Mystays Yokohama

... to see and visit, especially after one of my friends talked it up so much since he visited it previously. After being back at sea for a day between Kobe and Yokohama, we arrived into our second port. I was originally supposed to travel to Tokyo that day but did not because I was behind on homework. On our final day in Japan, I had the best of times. My friend Marissa was on the same trip as I was. We went to Mount Fuji and it was so great. Considering that I wanted to be a ...

... our small fee to get in, and as far as attractions go in Japan, this place was deserted. Basically there was one massive school group moving through the park, and apart from those kids I would estimate that we only saw about 20 other adults throughout our couple of hours at the park. This was a shock after battling insanely crowded train stations, and the insanity of Universal Studios only a few ...

... I ever speak japanese to is my grandma in Hawaii. Although I do watch japanese TV shows and I do read manga. You know what I noticed today? I realized that I know a lot more Kanji that I thought I would. I mean i may not know as much as other people but the manga actually helped me! haha. LOL, i do have trouble writing the kanji though ( those of you who know me know that I have horrible hand writtng to begin with no matter what language I am writing haha). Ok so the ...

... somewhere - you should always try to do more than you think you are capable of. That is exactly what this trip is all about- doing as much, more than I am possibly capable of. Moneywise, I am basically safe. I haven't done any calculations, but seing as how I am fairly well off in Japan itself, spending 1,5 months in one of the cheapest, most backpacker-friendly places in the world will be no problem. Ofcourse, calculations will be made ...

... Also, when we got into our room the floor was covered in half made bedding, which was somewhat surprising as we expected it to be folded up in the far end of the room. Nope, it looked like the last guys had only just left..... not fancying the idea of sleeping in someone else's used (& still warm) bedding I went off to complain (Gav didn't want to do as the woman had been too nice! Wuss! :)) I found a German guy along the way & he confirmed ...

... today at least!) Stage names for Mark, Carl & Chris need to be developed over the forthcoming weeks after what can only be described as scinilating performances. The next day, up early and feeling ever so fresh (honest!), we did a bit more sightseeing in Kyoto including of the Imperial Palace (and our first MacDonalds breakfast - managed to resist for a whole 6 days!). However, a mix up on "Engrish people only entry time" meant we couldnt actually see ...

... Harumi-san told me, took the whole day. First, they spoke to the train police and then they went to the police. At the police they spoke with a female officer, Harumi-san was bombarded with an array of questions to reveal every little detail about the incidents - at which sections of the train journey she was groped, which part of the body, the manner of groping, you name it, the whole lot. The investigation was to continue another day. They had to do re-enactment of ...

... If not, we're hoping to pack some sumo in. I had my camera stolen from my bag on the underground on my first evening here, so cannot upload any pics as yet. I am using Victor's camera like my own (he very kindly let me take control of it as I take hundreds more pics than him) so I will still have shots, but no time to upload them yet as too much to see! 1 week really is NOT enough here! It's meant to be even colder in Kyoto, so I'm not sure what I'm going to do about this! Speak soon!

... Sadly, it was just bland unsweetened green tea that left me with no "love boy" nor made me a "beauty queen". The cemetery was closed, so I walked to Shibuya instead. This is the shopping area for young people. Very crowded and trendy. I went into Tokyu department store and didn't see any clothes that looked reasonably priced, but the basement food store was very interesting. There were sushi chefs preparing fresh sushi, tons of seafood counters, and very expensive ...

... think he can cut us a bit of slack!! After removing our shoes at the entrance and settling the bill we were given the guided tour and shown to our room. The room was pretty much as I expected and quite reasonable for the price (3000 yen, 15 Pounds). After a few minutes settling in our room we decided to have a walk around the area we were staying. Asakusa is a more traditional area of Tokyo and is home to the Senso-ji temple. The Senso-ji temple is the largest (I ...