When my cousin was living in Tokyo, he took me to a baseball game.  It is hard to describe the energy in the stadium, listening to the fans sing and chant in unison and the mascots are hilarious.  During my recent visit to Tohoku, I spent a few days at a resort by the Oirase River and was taken on a nature walk to learn about the landscape and how to identify varieties of bright green moss with a small magnifying glass.  When I got back to Tokyo, I ate a glamorous teppanyaki dinner on the top floor of the Imperial Hotel and a delicious sushi meal in a restaurant under the train tracks in Nakameguro.  I am amazed by how many fun and surprising things happen each time I am there.