http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Japan , Chiba en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 07:51:49 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 07:51:49 +0000 Well the day of the real reason I cam to Tokyo The Tokyo Game ShowLemme tell you it was awesome Didn't get to play as many games as I wanted to but the experience was just mind blowing I got to check out so many new and upcoming games and meet developers all over the world. The displays were phenomenal. I also realized I should have applied for the business days if i wanted to stand a chance http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/blog-440584.html asdqwe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/blog-434350.html Wo fang ich an Also wir haben gestern Vormittag unser letztes Training auf der IBU absolviert. Bei dem Training hab ich 45 min angestanden um mit Ijima Sensei zu kaempfen aber daraus wurde irgendwie nichts. Dafuer hat uns danach Makita Sensei zum Essen eingeladen und ich hab ein Staminadon gegessen und noch andere Dinge also war ich wirklich ueberfressen. Das lustige war dass die Sensen als http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/blog-431584.html I was up the next morning early July 20th 2008 and on the train to Chiba. The Lions were at Chiba Marine Stadium for the last of a three game set on the coast and were closing in on a sweep. All that stood between them was the Chiba ace Shunsukue Watanabe who despite playing in a cellar team was having one of the best seasons of his life and had been already selected to represent Japan in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/blog-425192.html After an expired Visa and the chinese culture was a break the deserved resultand so i head off to sunshine coast BC.Campingfishing in inflatable small funny cruiseship with awesome foodawesome weatherand awesome girl was what i needed.After dreamlike days under the BC sun back to China wasn't that easy.After 2 failed flights back to Hongkong i made it through Narita Japan.So i dropped into an an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-422630.html After a long drive from Montreal where the highlight was listening to baseball highlights repeated at ldquoevery 20 40 and on the hourrdquo for 8 straight hours I finally arrived in New York City.Irsquove never missed New York Cityhellipsure I bitch about how other cities never stack up or I sometimes I really hanker for a real bagelpizzaskyline but New York City is somewhere Irsqu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-408388.html Hello to my new Blog No new photos yet... will take some later.Thanks to Hiromi who introduced this blog to me. It's great.I have been in Japan for a month now and so far everything has been good. No worries. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Ichikawa/blog-397001.html Hey.Well this is my final entry.Yesterday was pretty uneventful. All this travel has caught up to us i think. We're pretty shattered at the moment. So we did some washing and chilled at home with some music. Cold and wet too so going out was kinda pointless. Went into Tokyo last night but we bailed after about 2hrs.Today sat we're off to the Tokyo Dome to see a Baseball game. Really excited abo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/blog-391679.html So how has the first 24 hours in Japan been so far A bit like being the ball in a giant pinball machine. Bouncing around from here to there amidst bright lights and lots of sound. After a mind numbing 17 hours on airplanes Kaori's father met us at the airport to take us to their home. After having been awake for over 24 hours we should have felt it but I think both of our brains were abuzz wit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/blog-385729.html Day 6 Meeting CIEE Program1000am I woke up took shower fixed self went online fixed bed packed wrote letter to Ate Reci Aimi.1200pm I left to go to the train station with my heavy suitcase bookbag and a plastic bag of clothes.1205pm The train I took stopped at MinamiUrawa and changed to RAPID to Kamata. I left the train because Ate Reci said that if I'm unsure leave the train. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-382823.html Our flight out of Winnipeg was quite ordinary. Thanks to my Dad we arrived at YWG only to have to wait in one of the longest lines I have ever seen at the Winnipeg Airport. Over 300 people waiting to go through security in Winnipeg. It appears that everyone had flights leaving at 800. The start of the Friday 13th curse.With the line seeming to move backwards at times what better way to pass ou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-373156.html After China trip I think about airplane meals. Well I had never taken Japanese Airplane before Beijing trip. Japanese friends often complained airplane meal except ANA or JAL because of the qualities. I remembered Continental Airline provided great meals when I went to Boston from Tokyo 10 years ago and Swiss Air had a huge choice of drink. I didn't think Japanese airlines did only provide http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-365042.html There is a group of golfers at Invesco. I wouldn't so much call them golfers as golf enthusiasts. They absolutely love the game and hosted one of their two annual outings a couple of weeks ago in Chiba. Chiba is about a 2 hour drive outside of Tokyo. You have to drive under Tokyo Bay to get to it. Back in the bubble days here the government built one of the most expensive tunnels ever run http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Ichikawa/blog-338759.html Ueber das Wochenende vom 11.13.Oct. wurde ich eingeladen die Arbeitsgruppe auf ihrem alljaehrlichen Betriebsausflug zu begleiten. Das war ein insgesamt super schoenes Wochenende an dem ich die einzelnen Mitglieder besser kennenlernen konnte da sie viel offener waren als auf der Arbeit. Der 13. Oct. war ein Feiertag in ganz Japan Tag des Sports.Wir sind Samstag morgens in den gemieten 3 Aut http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/blog-335016.html Life in A traditional Ryokan Guest HouseI am used to taking of shoes in Asian houses but Japan takes it to a whole new levelFirst you take your shoes off at the front door then you don green slippers to walk around the ryokanthen you take off your slippers to enter the bedrooms with tatami mat floorsthen you don red slippers to enter the toiletthen you don wooden clogs getas to go to the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-333739.html I had a bad flu and was not too well in Singapore so we postponed the flight to Tokyo fora couple of days. Then Jasmine was very sick the day after we got to Japan. We took her to a hospital and it turns out she had a gallstone attack. She's never had that before but she is better now but still feeling a bit vulnerable. She has to keep off the fatty food. Laurie looked up the web which said http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-333558.html I said Narita where the airport is but technically I'm over the Pacific We just crossed the Int'l Date Line. So on my flight today I have left Narita at 530 p.m. on Tuesday Sept. 16th and I will land in Seattle at 1000 a.m. on Tuesday Sept. 16th. It's doing something funky to my brain.Rachel slept in a bit today. Check out was officially at 11 a.m. but you could buy extra time http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-324414.html Quick first post.... touched down after an uneventful flight over. Good flight JAL was great as always. Had two options of hot food for supper I went with chicken and rice and washed it down with some not too bad red wine all complimentary of course. Met a guy from Korea who's heading back there for a bit and watched the movie Iron Man about 2 and a half times.Made one rather large oops.. I http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-323350.html I've rented a phone for the duration of our stay. Incoming calls are free but outgoing are 4 yen second. So I will be making short calls sparingly To call me dial 81 8034955378. So feel free to call. Just check your international rates the time differenceJa neRae http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-320373.html Wee I made it to Japan. Crazily I left Seattle at 130 pm on Friday traveled for a straight 10 hours and landed at Narita at 330 pm on Saturday. Not once during our travels did it get dark outside.The plane ride was awesome It's the first time I've had real food on a plane since 1999 We got two hot meals plus snacks and tons of drinks. Lots of movie choices I could be as ADD as I want http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/Narita/blog-320355.html