Blogs from Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 223

---ooo--- English below ---ooo--- Ohayo gozaimass! Nous voila plein en forme pour une nuovelle journée... Shibuya-Asakusa est notre premiere destination de la journée! Apres avoir mangé un petit dejeuner dans un espece de Macdo... nous sommes allés nous promener dans le parc de Miji Jingu Shrine. Ce parc est reputé pour le bapteme des enfants et les photos de mariage... Tres prisé, il faut reserver des mois a l'avance et les rituels commencent a 7h du matin. L'entrée est signifiée par un arc en Cyprés de plus de 1,700 ans en provenance de Taiwan... Apres les rues tres mouvementées de Akhiabara, c'est dans un endroit plein de traditions qu'on va faire notre entrée ... Apres quelques pas, une enorme structure avec pleins de "tambourins" les uns a coté des autres attire notre attention. Nous n'avons ... read more

Hey Everyone, Well, as you all know I'll be home in a week. I'm getting really excited but the past few days have been soooo hard. I had to say "Good Bye" to all the other Ariels on Thursday and working with a bunch of strangers has been tough too. I was really excited to extend my contract but it hasn't been as much fun as I imagined. Watching everyone else leave made me wish I was leaving with them. But as I said before extending is a great oppertunity and an extra week to do the small things I need to do before I go home is nice. On Sunday, my stage manager Mori San is taking me to Fuji-Q Highland. I'm not sure if you remember but during my theaters rehabilitation week I was ... read more

It has been some time since my previous post. So what has captured me? What have I been so thoroughly engrossed with that I cannot even try to entertain my friends with stories of tomfoolery? Well, the embarrassing truth is that nothing has been happening. I've said it before, but it has been especially true of the last month - whatever has occupied my time, there are few stand-out events. I watch a lot of TV, and have accordingly improved at listening in Japanese while maintaining a pretty shoddy level of speaking - but, hey the shows are worth it. I've become better at my job: we've since switched animals a couple of times in search of better brains, and I've become surprisingly adept at discerning anatomy in a short time frame. My sensei hands me ... read more

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