Sumo!

If you read my blog you know that I took Nick on a secret vacation. He had no idea where we were going until the day we left. Everyday for one week prior to that particular day  I gave him a clue to throw him off the trail. Yes, I am capable of lying! 

We stayed at the Paragon Hotel in Busan because it was near the bus station and the airport. Our view was really pretty!

I gave Nick the final gift while we were eating Tang Tang chicken in our hotel bed. He freaked out when he saw the sumo wrestling tickets!

We flew to Japan Saturday and went straight to our Hostel. After checking in we did some research to find a food that was a hot item in Fukuoka. Turns out that delicious food was Udon noodles! We found this restaurant because of the awesome map our hostel provided us with!

The cook cut and cooked our noodles right in front of us!! The soup and noodles were so delicious!

After dinner we found a little grocery store and we purchased some of our favorite snacks...

I didn't take a picture of my favorite Japanese ice cream because as soon as I bought it..... it was gone!

We went back to our hostel and read everything we could find about Sumo wrestling so we would be in the "know" for the competition. 

Sunday we had some amazing breakfast (curry pastry) and some other awesome things we picked up at the local bakery! 

We loaded up on snacks and sandwiches and then we went to the main event of our little get-a-way, SUMO WRESTLING!

We took a bus straight to the stadium! When we checked in a sweet lady helped us find our awesome seats! I have to do a shout out to http://www.buysumotickets.com because they helped me out so much! I pre-ordered my tickets through them and they did a fantastic job! Nothing was what I or Nick expected it to be. We had a little area just for us. You had to take your shoes off before you sat down. We had plenty of room to stretch our legs out. Our place had two big purple cushions and a nice cubby for our shoes and snacks we brought with us. The men sitting behind us helped us understand the schedule we had gotten to keep up with who was fighting. 

 Nick with a cardboard Sumo man.....

 Lauren with a real sumo man!!!

Here is a video I made. If it doesn't work on my blog you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3LGjQRmuWw

After Sumo we walked a lot, attempting to find a good place for dinner. Most everything cheap was closed we ended up at the grocery store with cheap roman noodles!

Monday we checked out and walked around for a while. We went to a beautiful, small, traditional Japanese garden. 

 Spot the bird?

While we were there, a couple soon to be married, were taking some beautiful photos in Japanese traditional dress. We had a great time watching them! As soon as they saw the bird they freaked out and took a ton of picture with it.  Maybe its a sign of good fortune. It was funny!

After the garden we walked to a huge shopping center and walked around for a while. We ate some more ramen noodles (they didn't taste very good) Then we headed back to the Subway station on our way to the airport.  The weekend went by super fast, but it was so amazing! So glad we were able to do this... One more thing checked off our bucket list!