A few more days in Japan

This morning, we said good-bye to our host moms and dads, and headed out to the Toyota Museum. Here is a quick pic of my "mom" and I right before leaving. Oh, and get this, we couldn't take our big suitcases with us, so mom took my luggage to the 7-11 convience store to be shipped! 7-11 has everything!












So, when you think of Toyota, you automatically think of cars I bet.....well did you know that Toyota actually got it's start in the textile industry??? Here in the museum, we were able to watch production of fabrics from start to finish. The demonstrators were generous enough to show us step by step how they make the fabrics. They even had English translations!

Toyota is known for it's sleek design, economical cars that are always in style. Here is the first car ever produced by Toyota. It was very roomie with plenty of space for storage and comfort! :) Oh, and the squeeze horn was pretty sweet too!

Another pickup truck designed by you guessed it...Toyota!!!

After Toyota,we had to say a sad good by to our host brothers and sisters. While we were waiting on the , train to take us to Kyoto, Riley's host brother showed off his mad tap dancing skills. He is the #11 tap dancer in the world! Oh and his little sister is #8! You should see this guy go! He moves faster than lightning!!!

The infamous bullet train that goes at a whopping 180 miles per hour! We rode the train into Kyoto for our final stop of the trip.

Once we arrived in Kyoto, our baggage was waiting for us at the hotel. Cheiko was gracious enough to take us to a marketplace in downtown Kyoto to get some real world shopping experience!

Oh, Shaba Shaba, is the world's best meal ever! Here you sit down at a table, and they bring you trays of beef (all you can eat). You place the beef in a boiling pan of water with veggies and cook it right in front of you!!! When you are ready for more meat, you just ring a buzzer. Somehow, we managed to clear 20 trays of beef that night! How delicious it was!