A few weeks ago, Mondo and I went to Tokyo to hang out for the day. We spent time in Kappabashi, Asakusa, and Roppongi. In this post, I'll focus on the first part of our trip in Kappabashi.
Kappabashi-dori is famous for two things. The first is "kappa", a mythological creature
from Japanese legends that has a plate shaped head and loves to eat cucumbers (and children)--yeah, very strange, if you're interested, here's a link to the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_%28folklore%29
The second is kitchen supply stores, including ones that sell the food models that are displayed in front of many restaurants in Japan. It might sound like an odd combination (well, I guess actually it is a little odd) but it was fun and interesting. The pictures are two famous buildings with appropriate themes for the neighborhood, a kappa statue (there are MANY lining the streets all over the district) and a food sample store. Click on the food sample picture if you want to see how realistic the models are. They really are amazing . . . and expensive.
I'll continue the trip in the next post.
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Where is Mondo? Every Wednesday on the way to youth group in Gresham we pass by the place where Beaver went to puppy preschool and they say - Bea-Va. No Bea-Va. They love and miss Mondo and you too. Gotta love those chickn pics. Oy! Kerry
Hi Kerry!
Sorry I didn't approve this post sooner-it was supposed to send me an e-mail that I had a comment waiting, but it didn't-don't know why. Anyway, I saw Mondo again last week--it's coming in a new post (eventually!)
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