The sun has already set as dusk falls on this perfect autumn day.  The leaves are still on the trees  - golden ginkos make the gardens and parks splash with brilliant color.  Parents who could not come to the shrines and temples on the actual date of Children's Day this week brought them today.  I cannot imagine a more adorable child than a 3-year-old Japanese child in a traditional Kimono.  You're going to love these photos.  
      We returned to the Meiji shrine and got to see a wedding procession.  The bride wore an elaborate pure white Kimono and headdress.  She would not look up, and kept her head lowered to the ground as the couple walked down the path to meet the priest at the shrine for the ceremony.  What was unusual about this couple was the groom was Western. Here in the Orient, that means someone from the Western Hemisphere of the world - not cowboys and Indians from the U.S. vocabulary.  Since the bride was Japanese, she is called "Eastern."  You can figure out why, can't you?
      Next we walked through a very beautiful park that took us to the Tokyo National Museum.  Our favorite exhibit was of the antique kimonos, dating as far back as the 16th century.  We did lots of subway riding, and we did not even get lost.  We've learned by "just doing it" and not repeating our mistakes, just like with math facts.