Life Changing Trip to Japan (back in April)

Hi! Remember me? 

It's been awhile since I have updated this old blog. My life has been a whirlwind the last 6 months. I got engaged, was working four jobs, planning a wedding, and planning on moving my life to Japan. 

So I've been a little occupied. 

But I did it. 

I finished up those four jobs. 

Took the plunge. Got married. 

And moved across the world to Japan. 

I will get to all that, but lets rewind a little and take a look at the last 6 months. 

In April, I went out to Japan for a second trip. 

This time the weather was amazing. 

The cherry blossoms were in full bloom. 

And I left the trip with a fiancé. 

I was a happy girl

Here are a few pictures of my/our adventures that week. 

We started out with a fun day in Tokyo. 

We toured through Tokyo tower which has a striking resemblance to the Eiffel tower but with a little more color. 

View from the top. 

We then walked around the Emperors palace 

and tried to get in to see the gardens but sadly it was closed. 

The next day John was back to work and I was on my own to tour around. 

So I went to the town next to where John (and I) live called Kamakura

and hiked around to visit various temples and admire the beautiful trees.

The next day I ran to Enoshima Island to find out what it was all about. 

Let me tell you, it is a super fun little island.  

In the back of the island there are caves with sculptures in it. They provide you a small candle to walk through the caves with. Definitely my favorite part of the island. 

That night John and I went to Yokohoma and we had dinner at the Raumen Museum. 

That's right. A whole museum of Ramen. 

It was such a fun place. 

They had different raumen from a bunch of different regions

(I had no idea there were different types of raumen. except maybe the different flavors of top ramen that I ate as a kid. dry. Come on admit it, you all ate it dry too. it was delicious)

And the food here was delicious too!

We will definitely come back to try the different raumens. 

The next day I went to Yokohama and checked out Chinatown and Yokohama bay. 

The next day I met John at work and we headed up to Yokohama to ride this awesome ferris wheel. 

I had been wanting to ride this ferris wheel ever since I had heard about it. 

So I was really excited. 

John was acting strange ever since I met up with him at work. 

I just chalked it up to having had a long day at work or something. 

On the Ferris wheel he was acting even more strange but told me he was just nervous because he is afraid of heights. As we went to get out of the Ferris wheel I went to put my hand in his coat pocket (because it was rainy and sort of cold outside) and he slapped my hand out of it. 

I was shocked but thought nothing of it. 

We rode this amazing roller coaster. Both of us LOVE roller coasters. It was raining. It was outside. It dove under the water. I was one happy girl. 

As we headed back to the train station, John stopped us on a bridge overlooking Yokohama bay, the Ferris wheel, and the city lights. It was drizzling rain, there were people crossing the bridge, and John told me that he wanted to spend his life making me happy. 

And got on one knee and asked me to marry him. 

I was so excited/nervous/overwhelmed I didn't even look at the ring before I grabbed him hugged him tight and said yes. 

I eventually saw the ring. 

And loved it. 

It was a great start to my lifetime of happiness with John. 

This trip to Japan was life altering. 

Probably the best trip of my life. 

The end.