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By SusieLewis
October 25th 2009
Shasamasehhhhhhhhhhh Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shibuya
Sunday, which means harajuku again to see the goth/lolita doll girls. Tomo was still with us so he decided to come along too. He took us directly to the main exit where they all hang out. Theyre so great. All of them dressed so crazily and no one even batters an eyelid at them. Ive now discovered the reason they do it is because if some of them are bullied at school or very inhibited, sunday is the one day they can come and let loose of all their inhibitions by dressing as insane as possible. We strolled through the streets [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 26th 2009 | 95 Views | [diary=448065]


By Gorgeous George
October 16th 2009
Day 2 Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shibuya
Hello Tokyo. This is our very first stop and im fucking (sorry out that) excited as you don hear that people have gone to Japan on their travels around the world. Lucky for us we have been giving this fantastic oppertunity to stay in Tokyo. After a long restless flight we e here and the weather looks amazing i thought it was autumn but this is great hopefully all the places we go are like this. So we finally get through Passport control where they take you finger prints and photo which was wierd. Also the first thing you see is [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 17th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=445713]


I wrote this group of blogs on myspace after I got back from Japan in the summer of 2007. Enjoy! Sunday, September 02, 2007 Tokyo 1 Hi all, So, I was debating if I was going to write any blogs about my Japan trip, mostly because we saw so much, and I'm not able to get into too much detail about it, or it'd just be a lot of work, but hell with it. Here we go. I flew standby to Tokyo and back, and about a week before we left I started getting real nervous because the flights were very [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 23rd 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=421340]

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By ReluctantGaijin
July 14th 2009
Day Five: Shibuya Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shibuya
After a suprisingly late night (read my last entry), we all ended waking up at 12:00PM, much to my annoyance. We left the Tobu at 1:00PM, heading to Shibuya: the fashion/music capital of Japan. Arriving in the district half an hour later, we were nearly crushed to death by pedestrians at the station crossing (one of the busiest in the world), after which, we decided to grab lunch. Wanting to be adventurous we settled for having pizza at Miami Gardens, an Italian restaurant chain, which was rather tasteless. The afternoon was spent shopping in Centre Gai (which has billions of clothes [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 19th 2009 | 100 Views | [diary=420041]

The area surrounding the Tobu
The subway
Centre Gai

Living with a boy had all but killed my shopping instinct. Usually shopping trips with George involve the following: Him: "You know you should let me pick your clothes. I think I know what suits you better." Me: insulted but sensing the opportunity to buy pretty new things "OK, lets go shopping" At the store changing rooms: Me: "Ok, how does this look" Him: ... ... ... (he's waiting impatiently on the bench outside the shop, having got bored after only 10 minutes) So shopping doesn't usually have a place on my holiday itinerary. But shopping in Tokyo with Kimberly was [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 17th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=428029]


In the evening, Masuo hosted a party at his apartment. The guests were mostly university friends, International Relations grad students I think. They were kind enough to attempt conversation with me, and I was lucky a couple of them spoke very good English. I tried to tell them a little about New Zealand, and they enjoyed the New Zealand wine I'd brought with me. I learned that when drinking in Japan, you should keep an eye on your friends' glasses and make sure they are always topped up. Likewise, it's rude to pour your own drink, even if you've just poured [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 17th 2009 | 68 Views | [diary=428815]


By TerenceD
July 7th 2009
Backtrack to Wednesday Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shibuya
I believe I have some catching up to do. Breaking this up to limit the pictures per entry... mind is a bit hazy still from Jet Lag, consider yourself warned! Wednesday we spent out checking the two "Fashionable" areas, Shibuya and Harajuku. Ended up having a pretty good time checking out the stores and such in the 109 Building (bought a T-Shirt I liked) before heading over to Harajuku. Checked out an extremely high end shopping mall, as well as some flagship stores for Tokyo like Nike and some other Japan specific places. The evening we all met up with Jason, [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 8th 2009 | 93 Views | [diary=416280]

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By wlgeorge
June 8th 2009
Jap anUS Relations Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shibuya
Hi evrybody! We slept in this morning after a full night in Kibukicho last night and stopping random people on the street to take excited pictures with at 3 in the morning. We left Hotel Nuts!!! this morning and walked a few miles down to Aoyama where we bought cheap boxed lunches from a guy on the street. It consisted of flavored toilet paper and some nuts and screws topped with soy sauce out da ass. It was HELLAgood. OK actually it was usual chicken and some good sauce with pickles and rice and stuff. We then walked over to Yoyogi [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 8th 2009 | 103 Views | [diary=406489]


By Lawski
April 8th 2009
Saturday 4th April - Night Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shibuya
Night Shibuya is an amazing part of town. The moment i get out of the station I am in absolutle love! - The place is feckin' huge!...The shops are huge, the streets are huge, the crossings are huge and the buildings are huge. It is everything i imagined Tokyo would be. I potter around for a while, i buy some donuts, look in the shops, buy a few bits for friends (Sandy I got you some amazing socks girl!), take in the sights and just generally killing time until i have to meet Tomoka @ 10pm for the Acid Techno party [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 8th 2009 | 138 Views | [diary=388606]

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I was terrified of something in the back of my mind. Of all the vain promises I’ve made (and the few that I’ve kept)- -perhaps it was the fear that I was perceptibly aimed at a lower-case “future”—not the semantic conceivable set of consequences from a set of given actions, or the pleasant restless mystery as I’ve known it—not “the” future but “a” future: No more undiscovered country… No ship, no crew, no beckoning. Ithica. The margin’s edge. She trusted me. I had substantiated a spurious claim about my plans [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 23rd 2009 | 236 Views | [diary=365592]

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