As many of you have already heard, my mother came to Tokyo during the second week of March. (Some of you were even able to meet her when she visited Kaplan!) This was her second trip to Japan, and from what she's told me, it was even better than her first trip.
I had really been looking forward to her visit; Tokyo is my home now, and I wanted my mom to be able to experience it from that same perspective. I know that my mom had been looking forward to her visit for reasons similar to mine. She really wanted to have a chance to meet some of the people that I spend so much time with. In that respect, I think her visit was successful. We were able to spend time with my Japanese host family, some of my non-Japanese friends, and even a few students!
The first time my mom visited Japan was in May of 2007. She came with my dad and my sister for a one-week vacation. At that time, I had only been living in Japan for about 8 months. There were even a lot of things that were new to me at that point as well. We essentially spent the entire week as tourists. Furthermore, I wasn't living with my host family then, so my parents and sister didn't have many opportunities to meet Japanese people. This time was different, and I think it is one of the reasons that my mom enjoyed her visit so much.
We still did quite a bit of sightseeing while she was here, though. Before arriving in Japan, my mom had made a list of things that she wanted to do or try while she was here. We were very busy every day. Among other things, we managed to see a couple of gardens, take a ferry ride to Asakusa, have a foot bath at the Open Air Museum in Hakone, go to a museum in Ueno, visit Yoyogi Park on a Sunday, and even admire the "aka-pants" in Sugamo! In fact, my mom had seen pictures from my last trip to Sugamo with Kaplan students and wanted to check it out for herself. She even ate a grasshopper!
My mom returned to Portland nearly two weeks ago, and every time I have spoken to her since then, she has mentioned what a good time she had during her visit. I was really sad that she had to leave after only a week because it just didn't feel like enough time. After all, I only get to see her once or twice a year. But at the same time, her visit is made more special by the fact that we had to make the most of our time together every day. I am thankful that she got to come and experience what my life is like in Japan and also meet the people who mean so much to me.
Thank you again to those of you who made her feel welcome when she stopped by the Omotesando Center to take a look around! I know my mom is already looking forward to the next time she can come back. 
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Posted By: Melanie Belles on March 27, 2009
