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Hi everyone! Most likely I have contacted you all in some way by now, but its the end of my first week! I have been to Tokyo (4 nights), Nikko (1 night), Fuji (2 nights)
Well, I'm pretty tired now to be honest- I've done something every day, and it normally involves a LOT of walking, and shows that not doing any exercise for a year really doesnt do wonders for your health.
Tokyo was awesome! Really clean and stupidly safe! Its like lots of huge shopping districts all melded together into one giant mass of a city. I saw lots of temples and shrines, including 2 japanese weddings! They are quite odd...I tried the Sushi and it was either really nice or pretty disgusting (I know now I don't like raw squid...) and went to an Onsen which was really cool. Saw loads of tokyo, from the youthful Harijuka to the bay area. It was soo busy all the time though! Met lots of nice people too, and shared a room with 2 Swedes Olaf and Viking they were really nice. Went out for drinks with 2 Canadians!
Nikko was nice too, set up in the
mountains there were lots of shrines (most of which are world heritage sites!) including the "hear no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil" monkeys. They were a bit over hyped though....and 3 huge gold statues of Buddha and 2 other deities. You werent allowed to take photos at most of the really interesting sites though which was a shame. I met an Australian called Craig there and will hopefully spend some time with him in Kyoto (my next stop).
Fuji was really nice too- the hostel was amazing!! really nice and quite cheap. Climbed the mountain yesterday with a Frenchman called Adrian, and an Australian called Jerrad. Jerrad was an idiot, but Adrian was really nice. shattered now, after the climb however!! I am moving onto Kyoto next- 4 hours by train, yay!
i shall try and keep this updated as often as possible, but I dont know where or when I can get internet access. Miss you all terribly
all my love xx
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alex
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nice picz! crazy japz!