Central Plaza Hotel Yokohama

... jetzt wohl bald müde ins Bettchen fallen.
Morgen treffen wir uns noch ein letztes mal mit Steffi und Bixi und die ziehen dann nordwärts weiter, während wir noch bleiben (eben bis 19. 9.)

so falls jemand nicht wissen sollte wie eben jenes auf japanisch heißt, die handbewegung des netten Herren im Video, spricht für sich (gab heute ne diskussion darüber') : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAxdnY-6 ffU

... the train stations. And this seemed to be a constant at every one of the stations we went to. We had time before we could check back into our Shin-Yokohama hotel, so we headed down to the Yokohama harbour area to have a look around the theme park area we had photographed from the Landmark Tower a week ago. There was a variety of sickness inducing style carnival rides at 3 separate park sections. There was a very tame looking kids section, a section ...

A brighter, unwet day! Dee feeling a bit better (although tired as peanut on a nightly rave ritual) and Si ...

... the city to control noise pollution - so brilliant of the Japanese! On my first day - I got a tour of my neighborhood, the market - where I bought fresh raw fish for dinner, the subway station and the 5 depanneurs in our area. The apartment where I am living is quite big for Japanese standards. Great observations I have made: the toilet seat is always warm!, at the eating table - you can put your feet and legs under a blanket and it is always warm, in my house we have a typical ...

... showed signs of wear and tear on the edges. The page was dog-eared. This means that he must have shown it to other people and the photograph was much older than I had been led to believe. i had anticipated he would show me a newly printed photo in a photo lab envelop or a black and white photo fresh from the darkroom and still smelling of chemicals. The photo was a close-up shot of snake skin. The ...

... right shoulder we were more or less going in the right direction. Pretty soon we came upon a main thoroughfare, and according to the streetsigns it headed toward Tsukishima, which happened to be along the way. Less than an hour later we crossed the Chuo bridge and arrived at our apartment. It was a long day, but a very enjoyable one. The fireworks show was amazing, the food good, and the crowds fun. We have already made plans to see the show again next summer. Only 51 more weeks to wait...

... and how long it would take to build up sufficient hours of work. The system of this school is that students could select tutors; if they like you you get lots of students, if not, then tough! In a nice way he guided me to withdraw application on my accord. By this stage I had thought that I could not be bothered, whilst I appreciated his useful tips. I spoke of this exchange to my mother, and she sympathised that I had a crush course on Japanese ...

... cool bar in a Shibuya backstreet (yes, I was looking for a different bar at the time, but who cares), that had a cool atmosphere and cheap beer. I also managed to stumble across a brilliant sushi restaurant near my ryoken in Asakusa. Needless to say, I ate there on my than one occassion. It's also my love of the domination that allowed me to laugh when I somehow managed to go in the same circle 3 times, one evening in Shibuya. As I wander through the pulsating streets and alleys ...

... restaurant in Ueno after we exchanged our JR tickets and reserved seats for the trains we plan to use for our travels. The restaurant was well visited. We came in and a waitress lead us to our table. On the way there (other end of the restaurant from the entrance) there were like 4 or 5 other people working there who were all greeting us traditionally (irashaimase okyaku-sama, "welcome honored guest") and all of them were bowing ...

... nothing of Buddhist religion, but I plan on learning) I also learned the neat little procedure of 1)Throw money in, 2) bow twice, 3) clap twice, 4)make a prayer (wish for those who don't believe in religion) 5) bow again and you're done!! Oh yeah, and you're sposed to wash your hands and mouth before entering the temple. I got a poem from the temple: "Karisome no kotowa omowade kurasu koso Yo ni nagaraen naru rame" "To pass one's ...