Konnichiwa everyone. I just thought I would post you some pics (there are heaps) of  my holiday in Japan. We  travelled on this Bullet train that travels at 300kmph and it took eight hours for us to travel 798km from Tokyo to a place called Beppu, south of Japan, to watch my son Karl play rugby.説明を追加 Here's a pic and Youtube video of the Bullet train. 

This is an example of a lunch/snack box you can buy for your lunch. The Japanese food is amazing. Just imagined if we could design a snack pack similar to this for our technology 'healthy snack'....lol. 

This is an example of a traditional Japanese house more out in the country though. The cities here are huge, the buildings are huge, Brodie and Josh you should see the designs of the buildings, train stations, malls, bridges and tunnels through the mountains here. The Japanese love building.

This is a castle which in the old days was situated high up on a hill and marked their territories.

We were taken to this is street where there were several Samurai houses and this one was opened to the public. 説明を追加

• My son Karl plays for a Team called Canon Eagles. We were given a raincoat pack and a tee shirt and those inflatable banging tubes. Then it was so funny, all the supporters on both sides practised their chanting lead by those guys down the front, one was on a megaphone, before the game started. The team is escorted out by young rugby players, and after the game the team lines up and bows to both supporter sides. Everything over here is so organised and practised but it's fun because they build atmosphere and team spirit. By the way Karl's team won. 

 

This is Callum Bruce, another Hawkes Bay player who plays for Canon Eagles with Karl.説明を追加

Here we are in the team's dressing room. Everything is so flash. Japan is an amazing place to visit. Some things are the same as New Zealand but so many more things are different, the language is a huge barrier of course. However, we have been lucky. We had a Japanese guide when we travelled and of course family and other New Zealanders who have lived here awhile to help us. When you all get older but not as old as me, you must travel to Japan and experience this wonderful country. I'm off to my grandson's Japanese school tomorrow. Gambatte, (Do your best) Ja mata ne (See you later)