Hotel Wing International Ikebukuro Toshima

... It's one thing to draw a cartoon
figure like Jessica Rabbit – because it's clear that she's a woman
– she has a face and body of a woman – and another thing to draw
a cartoon in which the body has big breasts but the face is that of a
child. And they are all over

In continuity with this infatuation of
young girls - the biggest fashion trend is the school girl style.
And every woman under the age of ...

Another day, another lecture. This one was on education. I can't think of anything off the top of my head that stood out about the lecture, so it probably was just decent at best. After that, we ended up going to the Japanese newspaper office, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (The Nikkei) which is the equivalent to the Wall St. Journal. I almost fell asleep a ...

... which is one of the great tourist attractions in a city which frankly doesn't have many.  It is the largest fish and seafood market in the world, and has been around in some form since the 1600s.The taxi dropped us off on a busy road, near a row of small fish and produce shops which were just opening.  We wandered around ...

... la leccion, a la vuelta cogemos el autobus que tarda 2 horas aproximadamente en llegar a Tokyo. Al llegar volvemos a Shinyuku, esta vez para ir a las torres del gobierno metropolitano de Tokyo (de mas de 240 metros de altura) para sacara fotos desde el mirador, las fotos no se ven muy nitidas por culpa del grosor del cristal de los ventanales del mirador, pero os podeis hacer una idea de las vistas.

After saying a sad farewell to my dear little ole Mum (who kindly took me to the airport), me and Jules went through Heathrows check in where I got proper frisked (as I made the alarm go off by carrying my phone and had a big chunky belt on). Jules realised she hadnt adequately prepared for 13hrs without a fag and started to climb the walls of terminal five, before calling her mum (who works in the airport) to see if she could 'pull any ...

... th*t h*d * very creepy 'Silent Hill' vibe, p*rticul*rly l*te *t night while w*ndering echoing, empty corridors in se*rch of * toilet. While w*iting to check in, * middle *ged New Ze*l*nder in * H*w*ii*n shirt *ppro*ched me in the line *nd confidenti*lly informed me th*t he w*s * multi-million*ire in town to meet Bill Clinton *nd to present him with * pl*n to s*ve the pl*net. "Oh, h*h*..." I st*rted, before re*lising th*t his f*ce w*s ...

... by being loose so that his family would disown him so that his younger brother who was truly blood, because he had been adopted, could take over the family business as his father had wanted but would need to give it to the older adopted son because of tradition. Got that...Interesting uhh. Next...the geisha is saved from committing suicide when she finds out that they won't let her be with her true love. She jumps into the sea and her blood brother she had not ...

On Friday night I went to an amazing party in Harajuku! It was at an apartment that belonged to a friend of Val's friends - Japanese students that she met at Carlton over the summer. About 7 of my friends were there, plus about 20 Japanese students from Chuo and Sophia colleges. There were also a couple other Americans, but I never met them and don't know their story. The night was incredible! There was tons of ...

Helllooo!!!!! It's just gone 7am here in Tokyo on Wednesday and I'm feeling much better than I was yesterday, finally getting a good nights sleep! The flight left Heathrow half an hour late but we soon made up the time and touched down in Narita half an hour earlier than expected. There were so many spare seats on the plane which made it much more comfortable, but as usual I didn't stop figiting! The entertainment was cool, cause ...

I have completed the first leg of my outbound journey. The flight took 9 & a half hours to get here. I was lucky to get a window seat and to also have the seat next to me free. Never having left Sydney at night before I was struck by the beauty of Sydney`s light I also saw the lights of Guam as we flew past it early this ...