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Published: June 13th 2009June 13th 2009
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Welcome to our blog. We (Jordan and Walter) will be traveling Japan for the next 20 days. We will be stopping in Tokyo, Yokohama, Hakone, Nagoya, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, and a few other places between June 5 and June 24. Let's see what ensues.... full info
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Ferris wheel
Yokohama from the ferris wheel
Ferris wheel
Biggest in the world
Ferris wheel
More Yokohama
Biking around Yokohama
This was early on in the 25 mile bike, at the Yokohama pier.
Chinatown
Yokohama has the biggest Chinatown in the world.. it was pretty big but the only food they seemed to have was pork buns and peking duck.
Hakone room
Traditional tatami room. The mats to sleep on were in the closet on the left, they were actually pretty comfortable.
Hakone
This was right next to our hotel.
Japanese toilets
In China, I was excited just to find a western toilet. Here, western toilets disappoint me, because I prefer the ones with buttons.
Japanese toilets
This thing has 3 different kinds of bidets all with strength settings, a heated seat, and a fan inside the seat of the toilet. Insane.
Lake Ashi
They have pirate ships that take you around the lake.
Owakudani black eggs
5 eggs for ¥500, such a ripoff.
Sky picture
The sky from Hakone, everything here was gorgeous.
Sunset
The sun setting over the mountains at Hakone
He likes the fish
Jordan at the local restaurant
Lake Ashi
This was taken from the trail we biked around the lake
Lake Ashi
Us in front of the lake on the trail, with our automatic bikes. Those things were awesome.
Gora Park
Gora Park (or Gora Rark as the signs said).. it was a really big flower garden with a tea house off to the side where you could do a "tea ceremony" (it wasn't a full ceremony, you just ordered tea and sat on the floor)
The spider
This thing was about 4 inches in diameter, it scared the hell out of me last night. It was on the wall when I was walking down the hall to get a drink.
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Date: 15th June 2009
I believe Shanghai, with its 14 million people, has the largest Chinatown in the world. But Yokohama's is probably very large as well!
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I believe Shanghai, with its 14 million people, has the largest Chinatown in the world. But Yokohama's is probably very large as well!
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Date: 15th June 2009
Clay, this is Walter... I've been to Shanghai.. it's bigger than 14 million, but actually the term Chinatown refers to a section of a city outside of China town that is highly populated by Chinese... so, a "Chinatown" can't exist in China, so Yokohama has the biggest... ok, end of my smartass rant. Bleh.
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Clay, this is Walter... I've been to Shanghai.. it's bigger than 14 million, but actually the term Chinatown refers to a section of a city outside of China town that is highly populated by Chinese... so, a "Chinatown" can't exist in China, so Yokohama has the biggest... ok, end of my smartass rant. Bleh.
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black eggs
All I can say is: "I'm jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!" Could've done without the huge spider picture though...
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