Thursday, October 23, 2008

George rides the bullet train

George saw this bridge from the airplane window.



This is the bullet train George and I rode.



George riding the bullet train.


George poses as a manga character.


Do you like my blue hair?

On Sunday, George and I left Tokyo.
We left with a group of teachers.
We went to another part of Japan.
We went in an airplane.
George likes airplanes.
He wanted to sit by the window.
He looked out the window as we flew in the airplane.
He saw the city of Tokyo, far below.
He saw the sea.
The we flew over many mountains.
We flew to Yamaguchi City.

First we went to our hotel.
Then we took a train to a different city, called Hiroshima.
We went to see a museum and a park.
We had to get there fast, before the museum closed.
So we rode the bullet train!
George was excited.
The bullet train is very fast.
It goes about 180 miles per hour.
It got us to the city in time.
We looked at the museum and the park.
Then it was dinner time.
We looked for a place to eat.
We passed a funny place to take pictures.
It looked like big comic book characters.
There was a hole where the face should be.
George and I put our faces in the holes.
It made some silly pictures.
In Japan, comic books are called manga.
But manga are much longer than our comic books.
They are like long chapter books.
George liked posing as a manga character.
Then we found a place to eat.
They had ramen noodles.
George loves noodles.
Noodles are a popular food in Japan.
The noodles were in a broth.
We ate the noodles with our chopsticks.
But you can't scoop up broth with chopsticks.
And there were no spoons.
So we picked up our bowls to drink the broth.
That is how they do it in Japan!

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