Okayama
Saturday 23rd March 2013
Day trip to Okayama to visit Chie's friends Testu-san, Hiroshi-san, along with Tetsu-san's wife Kanako-san, and their baby Shin-chan, who is roughly the same age as Erika.
Japan March 2013
John's Pictures

11:24:53
The kodama shinkansen at Hiroshima station.

11:27:10
Erika's first time on the shinkansen!

11:32:39
Me eating some cereal on the shinkansen.

13:15:13
Lunch at a tofu restaurant in Okayama called Okabe.

13:15:56
Some raw tofu...

13:20:05
...and some deep fried tofu.

13:36:21
Outside Okabe.

13:48:01
This is momotaro, a character from a Japanese story based in Okayama.

14:18:40
Chie, Erika, Tetsu-san and Shin-chan.

14:22:04
Erika and Shin-chan on the sofa.

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18:35:37
Three Dads and their babies (in Hiroshi-san's case his kids were at home, so he's holding this teddy bear instead).

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19:22:41
Two Mums and their babies - this is Kanako-san, Testsu-san's wife.

19:23:35

20:19:21
At Okayama station again, waiting for the shinkansen back to Hiroshima.

20:19:53
We had a whole carriage to ourselves!

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21:11:03
Spot Erika.

21:11:40
Chie and Erika running down the aisle.

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