Blogs from Chiba, Japan, Asia - page 4

Destination: Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture (Distance from Tokyo: 115km, approximately 72 miles) Map　→　 (http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/chiba/minamibousou.html) Date: August, 2007　 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After dinner, the owner of B&B told us there would be a firework festival in a neighbor town and would be able to see it from a beach nearby. Great! We didn’t expect there was a firework festival while we were staying. What a lucky night! So we walked down to the nearest beach. We had to kill some time till the firework festival kicked off. So we got a couple of bottles of local brewed beer, Awa Beer (http://beer.awa.or.jp/), from a convenience store. Their ale type beer was so smooth and have such a pleasant flavor of hop. We sat down on the beach with the tasty beer in our hands. It was a grea... read more

Destination: Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture (Distance from Tokyo: 115km, approximately 72 miles) Map → http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/chiba/minamibousou.html　 Date: August, 2007　 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The very first post of our story goes with our first trip to Tateyama of Chiba prefecture. We had this 2-day trip in the summer of 2007 (oh gosh, 3 years ago! Time flies so quickly!). Tateyama is located in the southern part of Chiba which is not so far away from the central area of Tokyo. But the area shows you a variety of faces Tokyo doesn’t have. Beautiful beaches, magnificent landscape, tasty food, friendly people ,etc. The atmosphere is so relaxed. You hardly imagine you are in a neighbor province just 2-3 hours away from one of the busiest cities in the world. “ Let’s get the hell out here... read more

So, It has been awhile since i have written, my apologies. I unfortunately was having some computer issues and had to reformat my hard drive... =/ anyway... I started my first full week of classes last week! I am really enjoying the Japanese classroom, even more so than the American alternative. The pace is fast but not too fast that anybody gets left behind. I feel like it's just the right level of comfort that I need. Also, the senseis that I have are very friendly and helpful. So I went to a few different places over the last couple of days. I went back to Harajuku (of course), Asakusa, and Tokyo just recently. Harajuku: It was fashion night in Harajuku and I had a blast! I went with some friends of mine, and we shopped ... read more

Today we decided to head to Chiba and see a temple that was not in the Lonely Planet guide called Nihonji Temple located in Chiba. The only information we had was head to Chiba, walk 4 minutes to rope-way and it would be right there.. easy enough yea? Once off the train we looked for any information that would be useful and saw a rail car in the distance and headed in that direction. Along the way an old woman sitting near the road tried to help us even though she spoke no english, some how we managed to find it. We purchased a rope way ticket that took us up the mountain and were on our way to the Nihonji Temple. There were many little buddhas along the path but the most amazing one of ... read more

I don't expect anyone to be reading this... it's to help my memory years from now when i look back, so i apologize for boring you in advance. So... it's 12:31 AM in Japan and I'm not sleeping. That's because, at around 5:10, I decided to take a nap and woke up about an hour ago... and thus I missed dinner and now i'm here stealing free wifi. The doors to this place lock after 11 so if I leave to go into the rain I can't come back in. Breakfast was good, miso, cooked salmon, rice and seaweed. Had breakfast with Patrick, a business major? from Penn State. A lot (3) of business majors trying to expand their realm of influence. Then there was morning session of passports, post offices, atms and self introductions. Apparently ... read more