Tokyo Disneyland

Saturday Dec 10, 2005

Desi, Rumi and Aika decided that I just had to see the shopping center at Tokyo Disneyland. Rumi particularly loved the Disney stuffed animals.

As we were walking through the shopping center we came across one of the most amazing Santas I've ever seen. He was dressed all in gold and white, rather than the traditional red and white. Rather like the Father Christmas image, but carrying a gold bag full of toys and surrounded with beautiful elves, also dressed in glistening gold silk, golden tinsel and sequins. I didn't have my camera with me, but Desi asked one of the elves to get pictures of us with Santa.

Unfortunately I wasn't really up to a full day of shopping, and found myself sitting down every few minutes, wherever I found a seat. Soon my feet and hands were tingling, which was a good sign that my damaged nerves had reached their limits. We had to call it a day earlier than we would have liked.

Jason and Heath got home about 10:30 that night, and I was very happy to snuggle up against the man I'd been missing for the past few weeks. We didn't get to sleep until midnight, as we had a lot of catching up to do. It was fun listening to his stories of bodyguarding for the Japanese rock star Gackt, and hearing all his crazy adventures.

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