Dormy Inn Soga Chiba

... s Club 33 a few years ago (thanks Becky!), and Elizabeth and I were fortunate enough to get reservations for Club 33 at Tokyo Disneyland (Arigato Tomomi!)

The place isn’t advertised, so to get in you have to know where to go. There is a pair of simple doors with the number “33” stenciled on the front. Don’t knock, they won’t open. Instead, press the little gold plate next to the door which pops open to reveal an ...

... from me! But YES I did make it here safely, and YES so did all of my bags =] My room is very small, but it already feels like home. The people, both on my contract and here in Japan, are incredibly kind. And the food is oshi! (yummy) I didn't realize how much culture I would take in other than the Japanese, but there are people here from all over ...

... night we decided to go out and discover the night in the big city, a "must" in Tokyo. Also my friend Attila joined us (a German that I met in Arequipa and that came to Tokyo to work) . And ut was so funny and great! we went to one of the most famous clubs in the world (Womb) and we danced until the following morning. Before going back we ate ramen and had a siesta in the train (japanese style). I felt a little like at home and I' sad to leave this country I loved...

December 25, 2007. From Sakura, we needed to figure out how to get to Tokyo. We did not want to rent a car, so we had to figure out the subway stations complicated routes. We used this map to get to ...

It's still Christmas in the US - so it's time for Jensen's present: Tokyo Disney Sea!!!! I decide to travel light, so I have no photos, so any attached belong to Michael Toperzer. Breakfast on the fly at a coffee shop (pastries), and a subway ride/train ride later we're getting off at the park. There's a Y250 charge to ride the monorail. Bizarre. But then, we're in and it's Disney. As we enter the lagoon area and cross the ...

There are a lot interesting things about the japanese culture that you can observe strolling around in Tokyo. First of all I was struck by their politeness and cleanliness, then by their habit to sleep while riding the subway. Another curios thing is their toilet gadgets, so complicated!!! You have all sort of different buttons, I still haven't figured out what tthey are for! Anyway my first stroll in Tokyo was very nice. We got up very early, the jetlag ...

... two is to sit on one of the little upturned buckets that surround the hot pool and wash yourself with the shower head provided. It actually works rather well. Staying in a capsule hotel is definitely an experience I recommend. It is totally surreal, odd and confusing but has a wonderful Japanese-ness to it. Back in the world of regular-sized things, we start to look for something to do on our last day in Tokyo ...

... in summer, really hot! We got started into the bottled water, and really never stopped. Luckily there are vending machines everywhere selling all manner of things including drinks, smokes, beer and all types of food, unfortunately I did not find the underwear machine I had heard about. Ueno: A suburb of Tokyo that is really famous for it's museums, but to be honest we were not really interested and decided to wonder the park instead. After looking at the huge Carp and ...

... stay too long though cuz pat had a job interview (he got the job by the way). The other night we went to Ropongi with our new Irish/Spanish friend. Ropongi is the clubbing district of Tokyo, though all the bars and clubs are owned by black Americans. Everything was really expensive and its really too bad that i cant drink cuz most places gave free shots to women. :( oh well, i had a lot of water and coca cola! We saw a really ...

... excellent and well paid for spot in the crowd? Or should I hold in and hope for the best? There was a brief third option, this occurred to me when the started spraying us with a big house. That was to pee and hope to hell that it wouldn't stink on the way home, however I had visions of me stinking out a whole carriage on the train and dying of embaressment stinking like some auld wumman, o pish! The decision was clear, I should hold it in and to massive internal damage but keep ...