Tokyo Disneyland!

This past Wednesday we took our long awaited trip to Tokyo Disneyland. Typhoon Fitow was threatening to ruin the day but we ended up only having some big, momentary rainfalls with some clouds most of the day. Overall the weather and the crowds were not bad at all. We went with Anna's friend, Honaka's family. They are resident Tokyo Disneyland experts. As soon as we arrived in the park, while everyone else was distracted by waiting in line to get a picture with Mikey Mouse, Honaka's dad went to get the "Fast Passes" we would need during the day to ride everything without waiting in line.
We had so much fun. When I first started coming to Japan, I had always thought it would be a waste of time to go to Disneyland because it was something I could just see in the USA. I always thought, "Why go all the way to Japan to see American Culture?". That was until Anna came along. There is something so universal about Disneyland in the eyes of a child. While walking around and taking it all in so far from the USA, I realized that I am from the same great country that created this wonderful place, and I felt very proud to be an American.

Typhoon Fitow vs. Tokyo Disneyland

This Wednesday we are planning to make a trip to the promised land, Tokyo Disneyland. We will be heading to the land of Minnie-chan with Anna's best friend Honaka (She's In the Pool with Anna in the slide show this week) and her family.

If you look at the map here you can see that we may or may not have good weather for the trip. Typhoon Fitow has been lingering for about a week around Iwo Jima and is just now starting to slowly but surely move it's way up to Japan.

The Weather Underground illustration to the left shows the Typhoon pretty far from us on Wednesday. The Japanese weather services however say that it might be a little closer. I'm leaning towards the Weather Underground model. Hopefully I'll be right.

I'll be posting the pictures after we get back from Disneyland. I'm betting on a good time.