We finally met up with our relatives. We met our grandmother's niece. She has three kids, so live in a house with a total of five people. First thing we did together was visit the family cemetery up in the mountains.
Here is my mom paying respect to our family members that passed away.
360 degree view of Nagano.
After we came down from the family cemetery, we went to a toy store. This store had the coolest toys! There was a lot of toys from America so check 'em out!
I remember when I had one of these figures when I was a kid. It's Earthworm Jim!
Kamen Rider Black! My favorite super hero! :D
The store, so many toys!
A human-sized Red Comet from the Gundam series. He's a bad guy.
Neo-Human Casshern! Ready to blast off, so cool!
After that, we came back to my grandmother's sister's house. We had a birthday party for my brother and a son of my grandmother's niece.
After eating we went to a festival, and here is the birthday boy, Masahiro. He is just one year younger than my brother but he was small!
The birthday cake. Snoopy on top of the ice cream cake.
The next day, the whole family went on bicycles to go to a mountain where my mom and niece would come and play when they were kids. It was truly a magical place, something that would appear in Princess Mononoke.
A traditional Japanese house with a traditional fireplace.
A replica of a missile used in World War II for submarines. Japanese people would actually lay down inside the missiles and pilot them. What Japanese people would do in the name of Honor...
I found some shells of Cicadas, haha! :D
A live Cicada we caught. You can see Masahiro with the baseball cap. On the left is Yuki, the oldest son.
The view inside. So green!
Look at all the hawks at the fish market!
Late at night we played with fireworks and spent the night. The next day our cousin took us home by car. It was a three hour car ride through mountainous places and cities. I definitely would like to come back to Nagano!
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