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Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Ueno July 19th 2006

What's up Canada? Welcome to Marissa and Trish's....or Marish's blog. We know the name's corny but we couldnt' think of anything else! So we left Montreal over a week ago but didn't leave Canada till Saturday cuz we spent the week in Vancouver. Other than the constant rain, it was great!! Thank god for my cousins entertaining us or we would have been bored without having the beach to hang out at.....thanks Epsteins and Bogdonovs!! They make the cutest kids. Our plane ride to Asia was quite the adventure, there were endless problems, starting with Trish's bag being searched because of a swiss army knife left in it she didn't know about....sorry Sue I had to leave it at the airport!! Then Trish's name was called over the PA system, they left out the last name ... read more
Weird Sunglasses
Japanese Nappers
Khaosan Tokyo

Asia » Japan July 19th 2006

hello everyone. i have some exciting news about me. i got into architecture school. as such i will be moving away. i will be coming home around august 15th, then leaving shortly afterwards. i will arrange a party of sorts for myself. it will be a welcome home/congratulations/good bye again party. sorry, no pictures, i'll update here with stories again soon. yay me! i'm very happy. you may be wondering where it is i'm moving to. well, i got accepted to dalhousie, in nova scotia. so i will most likely be moving there. there's a small chance i may get accepted to u of t (very slim) and in that case i will proably move to toronto, but either way i will not be in vancouver for quite some time. best wishes to everyone. send me ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto July 19th 2006

Again, I apologize for the delay. I'm still alive, and have acquired quite a backlog of posts, but it won't be until this weekend that I have time to post them. Unfortunately, my otherwise-quite-marvelous apartment (will publish address in the next post) lacks the extremely necessary Internet connection, and if I paid I'd only be able to get a 56k modem connection. I shudder at the thought of returning to those days, for I've lived the rich life of broadband for far too long. Nay, say I - better to shun that bliss than to diminish it. Additionally bad, however, is that my workplace password-protects their Internet and refuses to give me an account. So, I'm left with the 24-hour-Manga-and-Internet stores that populate Japan in alarming numbers, but are less convenient than my own apartment. Thankfully, ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hiroshima July 19th 2006

It has been a few months since I left Japan and returned to Canada. In my last few weeks I got so caught up in last minute travels and of course packing up my life, that I neglected my blog. Again the same thing happened when I got back home....visiting and unpacking. I've had a few requests to finish everything up, so I'm going to jump back in time and complete my year with a few entries! During my time in Japan I have developed a few obsessions. One being karaoke, which I have written about a number of times on this blog. The other is purikura, a popular sticker picture collected mostly by girls of all ages in Japan. Photo booths are located mostly at entertainment centres. At these entertainment places you can gamble, play ... read more
purikura booths
at the Sapporo Snow Festival
once they are printed, you cut up the sheet to share with your friends!

Asia » Japan » Osaka July 19th 2006

Asia » Japan » Shimane » Masuda July 19th 2006

"Go-Go Gadget Bitch Slap!" screams our protagonist, Captain James T. Kirk* as a hand extends from the top of his head to deliver a downward, open-palm smack across the face of his evil landlord neighbour, Mr. Stinkydickface**. The slap sends him reeling backwards, crashing hard into his computer (which was later found to contain vast amounts of child pornography and stolen credit card numbers). "Shoulda bought a muzzle, bitch." lectures Capt. Kirk to his arch-nemesis, as he motions for the enraged mob of sleep-deprived citizens awaiting outside to enter the premises and lynch the irritating dog that has been waking them up at 5:00am again. The mob tears through the house, breaking through rice paper walls to get at the incessantly barking animal. The dog, sensing impending doom, transforms into a space ship and blasts off, ... read more
Coastal
Serenity
Successful pass...

Asia » Japan » Kyoto » Kyoto » Gion July 18th 2006

06/7/17 Gion Matsuri!! Holy crap did I have a fantastic weekend! I got to Kyoto at 10 AM on Saturday morning. The first I did was drop my luggage off at Maki’s room and take a rest (I woke up at 6 to get there before the huge rush). I was actually feeling a little sick, but Maki was great about it. I kept apologizing for us having to take breaks about every half an hour for me to sit and get things under control (btw, it was nothing serious, though if Laurel and Ishani are reading this—remember what I was like in Florida?) and she kept reassuring me that it was OK because she lives and Kyoto and can see these things anytime she wants. Anyway, we first went to Ritsumeikan Daigaku (her university) for ... read more
Ryoanji
Torokko
Bamboo Forest

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Akasaka July 18th 2006

Kinichiwa!!! It has pretty much been raining since we got here and probably will for the rest of our time here. Our Mt. Fuji climb is not looking so great. We really wanted to do it but met some people at our hostels that had horrible experiences. Rain the whole way up, freezing cold, strong winds, someone was almost blown off the mountain. One guy described it as the worst experience of his life. When he reached the top, it was so cloudy that he couldnt even see the sunrise. I'm really dissapointed but I think it would be best not to climb, Ben still wants to do it though :( Any suggestions?? Anyway, despite the bad weather the past couple of days have been great!! So far, it is not at all as I expected. ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo July 18th 2006

First of all I just have to say that I am not staying in Akasaka, it's Asakusa, two completely different places. I have been mixing them up this entire time. Tonight we went to Roppongi and it was awesome. I saw some of the most amazing architecture in Roppongi Hills. We went to the top of the Mori Tower to see the Tokyo City View, an incredible 360 degree view of the city. We actually went to an Italian restaurant for dinner, it was kinda gross but I think Ben really needed to eat something other than Japanese food. Definitely not doing that again. We walked up the main street in Roppongi where all the bars and clubs are located. Roppongi is a big hotspot in Tokyo and a popular place for tourists. We were literally ... read more
Cleansing Ritual
Senso-Ji Temple
Hostel Bar

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Akasaka July 17th 2006

We are here finally. The 13 hour plane ride actually wasn't that bad. We had to take an hour and half train and subway ride to our hostel and when got off the subway we had no idea where we were going and were lost for a while. The streets don't have names and no one really spoke English and we really didnt know how to ask anyway. Finally we decided to just take a cab, that was interesting. By the time we got settled it was already 8ish. It's my first time staying in a hostel so I really didnt know what to expect. We have this teeny room with bunk beds and a common area to share with everyone else here. The shower only stays on for like 30 seconds at a time so ... read more




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