Yokohama's most famous tourist spot is Chinatown. We came here after going to the Landmark Tower. It was a lot of fun. We just wandered the streets for hours. Above is one of the entrance gates at night.
That's me at a temple. Well, the temple is in front of me so you can't see it.
A close-up on one of the temple decorations. It's a little hard to see, but they were all so intricate. The carving in the center is a boat filled with people and animals.
This is one of Gen's favorite pictures. The cloudiness is the smoke from burning incense. I love walking around temples and shrines because they always smell so good.
This is one of my favorite pictures! Gen with Hello Kitty dressed as a panda. It took me a while to convince him to pose here. There were a lot of panda souvenirs in Chinatown. The zoo in
Ueno had a panda but it died last year. They're trying to get another one from the Chinese government, but you know how that goes. All of the gift shops around the zoo still optimistically sell panda merchandise.
As usual, we ate our way around town. This was a little roadside stand selling
shumai, Chinese dumplings. They were yummy. Our 7-11 sells
shumai flavored Cheetos. I sent some to my dad and he loved them! They also have potato chips flavored with chili shrimp, beef stew, and curry. Sounds weird, but they're all delicious! The Chinese students in my Japanese class say that Chinatown's food isn't authentic. Maybe, but it was tasty. We also tried
manju, which are steamed buns filled with pork, and a shrimp filled
eggroll.
Chinatown at night. There were a lot of people there. This was after dinner. We totally weren't hungry, but decided we couldn't leave until we tried Peking duck. Gen's parents actually have some friends who own a restaurant on the Main road here, but we didn't know that at the time so we just went to one that didn't have a long waiting time. Oh, and the Peking duck was great! We also got custard tarts to take home for dessert. I fell in love with these when we went for dim sum in San Francisco last year. I can't wait to go to China and try the real deal.
Yokohama's most famous tourist spot is Chinatown. We came here after going to the Landmark Tower. It was a lot of fun. We just wandered the streets for hours. Above is one of the entrance gates at night.
That's me at a temple. Well, the temple is in front of me so you can't see it. 
A close-up on one of the temple decorations. It's a little hard to see, but they were all so intricate. The carving in the center is a boat filled with people and animals.
This is one of Gen's favorite pictures. The cloudiness is the smoke from burning incense. I love walking around temples and shrines because they always smell so good.
This is one of my favorite pictures! Gen with Hello Kitty dressed as a panda. It took me a while to convince him to pose here. There were a lot of panda souvenirs in Chinatown. The zoo in Ueno had a panda but it died last year. They're trying to get another one from the Chinese government, but you know how that goes. All of the gift shops around the zoo still optimistically sell panda merchandise.
As usual, we ate our way around town. This was a little roadside stand selling shumai, Chinese dumplings. They were yummy. Our 7-11 sells shumai flavored Cheetos. I sent some to my dad and he loved them! They also have potato chips flavored with chili shrimp, beef stew, and curry. Sounds weird, but they're all delicious! The Chinese students in my Japanese class say that Chinatown's food isn't authentic. Maybe, but it was tasty. We also tried manju, which are steamed buns filled with pork, and a shrimp filled eggroll.
Chinatown at night. There were a lot of people there. This was after dinner. We totally weren't hungry, but decided we couldn't leave until we tried Peking duck. Gen's parents actually have some friends who own a restaurant on the Main road here, but we didn't know that at the time so we just went to one that didn't have a long waiting time. Oh, and the Peking duck was great! We also got custard tarts to take home for dessert. I fell in love with these when we went for dim sum in San Francisco last year. I can't wait to go to China and try the real deal.
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