Easter in Japan

I must admit, after Christmas being everywhere and so celebrated it was jarring to have Easter completely invisible. I honestly almost forgot it was Holy Week at the start of the week. I even had some of my parent students ask me what Easter was; they had never heard of it. It was a difficult thing to try to explain to them let me tell you.

After my experience with going to Christmas Eve Mass by myself, I wanted to more proactive about seeking a friend to celebrate this holiday. I twisted one of my friends arms into coming with me. She had something going on in the morning so I spent the morning scrounging around my international store to find some Easter treats. There honestly wasn't too much but I got some nice familiar sweets like jelly beans. I think the best find though was Easter bunny macaroni! I made it for lunch as soon as I came home! It was so wonderful!

How cute! The perfect Easter lunch!

Easter cookie and jelly beans! Yummy! All gone by the days end.

We had to head over to Tokyo since that's where my church is. On the way, we saw some amazing  cherry blossom trees that we had to stop and take pictures of.

so amazing

We went to church and had a merry time. Afterwards, we wanted to go somewhere that had an American or western for dinner. Luckily, the Hard Rock Cafe Tokyo is right down the street from my chruch. We had a great dinner that consisted of one huge appetizer platter. We got to chat and have some drinks before catching one of the last trains home. I had an enjoyable time and am eternally grateful to my friend for coming with and making this holiday feeling more homey.

What up Hard Rock Tokyo!