At Japan Fest in the kids section they had coloring pages from this website here, and I discovered some fun ones. So we got to coloring and then we got to play!
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As we played with the train and he was saying "choo choo" I realized he needed to hear what real trains sound like. (Real trains meaning Japan trains!) So we went over to the computer and enjoyed watching some videos of Japanese trains while eating an osenbei snack!
This first one is 10 minutes, but it shows the ride someone took--looking out the front of the train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=b5R3PnZCID8
Then this is a short video of lots of different trains (imagine Alex yelling "rain" as we saw each new one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5aAvksTbFE
And this is a must see, because, while it is humorous, it is more common than you might imagine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0A9-oUoMug
This one is really long and they were not the kind of trains I normally rode, but it also gives you a good gist of what things looked like around there! :) We skimmed through most of this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBOHmTGw_U
Why would you watch videos about trains? You will get such a glimpse of what Japan looks like! And you have no idea how watching these can make me so homesick! Everything from the music that is played when the train is getting ready to leave, the typical clocks that hang in every station, and crowded views of the country as you stare out the train window.
Also keep in mind I rode a train to school from the time I was in second grade. We lived as children through the crowded rush hour trains when we could hardly breathe and almost lost backpacks, and occasionally a shoe as the crowds pushed out and in at each stop. I wouldn't trade my train experiences for anything.
Well, that is quite a tanget from the picture... but now Alex has a little bit of an idea of what a train ride is like in Japan and what it sounds like! Hopefully he will be able to ride them himself one day! :)
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