During the keynote speech, volunteers were called up to do an exercise where they put a rubber band around their head and then tried to remove it simply by moving their facial muscles. I'm not sure what this was supposed to teach us, but it was hilarious watching Travis (the tallest one in the picture) try to do this.
We got a chance to celebrate Jason's birthday at a pizzeria.
'Sup Heather?	Those Kiwis...
It's Kitami John!	The Birthday Boy himself
Nicole will love me for putting this picture up	Deb and I dared each other to finish this pizza designed for 5 people, and we did
Some Karaoke (of course)	Rachel is the DEVIL!
You may not believe it, but we are having fun	Tami and Devon
On Wednesday afternoon, we went to the Nezu Fine Art Museum. It was full of artifacts, mainly dealing with Japanese tea ceremony. The big attractions, however, were the extravagant gardens and tea houses outside.
The gardens from above	The side of one of the tea houses
More gardenage	A Shrine within the gardens
Thursday started with a visit to the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park and the Tokugawa Shogun Cemetary, followed by a visit to the Meiji Shrine and Iris Garden.
Outside the Art Museum, entitled "Hole in the Sky"	A (Buddhist) Temple inside Ueno Park
People attach their wishes to this structure	This looks familiar...
The Toyokan, or Museum of Far East Artifacts	An outdoor shopping area near Ueno Park
The Tokugawa Shogun Cemetary	Unfortunately, I know little about these graves
A dragon watching over the graves	A wish for peace found at one of the graves
The torii entrance to the Meiji Shrine	considered to be one of the best in Japan
While the irises weren't in full bloom,	the garden was still lovely
A description of the garden	more of the garden walk
pretty, ain't they?	Entrance to the inner part of the Meiji Shrine
Before entering a shrine, you are supposed to clean yourself	You wash your hands using this wooden scoop
I prefer the look of the Shrines to that of the Temples	Offering prayers and money at the shrine
None of us know what this structure was near the shrine	A place to buy charms and talismans