Sunday, May 11, 2008

Family visit to Japan - Part 2 - "Wedding" Day

Since Ayako and I got married last year, this day was for the 2 families to meet each other for the first time. Ayako's family came over early and Ayako's mother helped Ayako put on her kimono and and helped me put on my hakama:
We decided to go to Garden park (which is close to where we live) to have photos taken of the 2 families together. Unfortunately, in the morning, it was raining a bit:
Here's a shot of Ayako's 2 nephews under an umbrella:
Even with the rain, Barbara got some photos done in the park:
Early in the week, Ayako and I had gone to the park to find the best place to take photos. There's a nice part of the park called Monet's garden, which is where we decided to have photos of the families together. Luckily, by the time we got there, the rain had stopped. Here are some of the pictures that were taken with various groups from the 2 families:






Finally, we had some more shots done with just the two of us:

And one last photo with Jason and Barbara:
We then had a short drive to a nice restaurant, Torizen. Some of us rested on the ride there:
Here we are at the restaurant before the meal:

We had a very delicious meal. Luckily by that time, it was a sunny afternoon and so we could go outside afterwards and enjoy the weather. There was a nice large window facing the lake from our room and a door led to a nice veranda overlooking the lake. Neo and Rio enjoyed playing in this small garden area:
Here's me preparing a ball toy that Rio received so that he could go play with it:
We all enjoyed the weather out on the porch area:
And even had some nice photos taken there as well:

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