Chisan Hotel Okabe Fukaya
713 Imaizumi Fukaya, Saitama, Kanto, 369-0215, Japan
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Shop 'till you drop!
... was a seven minute walk.
At Takeshita Street we really started to see some out-there fashionistas! All the Japanese teenagers were wearing clothes inspired by cartoons or punk icons. We spent most of our time taking photos with the Japanese people and looking at their style! On the street were many 'Crepe Stands', I had never seen any of this, so my dad, brother and I all enjoyed our $4.50 crepes. By now we wanted dinner. We saw a ...
The Belly Button Festival
Your Hezo and You
Japan has a festival for just about everything and I do mean everything from naked festivals, to carried shrines races to hezos! To be a successful matsuri or festival, you need a gimmick. You need something to set you apart and make you special, special enough people come to see you.
Shibukawa is a city about 35 minutes of combined trains from my home. It is the middle ...
Lavender Park
... for him. He played beautifully dreamy music fitting the garden. His case of displayed cds shows that his job is to climb mountains with a portable keyboard and play music when he gets to the top. (0 o 0)
We headed down to the gift shop and bought lavender goodies. I found some lovely leather work necklaces and picked up a rose. Grabbed another ice cream and headed for the last bus.
A good ...
Volleyball Taikai! 大会
... only played each other. The third years were in the nicer gym, the second years in the older, and the poor first years were outside. The winner of each grade got to play a teacher team.
It was hot as hell and they were still super genki! The students practiced for many weeks leading up and stocked ...
Little Edo
... course. The only buildings to be preserved from the original Edo Castle had been relocated to the temple. The original temple was destroyed in 1638 by (can you guess?) fire. Tokugawa Iemitsu had some of the buildings from Edo Castle relocated to the temple grounds to help rebuild. The palace was located in the heart of Edo and destroyed by the dual scourges of the 1923 Earthquake and WWII.
I bought a ticket and wandered through the buildings. Presumably, the best of the ...


