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... from Naruto and something with big eyes for Dylan and Ariel, my siblings. Glad you like em guys. From there, we sort of wandered into an open-concept arcade (which we came back to later for a photobooth that has a 'cute-effect'; it sort of glazes your eyes, perfects your skin, and gives you the Photoshop touch...sometimes you end up lookign more feminine than you thought possible...I wonder if they have the opposite somewhere?)...oh and then we went for some Ramen ...

... three hours on a bus to make her way home to Yamaguchi, in south west Japan. A business associate of Eve's, Mr. Haru Yamaguchi, met us at the airport. He and his associate helped us determine which trains we needed to get to Tokyo Disneyland, as the delay of being quarantined, caused us to miss the last limousine shuttle to our hotel. After getting our Japan Rail vouchers exchanged for passes (we did manage to get the spelling of our names changed ...

... It was quite interesting to finally go there and look though. To sum it up -- lots of expensive cars, clothes, jewelery and very well-dressed people! Admittedly, it was quite nice! We chanced across a Nissan dealership that was displaying the latest versions of the Nissan Skyline and the Fairlady Z (350Z in North America). These cars sure aren't what they used to be. They are now very exotic sports cars with the ...

... next day Anusha had work so Jim and I went to meet Satsuki at Harajuku. En-route to Meiji-Jingju we saw lots of Harajuku girls. Little bo-peep was really cute so I got Jim to have his picture taken with her. The trees in Meiji-Jingu kept us cool from the strong heat. Later we went to Yoyogi park next door. That was one interesting park. There were a group of middle-aged guys dressed up as teddy boys prancing around; guys doing ...

... ll write more when I get back from my adventurous andventure ^___^ Well today was great. I took a train to The Hakone Museum of Art. I saw a lot great pieces of art and I went to the botanical garden. The flowers were beautiful. I'll tell you what I learned. The Male Figure of Haniwa " Human-figured haniwa figurines have generally been found in tumuli postdating the mid-5th Century. Earlier tumuli tend to have non-human haniwa forms, such as ...

... this is not so. The honking of the schnoz in a public place is bad form. I had come down with a cold after finishing with camp (www.camptentrees.org = love) and was quite the faucet on the plane. I felt like a bit of a Typhoid Mary with all of my verboten nose blowing, but besides a few distasteful glances from those around me, all was fine. The trip was smooth and simple, and Japanese customs were amazing in ...

OK- so if I would have waited till tomorrow to write I would have waited a FULL week to give an update on my wonderful time in Japan. My time in Japan has been so AWESOME- First off I am so lucky to be able to stay with Shin-chan and Satomi. They are soOOOooo nice to me. They have gone over and beyond on everything, from delicious dinners to extravagant birthday presents. And my friends from Truman have gotten together to give me a welcome ...

Sunday - We Meet Our Host Families! For breakfast, I planned to visit a McDonald's, since there is one in both the Ito Yodado, and also in the Daiei. But I soon realized that Ito Yokado is closed on Sunday mornings and the food court in the Daiei isn't open either. There was a very large and crowded farmers' market going on at the Daiei though, which was very interesting, although I didn't feel comfortable enough with my language abilities in the large, loud ...

Oftewel: goedendag! We zijn in Japan aangekomen en inmiddels alweer een heel stuk van het land gezien. De eerste kennismaking met de Ryokan = een Japans pension waarin je op tatamimatten slaapt, en met het meestal heerlijke Japanse eten ...

Of my commute to Bangkok via Tokyo: -I've gotten three and a half hours of sleep each night for the past five days. The flight to Tokyo was long. -Narita Airport is boring, but what airport isn't? Flying into Tokyo, it looked as if every square inch of land has been cleared and developed. (Where does all their oxygen come from?) -Fields of water surrounded the city, all I could ...