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Hirakata Slideshow
Hirakata
Travel Blogs from Hirakata, Japan
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Strange things are afoot at the circle- uh, Japan
... hills 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 ...
Host Family
... 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 ...
Final thoughts and pictures
... 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
... food 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, ...
Yookoso Japan
Hey!! So I got into Japan yesterday afteroon after nearly a full day's worth of flying. I don't have any pictures yet since I don't have internet access on my laptop, but soon. Anyways, I've already met a bunch of great people and ...
The First Day
... and 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, ...
The End of the Beginning
... 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 ...
Setsubun--or, the tale of the peanut-throwing
... custom is true..) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once upon a time, in Japan, there were demons that roamed the ...
And on a Rainy Day?
... 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
... 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 ...
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