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Airport Roulette, Toilets, & MSG
... And... it did. Our train broke down between stations, so a 2 hr train ended up taking us about 4. When we finally arrived, we were a little unprepared for the chaos that awaited us in Shinjuku station.
Evidently Shinjuku is the busiest train station *in the world* and has over 200 exits. Between the mad rushing crush of people, the signs in Japanese, and the few signs we could see in English (with arrows pointing ...
A rest day
... actually leave it there while they wander. You'd think that being their only possessions they'd guard it as much as possible, but I guess that's the trust they seem to have in their culture. The homeless there don't beg for money etc, they're too proud.
We did see one funny thing. There was a cat homeless guy which had all these cats in a cage and on leashes. Really ...
Earthquakes In Tokyo
Earlier today, Aaron and I were walking around Tokyo taking in the sights, figuring out our new camera, and taking some photos. We had walked through the city to a large park where the Imperial Palace is, but it was closed today. The city was so quiet and cold. The temperature was a bit shocking (40 degrees) for Aaron and I since we have spent the last several weeks in 90 degree weather. Even for a workday, there were ...
Mein letzter Arbeitstag
Heute war mein letzter Tag im Praktikum. Am Vormittag hab ich noch die letzten Sachen erledigt und mich dann von meiner Sensei verabschiedet. Aber ich seh sie ja bald wieder in Wien. Freu ich mich schon drauf.
Außerdem sind heute die Mädels aus Wien endlich angekommen. *yay* Wir haben uns ausgemacht, dass wir uns in Tokyo eki beim Marunouchi Underground South Exit treffen. Ich hätte Gate statt exit sagen sollen, weil natürlich haben wir an verschiedenen ...
WE LOVE JAPAN
... Prvy den bolo uz neskoro poobede kym sme sa ubytovali, takze sme sa presli po stvrti kde byvame - Asakusa a isli na vyborne pasove sushi. Asakusa je stara cast Tokya, su tam ulicky so starymi domami a jedna 'shrine' - shrine je chram shintoizmu. Su tam rikse, na ktorych vas taha riksar tak ze uteka v takych papuckach ako ninja (palcova cast je rozdelena na 2 casti) :) uctuju si neskutocne peniaze za to - £25 na osobu za 10 minut... jedine male negativum je, ze je to tu ...