a half days. I am going to go to the Peace Memorial Park, so look forward to pictures from that!

Too tired to write. . .

but here I am with Hello Kitty.

And. . . . if an injured monkey gets on the subway, and you're sitting down. . . you should get up and let the monkey sit down.

I swear that's what it says! :o) The signs in Japan are very entertaining to look at.

Osaka Castle

Today I got lost in Osaka, Japan. I wanted to go to Osaka Castle, but couldn't find anyone to go with me since a lot of the cast went there on the day that we loaded in. So I went by myself. I thought I was smart enough to figure out the subway system here. . . but I missed the subway station I needed to get on and ended up lost. So I took out the map and found my way to the castle on foot. It took me about an hour to trek there. . . BUT I GOT THERE!
Self portrait, and not too shabby I might say for myself. I got the whole castle and my face in it. Yay!!!! Cherry Blossoms are just starting to bloom. So I took a picture to share since everyone keeps asking about them. It's still really cold here, so they're just starting to bud.

Since I walked all the way to the castle, I figured. . . I'll just walk back. So I did. Now my feet hurt, I'll regret it at work tomorrow.

Sumo Wrestling in Osaka

Arrived in Osaka by bullet train. Nice smooth ride, I like the bullet train. Central Florida could really benefit from one that ran from Daytona Beach to Tampa.

After settling into our rooms and lunch, we went to Sumo Wrestling. Quiet aweome!

Sumo Wrestling could possilby be the most fantastic sport ever. It's very civilized, and violent at the same time. The only thing missing was some trash talking. Kevin and I did our own commentary, when they would throw the salt down we would yell, "Your Momma!" Kevin learned how to say it in Japanese, but it doesn't really translate as an insult. Here's some more pics:

Alright, gotta run. Tony wants to go to lunch and I promised I'd go with him. Later!

Time's almost up in Omiya!

Time here in Omiya is almost over. Tomorrow we travel by bullet train to Osaka.

Here I am after load out, boy was I dirty and tired. But look Dad, I'm using my gloves! Yay!

For giggles here's a picture of Marion.

Marion thought it was a good idea to put all his clothes in the wash. So here's Marion sitting next to the dryer looking pathetic because he has no pants to wear.

Walking barefoot in Japan

Tonight our promotors took us into Toyko to see The Who's Tommy. They are also promoting that show as well. . . so free tickets all around! Anyways, I was dressed for the theatre, but didn't realize we'd be walking so much. Needless to say, my feet were killing me so I just took t off my shoes to walk back to the train station. A girl can only handle so many blisters! That's not the greatest picture of me, boy do I look wide. . . . but I thought it would make for a good blog title. . .

In other news, Winnie the pooh live has a new Japenese website just for this tour! Click here to see it! The fourth honey pot from the left has a video clip of the show in English. Check it out! It's so cool!

A rough start in Omiya, Japan . . . and other news

I've been working 9:00 am to 9:00 pm every day this week starting on Sunday.  We've been sewing, fitting, cleaning, painting, gluing. . . everything it seems like.  There was a little rain on my parade when Charlie told me all the things I'm not doing right.  It'll be okay. . . I'm still learning.

 

Today Pooh did a segment on the local news.  We filmed it at 5:30 this morning.  I am so very very tired.  We decided to work through the day.  Somehow, I think that may have been a mistake.

 

Also, I got my very first peice of mail today.  Great Aunt Altha sent me a letter.  I was so excited!  Everyong gets super excited on mail day, and today I finally got to be excited too!  Hopefully I'll get more mail as my weeks in Japan continue.

Internet at last!

Hello from Japan!

The hotel here in Omiya finally hooked up my internet. I was starting to go CRAZY! I've read 2 books since I got here. . . no TV to watch, everything is stuff from America that I've already seen. . . or really wacky Japanese TV.

Tomorrow is my first real "offical" day of work. Since I've been in Japan, everyone has been getting over their jetlag and the cast has been doing Japanese rehearsals. Charlie and I have been shopping like crazy trying to find shoes for our Japanese narrator, Meg. Even though it's cold here, the shops have already started to bring in the spring lines. Boots are becoming hard to find. Meg is so short, that she is almost midget-sized next to Tracie. Hope we come up with something good!

So here I am at the kid's play area at one of the shopping malls near the hotel. Charlie thought I was crazy, but it was tooo cute to pass up!

No other real news from here.

Hello Update

Net service has been hard to come by here at the hotel. I promise I'm working on it!  I've also encountered some issues with my digital camera. . . I hope soon it will all be worked out!  Soon I will post fantastic pictures from Japan I promise! 

 

In other news, I've been "let go" from SeaWorld.  They need to hire more people now that they are opening the new Shamu show Believe.  Wetsuits made out of sequins. . . . very odd.  I'm okay with it, they said when I come home they will rehire me.  Good thing I've got MySpace to keep up with my friends from SeaWorld!

 

 

Hello from Japan. . . and other news!

I have arrived in Japan. When I got in, it was late Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Charlie and I went out shopping. We're on a hunt for boots for our Japanese narrator. There is so much fantastic shopping here. However, everything is very expensive. Painful for a shopaholic like myself.

Work hasn't started yet, everyone is working on getting over the jet lag. Since I was in Taiwan, I'm completely fine.

In other news. . . . I'm going to be an AUNTIE!!! One of my best friends in the world, Alie, is pregnant!

I have to run, I'm using someone else's net access right now. As fancy as this hotel is, there's no net access and only one key per room. GRRR!

Much love to you all!

Food adventures in Taiwan

Later, after we took Pooh to the mall we went to eat.
That's me drinking a Chinese Coke. Here I am with Angela eating: That was our cook. Kinda like Kobe Steak house back home, but there's no Kobe beef. They cook all kinds of things on the cook top. Here I am with the take out box:
Who knew a take-out box could make a girl so happy? Still trying to get a hang of putting pictures on the blog. Hope you enjoyed! Right now, I'm watching the Oscars with Tony. It's so werid to watch them at 9:00 on a Monday morning!

Pooh goes to the mall

Yesterday, we took Pooh and Tigger to the mall to meet a bunch of kids who made Pooh birthday cards. They even drew Pooh a great big one: It seems that everyone came to see Pooh. Every floor of the mall had people looking down on Pooh, they were so happy to see him:Later things got a little hairy, everyone rushed the stage to hug Pooh.
Pooh was okay. He was just happy that everyone was happy to see him. Pooh really is a jolly bear.

Hello from Taipei, Taiwan!

I'm here in Taipei. The flight was horribly long, and I felt awful. . . but today I'm feeling pretty good. We're almost all over our jet lag, and we're excited about our PRs. (Especially Pooh. . . he was so excited this morning, he didn't even eat all his honey!)

Today we had a promotional event at Green World:

Pooh and Tigger had a great time. The children were soooo happy to see Pooh that they gave him a cake. Pooh and Tigger also gave the Make-a-Wish foundation 100 tickets to the show for when we come back in June.

Later Pooh got to give hugs to some of the kiddies: Soo cute!

I love my new digital camera, I'm so happy I could share this fun day with you!