New Perspectives

It has been an eventful week. Although my parents have been to Tokyo three times before, they are lucky enough to be seeing lots of new things... like the inside of Keio hospital. And even the things that they saw before are being seen from a whole new perspective - Tokyo is apparently a different wold from a wheel-chair.

On the bike trip I mentioned last time, mom tried to catch her balance at one point and aggravated a previous injury in her leg. The next day she could barely walk ten meters so we took her to the hospital (knowing the doctor would just say "stay off of it" Tomoe and I voted for trying accupuncture). The doctor told us nothing we didn't know, but she did got some good drugs, which we are all enjoying, and we are now renting a wheel-chair so she doesn't have to spend the rest of her trip sitting in my room in the 2,000 yen comfy office chair I bought a few days ago.

She is doing much better today. In fact, we went to Okutama where we did a bit of hiking. - for real. The photos below are from nearby Hatonosu station.

The photo above was taken at the Hamura Flower and Water festival. It was great. Not only is the city full of blossoms, but tulips and festivals as well. I have more photos, but am a bit too tired to do anything with them now.