Hirakata, Japan Travel Blogs

Strange things are afoot at the circle- uh, Japan
Feb 20, 2008

... surrounding the valley that I life in I realized that yep. I was definitely on the wrong bus. I eventually did get back to Hirakata stations and from there got on the correct bus and took it to the seminar house.   We spent the rest of the ...

Host Family
Feb 4, 2008

... problems returning home. Where the bus drops you off is not where the bus picks you back up again. From Kansai Gaidai to Hirakata City Station was no problem, maybe because pretty much every bus goes to Hirakata City Station, or perhaps because I went rode ...

Final thoughts and pictures
Oct 14, 2005

... judge...our new mailing address is: Barnaby Richards and Tsugumi Suzuhira Pastel court 102 51-30 Ko-rien Sakuragi-cho Hirakata City, Osaka 573-0088 JAPAN Feel free to send all things western as a care package :P WE also have a car (thanks ...

And so ends Febuary
Mar 5, 2008

... snack machines.                When I finally did get to Hirakata I realized that yet again I misread the bus schedule. I don't think I will ever fully figure out the bus system, every ...

The First Day
Jan 22, 2006 (1 photos)

... found that "Pure Gold" has a healthy does of nicotine in it! I suppose you have to be wary when purchasing drinks in Japan. Later on, Erin purchased some "-196˚C," noting that it was some form of lemon lime soda. He carried it some time, while ...

The End of the Beginning
May 24, 2006 (12 photos)

... in a full 15 kilograms lighter then when I arrived, I was able to fit into formal wear purchased entirely in Japan. It was snazzy, but a downpour on the way to school left me drenched throughout the ceremony which included School president Tanimoto and ...

Kansai Gaidai
May 22, 1999

Kansai Gaidai

Setsubun--or, the tale of the peanut-throwing
Feb 3, 2008 (22 photos)

... custom is true..) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once upon a time, in Japan, there were demons that roamed the ...

GRADUATION frm Kansai Gaidai Asian Studies Program
May 24, 2008 (22 photos)

finally ...the day we were all waiting for...

And on a Rainy Day?
May 3, 2006 (5 photos)

... in all, it was a wonderful night with lots of great home-cooked food and no English conversation whatsoever. And away from food- Japan has three traditional styles of theater of international renown. In No theater, actors ware masks and move in a slow ...

Orientation Week
Jan 26, 2006 (4 photos)

... in. All in all that first week of orientation was wonderful, filled with great eating, socializing, and exploration of Hirakata's outskirts. I learned all sorts of new things and the rusty part of my brain where Japanese language lives started to come ...