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On 30th July every year eel is eaten. Its the height of Summer, humid and hot. Averaging 35-38 degrees. Everybody as usual works hard from the early hours until the late evenings. They walk around with towels around their necks to wipe the perspiration dripping from their faces, arms and neck. Its a time to take care as its easy to become sick walking in and out of air conditioned super markets, department stores and office buildings and working hard. Eel is eaten because its nutrious and provides stamina during the months of summer. I took a liking to it. In fact when I visited Tokyo again I found the best restuarant where they serve it all year round. In Asakusa!, right near the Sensoji Temple area. Here I meet with my Hong Kong friends in ... read more

As a foreign student, the University which I am attending here in Nagoya, Chubu, invariably ask students to volunteer their time by visiting local primary schools and exchange culture, local games and everyday expressions with the school kids. I really enjoyed this part of the program, the kids were so excited and glad to meet a foreigner and especially from Australia, I am the only Australian student volunteer at the moment, whilst there are many Koreans, Chinese, Phillipinos and Indians, Australia is a popluar place to hear and know about. Everything is the opposite and eveything is unique and unheard of. The kids were so charming, I was surprised to see they all wore a T-shirt with either The Gold Coast, Sydney or Cairns printed on it, and least we forget the famous Koala and Kangaroo ... 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 c... read more