Chinatown Field Trip

This past week Macie's school went on field trip to Yokohama to visit Chinatown. We started out at the Yokohama Foreign cemetery and then walked our way down the hill to Chinatown. The cemetery was created when a sailor on Matthew Perry's ship died and permission was asked to bury him on land. Matthew Perry, of course, is a significant figure in Japanese history - he is credited with opening Japan to trading with the rest of the world. It was definitely an interesting field trip.

There are several gates that signal that you are entering Chinatown.

 It seemed like every time you passed a building, there was a small side street.

Macie in front of one of the many shops. Every few feet, there was either a shop or a place to eat.

There were lots of shrines. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to go inside them on this trip. But they were very interesting to see from the street.

There were lots of shops to try things we had never seen before. This was a place that combined ice cream toppings and fruit with shaved ice. Kind of tasted like the dipping dots you buy at the mall.

Macie shared hers with our group.

The kids were not too excited by stores like this one - those are whole ducks hanging in the windows.

Pandas are big in Chinatown. Definitely a unique way to attract people to your shop.

The kids got a big kick out of this statue. It is Dumpling Man. Dumplings are big in Japan and this was in front of one the shops - lots of people were stopping to have their picture taken.