{"id":4045,"date":"2001-02-05T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2001-02-05T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2022-04-26T01:12:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T01:12:11","slug":"tokyo-japan-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2001\/02\/05\/tokyo-japan-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Towards the end of January I had the chance to visit Japan with my brother Philip. It was a holiday simply to get away from all the worries in the past few months, as well as a chance to see each other after two years apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The passing of our mother made me want to weave a better web amongst us brothers, Philip, Kevin, and I, simply because the original bond, my mother, isn\u2019t here anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am sure mom would want us to stick together, through good and bad times as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this trip, Philip and I travelled through Kyoto, Osaka, Shusenji (in Izu), and Tokyo. These are the pictures that describe our fun times during this two-week trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bet you never seen a life-sized figurine of Colonel Sanders in front of a KFC? In front of every KFC in Japan you&#8217;ll find the familiar old man, cane in hand, waiting for you to chow down another piece of his original MSG-filled chicken \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image002-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4047\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image003-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4048\"\/><figcaption>Last day in Tokyo&#8230; tomorrow is the day when I fly back to Minneapolis, and Philip flies back to Taipei&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image006-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4049\"\/><figcaption>Told you not to buy so many things&#8230;!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4050\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image007-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4050\"\/><figcaption>My friend Chino, who will soon move to Vancouver and become Canadian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image012-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4051\"\/><figcaption>Philip looking sophisticated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image014-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4055\"\/><figcaption>Chino and Tomoko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image015-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4054\"\/><figcaption>Norimichi, whom I haven&#8217;t seen in many years&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image017-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4053\"\/><figcaption>Maki, whom I have met on and off every time I visited Japan in the past few years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4057\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image018-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4057\"\/><figcaption>Guys, it has been a really fun time meeting up with you all&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image019-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4056\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image020-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4058\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4059\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image022-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4059\"\/><figcaption>Except for the smoking part&#8230; you should all quit smoking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4060\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image023-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4060\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image027-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4063\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4061\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image028-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4061\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4062\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image029-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4062\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4065\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image033-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4065\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image034-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image034-3.jpg 211w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image034-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image035-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4066\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image036-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4067\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image039-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4069\"\/><figcaption>Bye y&#8217;all!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image041-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4068\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image042-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4071\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image043-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4070\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image044-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4072\"\/><figcaption>Now for the really bad pictures&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"4074\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image045-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4074\"\/><figcaption>I am sure I will get some hate-mail for this&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the end of January I had the chance to visit Japan with my brother Philip. It was a holiday simply to get away from all the worries in the past few months, as well as a chance to see each other after two years apart. The passing of our mother made me want to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image035-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4075,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions\/4075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}