Once upon a time, James' parents asked us to join them for an amazing nine day vacation in Tokyo for Christmas. Although I love Christmas with my family, I knew that this little jaunt to Japan was going to be the trip of a lifetime.
Our first
day night in Tokyo was jetlag citaayyy (please see image below)
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| This is James and I trying not to fall asleep in the Hard Rock Cafe |
Christmas Day was the best! I always love Christmas Day and while this one was untraditional, it was my favourite! We woke up and went to Christmas Mass (which featured some sick electric guitar solos) and then did a nice long walking tour of the Hikawa Jinja (Shinto shrine across from the Armingtons' apartment),
the Akasaka area,
and Hiro-o (where they used to live).
We enjoyed our first helping (of many) of my favourite food (well, tied with popcorn and cheese...duh)
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| Ton Katsu Curry...it tastes at least 40,000x better than it looks...I promise. |
and enjoyed looking at how everything in the entire city of Tokyo is adorable!
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| Example #1 Teensiest box of cereal ever |
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| Example #2 Juice boxes |
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Example #3 Manhole cover
Example #4 Bus seat fabric |
We then returned home to get ready for a lovely Christmas dinner at the New Sanno Hotel (American military place). We had a little bit of time to waste so James asked me to join him on the rooftop terrace (which looks over the Hikawa Jinja shrine and the Akasaka area of Tokyo) to see what we could see since it was dark when we went up there the night before
On the way up in the elevator, I told James that I was going to marry him one day. Once up there, I took some pictures of us with the beautiful view in the background
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| Ahahah he knew what was coming... |
The next part went a little bit like this:
- James: Trace, were you serious about marrying me one day?
- Me: Of course, babe!
- James states that he is nervous, gets on one knee, reveals the most gorgeous ring I have ever seen and asks me to marry him
I then proceeded to jump around like crazy saying "REALLY?! REALLY?! REALLY?!" (I may or may not have actually said yes...I don't remember. I don't think there was a doubt in his mind though...). James put the ring on my finger (after I told him to do so...he forgot that part..hehe) and we then resigned to sobbing in eachothers arms (sappy I know...but I was asked for the details!)
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| The ring and my freshly painted nails...strange because I barely ever paint my nails...my subconscious must have known that my hands needed to look good! |
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| Crying with happiess :) |
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| Happy Cat! |
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| And more tears :) |
Basically, it was the most beautiful and amazing proposal I could imagine. I had no idea it was going to happen on this trip but it definitely made an already amazing trip the time of my life :)
...more on the rest of the trip later!
xoxo, Tracey and James
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