Yokoyaonsen Ryokan Chino

... t America have this? As we exited the castle grounds, we noticed that the samurai guys were back. But they were headed back into the castle. Double drats! But it was an awesome day otherwise.

Back in Tokyo, we were feeling hungry and decided to partake in something that you probably can only do in Japan: eat in a dessert buffet! Nikko, my roommate on atkins, would never do this. So take that Nikko! Haha! I love desserts (I ...

... especial aquel paraje natural donde lo bueno es perderse, buscar los miradores elevados, admirar los cerezos y fotografiarlos junto al enorme contraste del intenso amarillo de un campo de flores. A la hora de comer... o mejor dicho... cuando tuvimos hambre, entramos en "COCO ICHIBANYA Curry House".

¿Qué comimos? ¡Arroz al curry! Pero no pienses que es tan fácil... El plato es tan sencillo ...

... some money on cab fare. Hopefully I can remember to ride on the left side of the street and the other vehicles remember to do the same. I'm also hoping that the rumors of English-speaking guides are true.

Adjusting my expectations... I had thought I'd zip through the castle and get to Kyoto early. Probably not. Everything takes longer than you think.

... Thunfisch wird ja dank d** Fischmethoden imm** we***** - auch ist fraglich ob das ganze Delfinfreundlich abgeht... jaja die Japan** und die Delfine ist ja ein eigenes Thema) ab** es ist einfach zu leck**. Wenn dir d** Fisch direkt auf d** Zunge z**rinnt... Umweltfreundlichkeit ist eh ein zweischneidiges Schw**t, da wird ein**seits alles mögliche eingepackt (wrapping culture Japan!!) selbst wenn man v**packtes eis kauft, wirds nochmal in ein Tütel extra ...

... standing there...yelling at people to get them inside...i think thats called service industy in newspeak.

ok, enough for now...i think it is clear why i write in english...in german i can not express myself anymore as well, i bore myself while writing...so read you next time...maybe in german, maybe in english...
btw, its very distressing to log in after 2 weeks without inet to see only 1 mail...thx wew...
can someone pease write me, otherwise i feel so lonely

In Tokyo's Shinjuku station (one of the world's biggest with 740,000 passenger/day) I took a train to Kofu in Yamanashi district (near Mt Fuji), known for hosting Japan best vineyards.
Here they grow Koshu (Japanese grape) and mostly French varieties. I visited a few wineries and wine is very decent! See more info on Japanese wines in Vinum wine magazine on Asian wines coming out this Fall.

... ones were burning hot. It was very relaxing and you could see a nice view of the valley and the monkeys hopping about around you. As we were right at the bottom of the valley we could see people really high above us but they couldnt see us very well, which was only a good thing. We then went back to the park and stayed for a while longer before getting the bus and train to Nagano, the main city of that ...

... The Japanese students asked us questions, and we asked the Japanese students questions. They were all anonymous, which was nice. The questions ranged from what is your favorite foods to do you think we speak english well, to "would you ever date a Japanese person?" It was great to see how curious our new friends had become and it was amazing to realize how much we don't really know about each others cultures. Although the Japanese are ...

... a day of asking about Japanese culture, we decided to teach them some American drinking games. Beer Pong became an instant hit, with three tables going at once. My parter, Nanami and I ended up winning every game we played. While playing, we were able to find out a lot about each other. We ended up talking until almost 5 in the morning, learning a ...

at sea today awoke got ready for my first game of table tennis.....won of course doubles with a dude called vlad kick ass too...plenty of players there too...after nearly 3hours of playing after the tornament,phillip was not awake so i had to get him out of bed....he needed tablets for his sore ...