Iz and E-mans Summer Adventures: Second Day in Tokyo!!--By Izzy

Our Second Day In Tokyo:Studio Ghibli Museum By Izzy

8-15-17

Today we walked through Asakusa and went to Sky Tree, the tallest broadcasting tower in the world! We met up with my mom's coworker, Yasu-san, and his daughter, Nat-chan. It was rainy, too. We walked to the Sensouji temple and saw many different shops. We walked to Sky Tree and went inside. Since we love Sumikko gurashi, Yasu-san told us that there was a temporary Sumikko gurashi store and of course, we went and bought some things. I got a little tapioca guy from the store and an accessory for my other animal. There were so many cute things that I wanted to get!

We got some food and took the train and bus to Mitaka which is where the Ghibli Museum is. We said goodbye to dad, Jorge, and Yasu and Nat-chan because we only had 6 tickets. I went with Cia, V, Ethan, and the moms. We first went into an exhibit that shows you how animation works. We also went to the Neko (which means cat) Bus room and the kids waited in line to get on. We got 5 minutes to play around on the neko bus. You could go inside and on top of him. HE WAS VERY SOFT!!! There were little makkurokurosuke(soot gremlins from Totoro) stuffed animals inside of him!

We also got to see a short film that is a Studio Ghibli original. The cool thing about the film was that only two voices were used to make all of the sounds such as rain, eating, river flowing, and wind. There was no dialogue only sounds. It was REALLY good. We went through some of the other exhibits and got frozen yogurt at Straw Hat Cafe. The flavor was honey and lemon and it was very refreshing. The last thing we did was go to the store and shop. I bought a Jiji cat from Kiki's Delivery Service, a Totoro washcloth, and a pack of origami paper. We met the Hiramaru family (Nat-chan, Yasu, and his wife Akane-san) for tonkatsu near the hotel. That was a very awesome day!!!!!