Shangri-La Hotel Chiyoda

... park looking at the lotus flowers about to<br>visit a temple when a Japanese man asked us if we spoke French. <br>Saying no we were from America he quickly approached us and pleaded<br>with us not to visit the temple. Why we ask? That's when he<br>launches into a tirade stating that the monks who own the temples are<br>corrupt &#8211; &#8220;they drive BMWs and Lexus' and don't care about the<br>poor.&#8221; He said that one day when he was ...

... i will after tomorrow. <br>so......i:ve got to go to bed. i have to get up in a few hours.<br>i love you and miss you. think of you and sedona all the time.<br>love you more,<br>mom<br><br>dear captain (my dear sweet granddaughter)<br>we are attempting as you can see by the letter to follow your instructions and make this mission a success. tomorrow cadet uncle tim will be able to truly be your #1 defender. do you have perhaps a new title ...

... we didn't eat meat, the waitress totally understood and wrote it down. She even made sure we didn't eat fish, either, and then she pointed out the vegetarian things out on the menu for us. We got fried burdock (Japanese raddish) strips, they came arranged in a big bamboo vase, and they were a good 11/2 feet long each. Then our steamed veggies and miso came in a pot with holes in the lid. Smoke was coming out of the holes, and when we lifted the lid a ton of fog rolled ...

... I was ducking in my seat and people were laughing at me I was a little embarrassed. An excellent ride though. Would have liked to have 2 or 3 more rides to see things I missed. Onto the Tower of Terror, which I had a fastpass for, and the last ride of the day. No amount of begging could make Charlotte come on it with me, as she was just too tired and too scared to muster up the courage to come on it. As it turns out it was ...

... gibt es einen großen Park mit dem Stadtzoo. Es erinnert etwas an den Centralpark. Außerdem ist das Kunstviertel Tokios, mit vielen Galerien und Museen. In den Park gelangten wir durch einen großen Friedhof, wo ein sehr wichtiger Herrscher Japans, Tokugawa, begraben liegt. Wir hatten noch drei Stunden Zeit bis zu unserem Zug und beschlossen wir in das Tokyo National Museum zu gehen und die asiatische Kunst anzusehen. Aber ich muss sagen ...

... what we were looking for. Hitoshi did find a great jacket with some wonderful Japanese embroidery on the back and sleeves. Then off to Asakusa and the temple there. We walked down the great alley leading up to the temple and saw lots of souvenirs. Kimonos, dolls, candies, rice cakes, toys and all sorts of fun things. We did go up to the temple and say a prayer (Lucy and I to our God and Hitoshi to his), always a great experience. While we were there we saw a group of musicians ...

... a yank! I managed to get across the language barrier and ordered my Guinness and after the barman managed to convince me that he was indeed serious that it would cost me six pounds I coughed up (Such is the lure of the black gold!) and sat down to watch the Americans brag about how there debts were bigger than there friends. I got talking to a gent (in fact he was Irish) who had just come from China attending an international trade ...

... Im not sure yet but i think theres a chance i may goto Disney japan called SEA Disney, With some of taros friends who are heading there. They went today to the first area but i figured 2 Disney days might be too much, i just wana ride a few roller coasters :D Just noticing the news came on in Japanese, Its funny when I'm back home i read the news so much, and since I've been abroad i have no clue whats going on with the world, hopefully things are getting better :P Cheers BRian

... were harrased by loads of people, we made our escape to foreigner land - Roppongi.... Hmmmm, expensive sums it up really, went to a couple of bars, paid 4 quid for a bottle of beer. It would be fair to say our spirits werent lifted! Here is a quote from Rat boys journal from that day. "Had a **** day. Tokyo is ****, too expensive, too big and too Japanese. I hate trains." Next day after little sleep (due to said americans) we went to Hakone, a day trip in the ...

... sitting quietly as if we would be landing soon (-When actually it was more like 13hrs to go!) I looked down the aisle and here was this girl (quite possibly Canadian) walking down the aisle towards me while holding a sign that said "ESL Singapore, Barrows Camp". Since my curiosity always supersedes my better judgment to stay out of other people's business, I had to ask what she was doing. She stopped to ...