Makuhari Prince Hotel Chiba

... Railroad (TRAINS!), and the afore-mentioned Pooh’s Honey Hunt.

When Elizabeth and I first took at look at the park map, I asked her “What do you want to see?” Her reply was “Everything.” The problem is, Eli’s definition of “everything” is a bit different than my definition of “everything.” Her definition includes all the major attractions and a fair amount of the characters. My ...

... textbook he had written. It was surprisingly interesting, as he was focusing on more metaphorical and/or slang language. One that caught my eye was the use of "brown noser" in a sentence. When I stopped to think about it, the term is fairly common... yet one a foreigner might not catch. In the end, I had to explain the full meaning of the word to Kaoru, to her great amusement when she got the drift! Kaoru's uncle eventually ...

... entre rascacielos, comiendo un udon-tempura barato y exquisito detras de la estacion y vuiendo frikadas japonesas en los recreativos o en Akihabara, en un centro de anime. Tambien hice otras migas en el hostel, con los que pase momentos muy divertidos por la noche en el barrio, haciendo botellon en el puente, paseando o en un bar de lo mas curioso, de hip hop nipon! Con Peter me fyu a Kamakura a ver el famoso buda gigane y a la vuelta decidimos salir de marcha ...

... The people working at the Sakura house spoke perfect English... they may have even been American. Kamei dropped me, along with my luggage off at the guest house and left me to my own devices for the afternoon. The sakura house was an awesome find. I share a full kitchen and bathroom with only 2 others'. The 3 of us occupy about 1500 sf. There can be as many as 6 people per floor (which then would be cramped), but as it ...

Overnight flight with BA, was OK except Chie's TV screen didn't work so she couldn't watch any films, and she didn't seem to want to sleep. I suffered from a bit of barking due to Chie telling me that some food was chicken, when in fact it was haddock. Hideous! There was no chance I could try sushi after this. In fact I was so queasy that I could only drink beer - no soju, no saki ...

... Once we had made our way through the park, we ended up exploring Rippongi. The Ribbongi district had ev**ything from two hundred dollar steak houses to book stores, to strip clubs. Eventually we chanced upon a cold stone wh**e Aaron and Caitlin ate up some imported ice cream. Ev**yone seemed impressed by the urban landscape of Tokyo. Th**e w**e enough lights, fountains, and stores to keep us looking up and down and side to side as we ...

...and you know we checked them out on the train ride from the airport. After checking into our closet-sized room, Rob led the tour of Asakusa. The promised Robata meal ruled and I saw my first raccoon dog, tanuki. The Japanese pour very small shots, but we got drunk anyways. Rob groped Ultraman, but the public toilets made ******* in the street unnecessary.

After find the card shop and looking around for food we were set for some hectic activity this sat night! We attended some kinda of cultural fireworks event which was like 1 hour 40 from where we were staying with Mel.. crazy times! I couldn't believe the amount of people that turned up.. you thought the train in Tokyo are usually bad, well check out some of the pics I've got up, black hair ...

... But you can also get beer, ice cream and cigarettes. Crazyness. Later in the evening Nick and I went to a Nepali food restaurant close to his place. I had some chicken curry, butternut rice and some amazing veggie samosas. Nick had his beef curry extra hot and a nan (long flatbread thingie). It was rather satisfying and oh so very delicious. Nick will be making curry for us on Thursday night. Yay curry!

... now on the train to our next destination, Kyoto. Kyoto is famous for its...temples. Hmmm, more temples, we'll see how that goes. Also want to highly recommend the apartment in Nishi-Ogikubo where we have been staying. It's about $110 US a night and the people that run it are very nice. They actually have two apartments in the same building. The apartment we stayed in was brand new and we were its first tenants. Here's a link to their listing on vrbo: http://www.vrbo ...