Blogs from Aichi, Japan, Asia - page 12

I’ve been part of the Aeon team for about a month now, and I’ve already had a 10 day paid holiday. “Golden Week”, oh how I love you. Japan has an unbelievable amount of public holidays, a lot more than Australia that’s for sure. And 4 of those public holidays happen to fall around the first week of May, therefore most companies give their employees the days off in between too, and Aeon is one of those wonderful companies. So I’ve just had since the 29th April off work, but I have to go back tomorrow. I’ll give you more info of my Golden Week further down. So to update after my last entry, I have finished all my training and have had a week and a half of actual work in my school in ... read more

http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/nagoya/Sakae/blog-152829.html のキャッシュです。 Nagoya is a castle city and the 4th biggest after Tokyo, Yokohamma and Osaka. It is the centre of Japan. My university is about 30mins by train. It is a big city, 2.2 millipn people almost. Doesnt seem to look overcrowded compared to Sydney, but definetly compared to Pocatky. There are so many shops, big departments stores, resturants , bars and pachinko outlets. Pachinko is a gambling house, mostly frequented by Japanese men, they play the machines for hours winning, loosing, smoking cigarette after cigarette. Its very colourful and noisy inside. They gather sivler balls which are money tokens to play with. I didnt play it, wouldnt know how to be honest, I think I prefer the good old pokies at the Newtown RSL. There are vending machines everywhere here, everywhere and anywhere, ... read more

http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/nagoya/blog-149652.html のキャッシュです。 There are about 17 girls in the female dormitary, this is a picture of my room, I share with Chinki from Peking , China, we have bunk beds and we have our own kitchen with microawave and minimum cooking facilities. No oven so I cant bake any meat pies! But plenty of opportunity for instant noodles and omelettes, when I have time I will definetly make some bramboracky, potato pancakes! I heard its possible to purchase Czech Pilsen here? Havent found it yet, they sell ASAHI, Japanese beer of course, the guys here, 4 Americans and 1 Aussie, tell me its quite weak, but I wouldnt know not being a beer drinker. I did try some Japanese whiskey with a couple of French students, SUNTORY Japanese whiskey, 40%, not too bad. But I ... read more

http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/nagoya/blog-145323.html のキャッシュです。 Europe to Asia Fellow Foreign Students Welcome party for overseas exchange students.Chinese, Korean, Malaysian and me...Aussie.Arrived to Japan after 16hours on Swiss air, it was the best flight of my life, really easy flying and heaps of fun, I didnt sleep at all. I was sitting in the middle row, 2 Japanese business men and 1 Czech man. We talked,drank and talked. I tasted dried octopus for the first time which the Japs offered me, and Jakub had some mandarins from Albert... Swiss Airlines is a terrific carrier...Australian red wine and swiss chocalate... hmmm yummy stuff. I watched 2 movies, the inflight entertainment is second to none. Arrived to Tokyo where my friend Chiza Iimura San met me at Narita airport...0900am We went to Shimbayashi, Shibuya, Akihabara ( electric city) 6 floors and ... read more

Getting back to the grind here in Japan has been a comfortable transition since the holidays. When work is pretty simple and responsibilities for me are at an all time low, daily and weekly routines are pretty easy to re-adjust to. Mornings are relaxing again... pottery and Japanese classes, e-mailing, watching TV, reading. Pretty chilled out. Weekends have been steadily booked, but also relaxing. I've been to a birthday and bachelorette party, a wedding, a New Year's party, a professional drum group concert, and a naked man festival. Keiko, a friend who's been managing the Nishio school, was married to her husband Hiroyuki on January 21st. A gorgeous bride she was. Weddings in Japan are quite lavish, even moreso in the Nagoya area, so it was interesting to witness some of the planning processes and get ... read more