Hello!!  Happy Easter everyone!!

Today the kids and I took a trip to Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.  I thought I'd post some pictures that you would find funny or cute.  Be patient, there's a lot of them.

First is the famed Tokyo Tower.  This picture was shot out of the bus window.  We took a tour bus from the base to the zoo.  Its so nice to travel that way and let someone else worry about the traffic and directions-and there's a bathroom on board for the little ones.

Also shot out the window-Tokyo Bay

This is right by where we parked in Tokyo.  You can see all the train lines-trains are a huge part of traveling in Japan.  I have seen the bullet train, but not riden it.

I zoomed in for this shot.  This is above the train tracks, a house with a garden on top.  The Japanese take advantage of every small space they have.  Tokyo is no exception-gardens are abundant on the roofs.

This is actually when we stopped to eat our lunch at the zoo.  The apartment towers are everywhere in Japan.  The apartments are super small too. 

The pagada at the zoo.  Its absolutely beautiful.  The cherry blossom trees have just started to bloom here.  I should have some really nice shots around where we live soon.

I'm not exactly sure what this is, but it was cool looking so I shot it.

Close up of the bottom part of the pagada.

A view of the cherry blossom trees.

Kailyn taking in the zoo!  Her first trip to see animals!

The gorillas were awesome.  I've never seen gorillas at any of the zoos I've been too.  This was really cool for me.

Look out!!  Trey has captured the feared Komodo Dragon!

The red panda.  This little guy was in an enclosed area that little thousands crowd by each day.  The giant panda is right next to him.  The walkway is literally one way, and they shuffle you through so that you barely get a good viewing of them.  Their habitats in my opinion, are very sad indeed.  Tiled floors?  Trey-whose a frequent Zoo Typhoon player-was apalled that they did so little to make it look like the creatures natural habitat.

This poor panda just looks miserable.  I can't imagine living like this.  There aren't even any plants in the exhibit with him.  I can only hope that he doesn't live like this all the time, hopefully, his evening hours are spent in better conditions.

Thanks to my friend, Liz, I'm finally in a photo.  I thought I might do like Kelliann, and just take a shot of my feet, but I didn't need to here.  Liz and her husband, Russ, went with us to the zoo, with their adorable daughters.  They are Hallie and Courtnee's best friends!  Thank you Liz and Russ for helping out so much today!!

This is the park right outside the zoo.  It was very beautiful without many cherry blossom trees blooming.

A Japanese Scot?  Your guess is as good as mine!