Dai-Ni Tower Kyoto

... and Jack proceeded to take me to a local bar.<br><br>Turned out though...the bar was closed (on a saturday night???). We couldn't believe it at first, so Jack, thinking the door was perhaps jammed, put perhaps a bit TOO much force into the door, which, somehow, opened it, in spite of the lock. Whether the lock was only half in or Jack broke the door completely, we'll never know, but it did open! And...there was no one in there. Lots of ...

... navigate out of the train station!! What a challenge that was, especially as we were stopped by a nice old man that just wanted to practice his English and attempt to give us directions. Trust me they were the most difficult ones I have ever heard, and it turned out that if you walk in a straight line, then you basically leave the station... doh. Luckily our hostel was only a 5 minute walk away, and after another warm greeting we made ...

... Mori, This is a heavily wooded park in the peninsula-like space where two rivers converge. It is said that the two rivers converging was symbolic of coming to an agreement and often people will go to that park because that was the place where "the truth could not be concealed." After walking though the park I decided to spend 200 of my remaining 700 yen on a McDonalds Double cheeseburger because DAMN they're so good.<br><br> *post note* Many people have tried to tell me how low ...

When I first arrived in Japan, I didn't realize just how big it is. Sure, it looks sort of big on a map, but its still dwarfed by its over sized neighbors, China and Russia. Japan may be smaller than those guys, but really, its a TARDIS. There are so many cities here that go unnoticed by travelers, because they are seen as boring small-towns. Boring? Small? Half of these places are bustling, buzzing and each have a unique atmosphere of their own and I am amazed and glad that we ...

... confirmed by not only my own suspicions, but th*t of *n Americ*n b*ckp*cker I met this morning, this viewpoint w*s not only sh*red *nd *ll too entirely recognized by other tr*velers, but it seems just *bout eighty-five percent of foreigners within J*p*n seem to be Austr*li*n. Something to do with che*p *irf*res no doubt. Anyhow, when they're not oggling R*ch*el, drinking *nd gener*lly keeping everyone in the hostel up with their drunken shen*****ns, they're *ttempting to cr*m this 'go to ...

... for two d*ys *nd spent the first d*y exploring Fukuok*: Which *ctu*lly only re*lly involved going to C*n*l City, * huge complex th*t h*s been n*med * 'city within * city'. It h*d ret*il stores from Gucci to Hello Kitty, Pokemon Centers, Hundreds of b*rs, * The*tre (Which w*s showing the Lion King music*l) *nd even Hotels. We ended up wondering *round *nd getting lost *nd eventu*lly found * Movie The*tre, *nd decided to go see Sweeney Todd. Lets just s*y, I ...

If there are two things and two things only that confuse the **** out of me about Japan it is simply this; for a country that appears to be so clean and hygienic in even the busiest of big cities, why is it that there are never any bins to be found? Secondly, for a people that are so obsessed with hygiene and world renowned for their taking of certain inventions and improving them above and beyond the call of duty - namely, the toilet - why is it that eighty percent of all ...

... osataan todella huonosti ja todella vähän on mitään kirjoitettu Roomalaisin kirjaimin. On aivan sama puhutko Suomea vai Englantia ihmisille, koska yhtä hyvin sinua ymmärretään :-) Siinähän sitten olet metroasemalla ja mietit, että missä ollaan?, mitenköhän pääsisi eteenpäin?, mitäköhän se maksaa ja miten ihmeessä nämä automaatit oikein toimii??? Röökiä saa vetää sitten joka paikassa, joka on minusta melko outoa! Junassa, ravintolassa ...