Blogs from Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 222

E' giunto il momento di raccontarvi l'avventura ospedaliera. La settimana scorsa, come ho già accennato, Diana ha avuto un attacco di orticaria. A pranzo avevamo mangiato "gyoza" e lei anche calamari, e probabilmente sono stati i calamari, ma chissà... Comunque è iniziata subito dopo pranzo e alla sera si era diffusa su quasi tutto il corpo. Visto che non le era mai successo, era comprensibilmente un po' spaventata; a un certo punto della serata mi ha detto via messenger (sì, comunichiamo via messenger da una stanza all'altra, visto che lei è al 9° piano e io al 5° :)) che contava di andare alla reception per chiedere dov'è la farmacia di turno più vicina e andare a chiedere aiuto, e naturalmente mi sono offerta di accompagnarla. Purtroppo, come ho già accennato, pare che non ci siano ... read more

Hooray we arrived! We arrived in Tokyo on Saturday after a long but very nice flight, haven't been able to sleep for more than four hours a night since but neither can anyone else in the hostel so at least there is someone to talk to at 4am! The hostel rocks, is on the 18th floor of an office block with great views and has a communal bath - not sure us Brits are brave enough for that, but its cool nonetheless. We started our first day in Shinjuku, the hub of central Tokyo, getting lost in crowds of people and realised it actually quite difficult to get a Japanese meal in Japan. There seem to be an awful lot of coffee shops with a French theme ('Beret Cafe' for example!). God knows why!? And God ... read more

Hi everyone! We are currently in Michigan now....just relaxing and waiting for our VISA numbers before heading over to S. Korea. We're not exactly sure of the date that we leave now, as this whole VISA process is taking a lot longer than expected, but we'll be sure to let everyone know as soon as we know! In the meantime, here are our last couple of blogs from Japan that we've been delaying... Enjoy! These pictures are from one of our last days in Japan, when we spent the day in Shibuya. We headed over later in the afternoon, and after enjoying a conveyor-belt sushi lunch and spending a few hours in a "love hotel," we met up with some of our friends for dinner. We had been highly anticipating this dinner, as we were going ... read more

Our last full day in Tokyo and we have saved our most anticipated district for last. Akihabara is Tokyo's electronic district, where you can find anything and everything and even more for cheap low prices. Models of cameras that aren't even released yet in North America, discounted computers, video games galore, and dvd after dvd after dvd. One of the first stores we went into had my camera, the new one I just bought before we left, for almost half the price I paid! Dev's eye's were the size of saucers and he had this "kid in a candy store" look on his face the entire afternoon. The highlight was the Nintendo store (www.superpotato.com I have no idea what the potato has to do with anything!) which was 2 floors and carried every single Nintendo game ... read more

First off, it was hot yesterday. Definitely the hottest day that we have experienced in Japan so far. It is so hot here that one of the marketing techniques is to print your ad on a fan. Seriously, it’s so sweet cuz then you can walk around fanning yourself all day. Relief!! After all the hype to go see the Harajuku district, yesterday was finally the day. To make a long story short, Harajuku is essentially the home of Japanese youth counter culture. Teens get all dressed up to come out to the Jingu-bashi (a small square) that sits right in front of the beautiful Meiji-jingu park (more on that later) to express themselves in a form that is otherwise not very accepted by traditional Japanese society. These kids certainly did not disappoint one bit. The ... read more