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Asia » Japan » Aichi » Nagoya November 14th 2005

My first time in Tokyo with Sasha in front of the Dog.

Been 6 weeks now, since I've been in Japan. Went for my first Japanese lesson today, which lasted a loooooong 2 hours. Way too difficult to learn so don't really know if I will continue with it. I figure why learn a language I have no interest in, especially since I won't be here for longer than a year. I've already picked up things here and there and I can get by. There are people that have been here for 4 years and get by no problem. I figure I'll make do with getting by. Went into Tokyo (Shibuya & Harajuku) for the first time last week (November 6/05) and it was amazing. It was raining all day, so apparently it wasn't as crowded, but I thought it was. There's a pic with my and a ... read more

First Day in Japan

Asia » Japan » Aichi » Nagoya October 1st 2005

Nagoya Shrine

Rosita

Looooong flight, but that's the price you pay for travelling, not to mention mucho dinero. Actually it wasn't that bad, since I had both chairs beside me vacant, so for the majority of the flight I moved the arm rests out of the way and turned it into a bed. Sweeet. Stayed in Hongo, Nagoya at the Kenshu (training) Centre for 2 nights. Went sight seeing in Nagoya the very next day. Went to 2 Shrines and the Nagoya Aquarium. Saw an amazing dophin show. Everyone here rides a bicycle. There are actual parking garages for bikes here. They ride them in their suits, heels, skirts and all. Another alternative to a car and I mean literally. It's not common to see mom riding with junior 1 and 2 in the back and front. Actually thinking ... read more

World Expo and more of Tokyo

Asia » Japan » Aichi » Nagoya September 29th 2005

World Expo 2005

Lanz

The 21st is where I'll start. In the morning we went to Ueno park which was really close to where we were staying, and walked around there for a while. The main draw card of the park is Ueno zoo, but we didn't go into it. The park itself it big enough and quite pretty. After that we went to an area called Ginza where the Sony building was, because Glenn wanted to have a look at all the things they had there and it was pretty interesting, they had like 6 floors of all the different things that Sony sell and we actually spent quite a while there. That night we went to a district of Tokyo called Akihabara which is the electronic goods district of Japan, and the whole place is full of electronic ... read more

Nagoya: Toyota, English company and beautiful parks

Asia » Japan » Aichi » Nagoya September 18th 2005

Nagoya castle

Lanz

Nagoya: I actually really like this place. Some people that I had talked to and things that I had read said that Nagoya was just a transportation hub and there isn't much to do and that it's just like all the other cities, but I have to disagree. I wasn't bored the whole time and I think the city is actually quite pretty, well the parts I saw. Yesterday I headed out to Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. Nagoya is the birthplace of the Toyota company you see and the museum was one of the things I wanted to see (since my first car was a faithful Toyota Carolla!) so I made it my first port of call. And I really enjoyed it. Not many people know that Toyota started off as a textiles ... read more

partying with the rockstars

Asia » Japan » Aichi » Nagoya March 30th 2003

the beginning

fetus karate

jade wasn't feeling all too well the other morning, and so i went down to the hotel restaurant and had a free breakfast. i sat with renee, one of her backup singers. she was from san diego too, so i felt pretty comfortable with her. everyone else in the band was from germany. they were all real nice though, and the pianist, philip invited me to go see the nagoya castle with some of the guys. totally sweet. we walked a distance of "only two kilometers" to a shinto shrine, where the guitarist holger (?) showed me the cleansing ritual before entering. we all walked around a bit taking pictures of things, and then went to the park where the castle was. apparently, it was a japanese holiday, so there were a lot of people at ... read more

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