Capsul Hotel

Each of the little cubes in this building are a different room. Capsul hotels are literally hotels where you rent a "room" that acts more as a little drawer for you to sleep in. Most of these facilities are men only, as the most frequent clients are "salary men" who are too drunk to go home.

Okonomiyaki in Ginza

October 2nd 2005
Alright, this entry is about a big dinner with all of the IES studenst in Ginza and then another trip to Ginza when we saw Kabuki theater (seperate from the dinner outing). It is a bit dated (as we went about three weeks ago), but the place we went to dinner at is super cool, the Kabuki theater was a really different experience and I have lots of pictures for both. So at the end of orientation w ... read more

Asia » Japan » Chiba

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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