*happy holidays*

wow i've been really slacking with my posts yah? i can't believe it's been a month since my last entry!! i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas at home...wish i was there! i was very lucky though to have aubri and megan visit me!!! i can't believe they're gone already...it came and went way too fast, i hope they had an awesome time...here are some of the pictures that i took within the past month. i have one more day of work tomorrow and then new years vacation is here!! i'm so excited! i will be spending most of the vacation in tokyo with friends, and jake will be in japan so maybe i'll get to see him. then on jan.3rd i will join christine in hong kong for a few days, and then i return back to work on jan.9th...i know this too will come and go way too fast. again, merry christmas to everyone and i miss you all! to my family-it devastates me that i won't be in hilo this year. make lots of mochi, eat lots of grandma's good food, and send me the 2007 family t-shirt asap! onegaishimasu...i love you guys!





*end of fall colors in iwaki...kirei ne*


*this t-shirt was selling in popular store in mito...3,900 yen!! i think i'll make some hawaii products too and sell it*

*me, michelle, and suwen...shopping in mito*


*dinner at an all-you-can-eat pasta, salad bar, wine, and dessert restaurant...for 2,000 yen!! best deal EVER*



*aubri & megan have arrived in iwaki!!! we had dinner at this little izakaya...good times!!*




*singing and drinking at this karaoke bar in iwaki...too much fun!!!*

*HARAJUKU GIRLS!!!*






*shopping the streets of omote-sando hills in harajuku*


*SHIBUYA!*



*TSUKIJI FISH MARKET*








(unagi)

*sushi breakfast in tsukiji...some of the freshest sushi in the world!*



*Kappabashi a.k.a. the "kitchen district"*





*ASAKUSA-Sensoji Shrine*








*Merry xmas from this little santa taking a pee outside the train*


*TOKYO TOWER-Christmas 2006*







merry christmas and happy new year 2007!!!!! i miss everyone at home so much...don't forget about me, and i hope to be in contact with you soon :) love u guys will all of my heart! take care.

-andie