Hotel Villa Fontaine Ueno Taito

... things. Sean and I discussed it afterwards and he attributed it partially to a distaste for obvious attempts at brainwashing. Maybe this is true. I can`t say that we didn`t have a good time at Yasukuni. The museum was really nice and there were a lot of artifacts and displays to look at and I think we still learned a lot about Japanese history and culture, at least in the modern era (I don`t think the museum showed much before the ...

... mid afternoon Greg and I agreed today was warmer than yesterday, about 20C we guesstimate. We were starved, so I persuaded Greg to check out the hotel breakfast buffet - I assured him it wouldn't be like the regular North American breakfast buffets. We were greeted with a multi-stationed, huge variety breakfast with the usual North American breakfast items, Asian breakfast selections, fruit, cheese and salad station, juice and yogurt station, a large assortment of ...

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... to eat Greek food then it is not a bad choice. Since San Francisco is our "second home" and there are plenty of articles about this great city on the Internet I'll let you do your own research for things to see, places to go, etc. If you are looking for a recommendation or two on where to eat then I will recommend the Spanish tapas restaurant on the corner of Hyde & Union, Zarzuela (415-346-0800 ). For fine dining we enjoyed a very good dinner at Quince (415-775 ...

... have to push and squirm to get anywhere. I am glad I am taller than most so that I could breathe as well as see where I was going! Eventually I made it to Akihabara, at least down there, as mad as it is, there is space. I went into one store that was10 levels. It was packed full of people. Needless to say, I went up and promptly went back down. Prices appear to be more than at home although I am sure if you spent the ...

... today. It was a wonderful lead-in to the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championships, held in Osaka from Aug. 25 to Sept. 2. Yep, I kept pretty busy preparing for that event, so the journal entries have been absent. The Japan Times has archived the world championships stories on its Web site, as well as the lengthy Sunday piece on Moses. And here are a few pictures from that special event.

Today we headed to the gym- after which we had a strange craving for something healthy and non-curry or ramen. A cheap and healthy lunch can be hard to come by in Japan unless you are getting sushi (which Chris does not prefer) and you can't seem to just get a sandwich or salad anywhere. We ended having to go to the TGI Friday's near Shinagawa- which we never thought we would do in Japan- to get some soup and salad. After this we headed home to shower and the ...

... where the practice of believers seemed apparent in ways I could readily understand. And finally, Hasedera offers a beautiful view of Tokyo Bay - my first real look at the ocean since the plane! The beach was only about a five minute walk from where we were, so a group of us gathered there to hang out and enjoy the view. It felt really nice to be near the water, to hear the waves, and see how beautiful the bay is, especially as the sun sets. It was a really great time for ...

... easy to find and waited at the lobby for Mayumi and Shoko (my 2 wonderful japanese friends). I was pretty nervous as it was my first time seeing them since last year, although i constantly kept in touch with Mayumi through email.She seemed pretty surprised that i was coming to Japan. She and a few of her friends actually came to Singapore for their holiday roughly a year ago, and i met them for dinner only as they were with a tour group.

... get back in Europe. With our own personal translator (she did actually work as a translator for foreign bands performing in Tokyo) we went to grab a bite to eat and for only the second time since arriving here I knew what I ordered before I got it, even though I was still never 100% sure quite a few times before. We then went to a arcade to watch the Japanse at play with one of their main passions, there was even a 4 ...