San-Ai Yokohama Hotel

... 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 ...

... we've heard that Womb was a good place. We got there, paied 4'500yen (!!) and left after 1 hour! Womb is *****! It has 4 floors and the music on each floor is the same!!!! It was so packed with people that you couldn't even move and forget about going on the dance floor..impossible! After we left we went to a Manga cafe', the only places open on saturday night in Tokyo, and we rested a bit till ...

... musicians, but from an event called the "Artist Village Festival". The festival featured musicians of all types, as well as arts and crafts which were available for sale in a flea market type setting. There was an interesting mix of people at the festival, and I enjoyed listening to the music (which was surprisingly good), looking at the crafts, and trying out some of the dishes being sold by food vendors. One of the most interesting things I saw was a exhibition of ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... it was only 7am, I had left my mobile phone on London time (something I always do while travelling). I left the hostel at 8 and, after calling Qantas again, headed to the fish market. It was really dark when I left, but, seeing as it is often still dark at 9am in London, I didnt think much of it! I couldnt find the fish market to save myself, and everything around the area was closed, so I got the train to Shinjuku and started wandering. Again, I noticed everything ...

... nice to explore. You might even see some Japanese women in traditional clothing (e.g. Kimonos) or even Geishas here. Unless you can afford to throw your money around as you please I would not suggest to shop there. Even the local restaurants and bars are more than double as expensive as elsewhere while not serving much different foods. Interesting also was a traditionally clothed mendicant who was standing in front of a bank. He probably thought people can throw him a coin ...

... como Claustrofobizante. Mas estou gostando muito do cotidiano ultr-urbano de Toquio. Nao parece uma cidade turistica, pois os mapas de metro nao se importam com os ocidentais e tudo e escrito nos caracteres japoneses. Se o clima melhorar, vou ao monte Fuji, andar de trem-bala (Shinkanssen) e ao Palacio Imperial. Senao, contineuarei admirando esse cotidiano tao diferente, quase frenetico, mas ordenado. Julio Cesar Toquio, 1 de favereiro de 2006