Hotel Hakusuien Tokushima

... ostello, e' stata la sera: sono capitata in mezzo alla festa del paese, un favoloso casino di musica, parate con tamburi e costumi da samurai e geishe, artisti da strada, ragazzi che ballavano (... belin non mi viene il nome... quella cosa molto americana che si balla per terra rotolandosi sulla testa), bancarelle di cibo, e per chiudere in bellezza i fuochi d'artificio piu' belli che abbia mai visto. Il Giappone mi saluta nel migliore dei modi!

... Italian Tyrol and the American Rockies. In the Southern area of the prefecture, there are colonies of coral in the clear sea, and the seashore of this area is home to many subtropical plants. All kinds of beautiful plants make Tokushima colourful throughout the seasons. Prefectures of Japan genremenu hotel Ranking Market Ranking Market

... Although it has little precipitation in winter, a lot of rain falls in summer, therefore it is counted as one of the most rainy areas in Japan. The coastline from Hiwasa to Ikumi Beach in Toyo Town, Kochi Prefecture, has many of Japan's best surf spots, and it is crowded with surfers every weekend. Prefectures of Japan genremenu hotel Ranking Market Ranking Market

... the East, forming the wedge-shaped Tokushima Plain at its mouth. There is a rich forest area in the Southern part of Tokushima Prefecture and comparatively little flat ground. The sheer rock coastline of this area contrasts remarkably with the sandy beaches of the North-East. Yoshinogawa and Bizan Photograph Prefectures of Japan

... we did alil more shopping, and headed to the "taco ferry!" tako is japanese for octopus, so there was a giant red octopus painted on it! we rode off on the taco ferry, gazing out over the water back toward awajishima's ferris wheel and giant lit bridge, and over the water at the ships silhouetted against the sunset, and i just couldn't help but think that it had been a perfect day, the kind you don't want to have end! But, we were tired, so we had a nice rest on the way back...

... la rue, il y a des coins du style 3m sur 3m où les fumeurs peuvent fumer sinon il est interdit de déambuler une clope à la main. Il n'y a pas une poubelle dans les rues et pourtant il n'y a pas un papier par terre, étonnant. T'as des distributeurs de boisson tous les 100m. Je suis déçu, je n'ai pas une beaucoup de réponses de votre part concernant les crevettes... Mais une japonaise m'a expliqué comment faire. Incroyable. Le futur bonze

... Delhi airport is only slightly better than Kathmandu, there's a few snack shops while you wait, and wait we did, our flight being at 01:20. Once checked in, the security line was a full hour. This would have been marginally OK if we felt like security actually accomplished anything at the end of an hour, but it's just a cursory check, and on you go. Asiana Air is very nice (note to ATG people: the massive A330-300 has only a single main flap ...

... of the remote areas that are away from Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka are suffering because there aren't as many businesses in the area. The young people need careers, so they move to big city trying to make money. Unfortunately, (this is my opinion) they compete with all the other young people moving there. They all have university degrees that don't mean anything because everyone knows that you don't really spend your time ...

... that the entire school will end up taking turns doing, and we still ran from 9 till 3:00 so I'm curious to see how long we'll actually be at school until on Saturday. Yup- I will come to school on Saturday. This event is held on Saturday so that the students' parents can come and watch. But no worries- all teachers and students will have the following Monday off as a substitute holiday. I'm not sure I'll need the time off ...

... to find my new place and attempt to remove all of my stuff by myself. By the time I got home and found my new place it was dark and everyone else had gone out for the night. I made endless trips (probably more than 10) through the streets carrying my stuff from my old apartments to my new one. I drug an entire futon set down the street in the dark wrapped in a tarp. I think the locals thought I was trying to get rid of a dead body.... But ...