Urayasu
Travel Blogs from Urayasu, Japan
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Seaing Disney
... before openning the rest of the park at the advertised time. The local response to this crowd management scenario is odd for Japan - mass running. As soon as someone passes through the turnstyle, the proper etiquette is to run as fast as you can for ...
Two Worlds
... the dingy, semi-industrial road for 2km so we travelled on the local elevated people mover system the 1 stop to get us there. Japan's National Railway Museum can lay claim to be the busiest railway museum that I've ever seen. Sure, we were visiting on ...
Disneysea
... The old looking buildings are also overlooking the Welcome Centre making you feel like you have travelled back in time and out of Japan. I should take this moment here to say just how impressive Disney Sea was. It is so detailed in every way and ...
It's good to be back to work!
November 7, 2008 I'm beat! Today was our first day in the park doing our job. We were called at 6:45 (in the morning!!!) for rehearsals. Our rehearsal consists of walking out to the location, taking a couple of pictures with the cameraman and ...
Sad Day
Friday, December 12, 2008 Today was an odd day! I arrived at the train station and there were hundreds of people on the platform! The train that was scheduled to leave at 6:34 was "delayed." There were so many people! I heard the ...
I have internet in the apartment, finally!!!!
November 3, 2008 Hi There! Last night I met Toshi for dinner. We went to the Japanese Coco's. Now, put out of your mind anything that you think of when you hear "Coco's." It is owned by the same company but their menu is totally ...
Finally connect to internet!
... after putting my luggage in my room and went off for dinner with Toshi. It was great to see him and it's great to be back in Japan. I still love it! We went to Coco's - same company but not what you're thinking at all! I had a ground beef "steak" ...
Bonus Blog! You lucky people!
BONUS BLOG! Picture it! You live in a world where everyone around you is 5 times your size. There are a few others your size but they are very well guarded and not allowed to just roam about the way most are. In this world you have been ...
The day to day . . .
December 3, 2008 I realized that I haven't told you much about the fun (and not so fun) people that I get to see every day! During my day I see about 200 groups of people. Sometimes they are groups of on or two and sometimes they are 6 to 8 ...
Very Long VERY Japanese Day!
... - aren't I lucky?) Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. In Japan it is traditionally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki. While also eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for ...
Back to normal . . .
... 9, 2008 Sunday IS officially International Grocery Shopping Day! I don't like grocery shopping at home on Sundays and here in Japan is no different. Well, maybe a little different. Here we get really good sales on Sundays. Many of the things that ...
Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2008 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID! And HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE!! Today is Thanksgiving here in Japan - not celebrated, of course but we are! For Mel and I it was a work day. But, it was an early morning after ...
Election . . .
... sure he will soon. I'm planning dinner on Thursday, before we begin working as Santa on Friday. I am sitting here, in Japan, listening to our new President, Barak Obama give his victory speech with tears in my eyes. What a momentous occasion ...
Parkas, Stalkers, and Sushi
November 13, 2008 What a beautiful day! We awoke this morning to clear, blue skies with a little breeze. It was gorgeous. Then I got to the park and guests were milling about in PARKAS!! It was 65 degrees! One would think we were in the ...
Another day in Japan
November 1, 2008 Good morning! Yesterday afternoon was great fun. Lots of reunions with old friends and meeting some new ones. We met at the security gate and got photo I.D.s to make us "official" Cast Members and then off to our ...
Yokohama Mama!
... Little Girl with Red Shoes On." The statue represents the subject of a song that is one of the most famous songs in Japan and is associated specifically with Yokohama. The song is called "Akai Kutsu" ("Red Shoes"): A little girl nice in her ...
Monkeys and Throwing Pottery!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Well, well, well. This morning as I boarded the train (making sure that I was in position to be able to detrain at the appropriate moment) it got more and more crowded. Not unusual for morning rush hour. There did ...
I'm sad . . .
November 6, 2008 You know me not to be much of a political activist. I don't often engage in political discussions. Today I am hurt. So, I am going out on a little bit of a limb here... Yesterday, the voters of the state of California ...
"JANE, Stop this crazy thing!!!!!"
... the following one! I was in trouble! If you know me at all, you know I HATE to be late. That is doubled here in Japan where a good work ethic is everything. I am now on the train, hoping it will stop soon, worrying that I am going to be late ...
Karaoke!
... angles and a cool roof with many different sloping sections. There is lots of glass and wonderful lighting. You to come back to Japan and see it! The show is very typical of their earlier shows with trapeze, high-wire, clowns, juggling, etc. The set is ...
Disney with a Twist
Mon 2/4/12 As soon as I woke up from my sleepy trance, I looked around the room and remembered where I was. The executive suite at the Shangri-La Hotel. For the first couple of days, my family had decided to dine in at the Lobby Lounge for our breakfast. ...
Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland was just as much fun as Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida. The biggest difference of course was that most of everything was in Japanese. It was fun riding the Haunted Mansion listening to it in Japanese. I took my wife ...
Are we there yet?
... bus stop by 2:55pm! Can you believe that? A combination of Mike's anal planning down to the millisecond and the unbelievable efficiency of Japan customer service allowed that to happen. The bus took us ...
Jet Lag and other ramblings
... without trouble. My friend Tomomi, who I used to work with at MGKR, now works for Walt Disney Attractions Japan. She has a wonderful apartment just three stops from Tokyo Station – complete with everything a wary traveler needs: ...
Childhood dream about to come true - DISNEYLAND!
... was starting to get very grim. Drizzle, overcast (as usual. David pointed out that we haven't see the sun LITERALLY since being in Japan. Glad I didn't book a trip to Mt.Fuji). So we decided to do a fewmore rides then grab a smoked Turkey leg (oh yeah ...
Tokyo Disney and Disney Sea
Our goal was to see Disneyland Sea but the ticket sales were limited! I thought this was fantastic and would ensure that everyone would be able to ride all the rides. So instead, we went over to Tokyo Disney. This was Saturday and oh my ...
Park hopping then off to Tokyo!
... a distant shot of a mild example of Duffy madness. Those not knowing who Duffy is, he is Mickey's teddy bear and was invented in Japan. It recently carried into the US parks but it doesn’t seem like it caught on there. Here in Japan, the girls are ...
Tokyo Disney Sea
Our first full day in Japan started a tad bit earlier than we would have liked……like 4am! We just shot out of bed and were wide awake! Jet lag was upon us. We waited until an appropriate time to descend upon the masses and went down to ...
And oh, that blow fish blow!
... remain as special feasts in Japan, Fugu is referred to as blow/globe/puffer fish since it blows its body up. In western Japan, fugu is called "fuku," which means "to blow" or "happiness." Shimonoseki-city in Yamaguchi, is known as fugu city and supplies ...
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