tokyo-a-go-go

i viewed a lot of cherry blossoms:










visited a lot of shrines and temples:











i reveled in the views from the hotel rooms:






marveled at the sights, and the lights, and the sounds, and the smells that are tokyo:









and old kyoto:






i drank much sake:



and nibbled many treats:






(despite the fact that the menus looked like this:)




i did peruse fabric, and craft, and stationary shops, too. it was a lovely trip. a wonderful break. (i only did about four hours of stitching on my entire trip -- including the long plane rides!)
and now that i think i'm over the jet-lag, i'm so happily jumping back into work - with only four days to prepare for the first date of clover market! (ardmore, PA - sunday, april 15th - make it if you can! more info here.)
oh, and this weather and the full-on spring bloom that i've returned to -- amazing!