'100 Happy Days' Challenge: Days 15 - 21

Wow, I can't believe it's Grati-Tuesday again already! I have so much to be grateful for and have had the best week in Japan experiencing the Japanese culture (a little bit too much at times... chicken brains for dinner anyone...?) and skiing at one of their amazing ski resorts.

Here's a look at just a few of the things that have made me happy this week. 

How's everyone else going with their 100 days of happiness? Are you starting to see a little bit of happiness in every day? 

Day 15 - 'Experiencing Japanese cuisine. When nobody in the restaurant
spoke English it was a case of 'get what you're given'! We ended up with raw fish, prawns
and scallops and they were actually really good! They were served with rice, wasabi and lemon and had a beautiful flavour. The chef was super friendly which made for a great experience.' We were the only ones in the restaurant for most of our meal so the chef was looking up pictures of Australia on his phone to see where we lived. We showed him some of our photos so that he could see how beautiful Perth is.

Day 16 - 'Guess where we're going today...? Purchased our tickets online last night,
picked them up at a local 7/11 this morning and we're off to the...
SUMO WRESTLING! So pumped!' The sumo wrestling was such a fun experience.
I'm so glad we were in Tokyo while there was a tournament on.

Day 17 - 'My life is complete! Special slippers to wear to the toilet at our resort
(everyone has to leave their own shoes at the front door when they arrive).'
This is a typical photo of me being, well... me! I get excited by the strangest things sometimes!

Day 18 - 'By far my favourite thing to do in the snow - making snow angels!'
Really I'm just a child stuck in a grown up's body.

Day 19 - 'Wine tasting on the streets of Nozawa.' I know, me... wine tasting!
Hard to believe I know! But it's the new me. The one that will enjoy everything in moderation.
And by everything I mean alcohol, and by moderation I mean one sip once in a blue moon
if we're in a new place and something looks tasty.

Day 20 - 'It has been snowing all day today, I've never been in anything like it!
We ventured out to check out the town and make this super cool snowman!'
We had so much fun playing in the snow and trying to find
things to use for the face and arms!

Day 21 - 'I love experiencing the local way of living when I'm travelling.
The resort (ryokan - traditional inn with woven straw mats as the flooring in
the rooms and a mattress on the floor to sleep on) we are staying at in Nozawa,
Japan has a public bath (onsen) for the guests to shower/bath in. You sit on
the small stool and wash yourself before getting into the bath to relax. Tonight
I had the onsen all to myself! It's much more relaxing when you're not bathing
with other people. ps the photo isn't blurry, it's all the steam from the super hot onsen.'