Navios Yokohama

... such a great dancer! Wow! She has been holding out on us and I want her to teach us some hip hop during bstudy now! The talent show lasted about two hours and ended with a girl who wrote a song about the end of S@S fast approaching. Many of us were on the verge of tears because we don't want the trip to end. It makes me so sad to think about all of us being spread all over the US in less than three weeks because we have had such a great time together and ...

Je veux voir la campagne ! Cette année, Mamie Suzanne veut voir la campagne japonaise ! Et elle est motivée parce qu'elle n'arrête pas de le répêter depuis son arrivée !!! Seul petit problème... Quand on habite une ville au Japon, il faut rouler pendant au moins 2 heures pour commencer à voir des champs de riz !

... to see what was ahead. I didn't know how far I would end up or where I would end up: but I had this sense of curiosity. Why can't faith be like this? Curious faith, a faith that constantly wants to expand and know more. Why do we have to have a faith that is ground in rules, regulations, and a building. It's not that I have anything against the rules, I believe that the guidelines in the bible are important. I believe in eating the clean meats, I believe in the Sabbath, I also ...

... their hips (a strategy to prevent the opponent getting a good grip on their mawashi). We noted a few pink skin tones. There were Russian and Bulgarian makucchi competing as well though none have I think made it to yokozuna. M & I have decided to walk in preference to using the train system. Problems encountered have been: 1. Difficulties translating the map. Not all maps have Romanised names. 2. There are 3 different rail companies running trains and they use each other ...

... in Japan is pre-arranged and works like a high-precision clock. This occasion betrayed such an assumption. The ceremony showed evidence of advanced planning, but much was left to impromptu efforts. I felt the ceremony could have benefited from further detailed planning to make it look more co-ordinated and to give a sense of collective spirit - in a nutshell, it failed to build up to the climax of the opening ...

... modern park than Disneyland, more open, and with better views. Disney Sea is popular with couples due to it's more romantic style, particularly in the Venice themed area. Though my girfriend's apartment is not far from the Disney parks (only 5 stops away on the Japan Railways Keiyo line), we opted to stay at Disney's Mira Costa Hotel at Disney Sea. Booking a room at the Mira Costa was an exercise in patience. The reservation line was constantly busy, and on the few times ...

Today, after our morning exercise and an afternoon of studying and getting work done at school (I never write about the details of those things and so it must seem like all we do is eat and party- but trust me those things are boring) we headed out to the Shin- Yokohama Ramen Museum for a Saturday evening of fun. We considered checking out this famous phallus festival in Kawasaki. Apparently it is held at a shrine and consists of giant ...

... instructors here are very passionate and dedicated to what they do (and very academics focused). The program ended around 6:15 pm and then the university treated all 87 students to an all you can eat and drink feast at a really nice traditional Japanese restaurant. The food was unlike anything I have ever seen. It was predominately raw fish but there were also some vegetables I have never seen, some kind of cured ...

... stores and high end boutiques. My hotel was a very traditional Japanese Inn with tatami rooms and where you unroll your own futon to sleep on. No TV (yikes!) or other distractions... a serene setting as you may be able to tell by the photos. I am now in Kumamoto till Saturday, about an 1.5 hours to the south, visiting my friend Jeff's wife, Ranko and her family. More on that later. For those who don't know my itinerary, stay tuned to find out where I end up after that.

... in the pillars just as they would have done in the past. There were a couple of miniature models with hundreds of little people going about their business and every person was different, they provided binoculars to check but they also show a zoomed in pan shot on a TV next to each model. In the Edo period part there were a number of life-size houses to show just how they lived back then and it was fascinating. Things were so compact back then but just right ...