Chicago

We had some time after breakfast, before going it to sushi, so we walked around The Red Brick (Govt) Building. (We didn't really have time to warrant the, only ¥420, to go into the botanical garden even though it looked really cool.... And we were later told by Susan has a lilac path... Side note from there - hydrangeas are everywhere and huge - like occasionally small ornamental tree sized!)
Notes:
Crows are Japan's aggressive pigeons
Many of them are slack-jawed and look silly
Carp are funny when trying to get food being fed to ducks (as in, due to their decreased vision I believe, they keep trying to eat the ripples and are continually kicked in the face)
The extreme amount of texture on the sidewalks is interesting.Read more