So I was thinking that maybe I was starting to bore people with pictures of plum blossoms.  After all, I've posted (and e-mailed!) pictures of plum blossoms taken on a cloudy day as well as others taken on a sunny day.  In order to break up the monotony, here are pictures of plum blossoms on a rainy day!  As a bonus, some of the f...

Well, I've noticed one thing about most of my blogs. They have very little to do with what I've been seeing, and much more to do with only what I have been eating. Today Joanne, Amy and I decided to be tourists, and do tourist-y things. That started off with a train ride to Tokyo Station, and a walk to the Imperial Gardens. Japan still has an Em...

The morning started early. Was up around 8am, and did my morning ritual. Didn't have to go to our meeting/lunch until noon so I had time to walk around the district we are in, IKEBUKURO. Not as exciting as I would have hoped, but there is some great shopping up here. Two of the biggest department stores in Tokyo are here! This ain't no run of th...

Unfortunately, this won't be a proper entry, as we're waiting around for the person who can issue us the keys to "our" apartment. We don't have that many things to move ourselves, just the suitcases we arrived with and a few extra food items we've purchased since then, but our air shipment is scheduled to arrive today, which means I'll have my c...

Am continuing my travelogue after many many days, my trip is close to its end and there's a lot that has to go into this. But if I try to jot that all down I know I will get nowhere, so I may as well put in whats happened today, and then go in reverse order and fill up the rest of the pages as and when I overcome my laziness in writing again. It...

Arrival in Japan and already have a casting. At least they keep you busy here. My roommate is fabulous. Her name is Kelly and we hit it off immediately.