Shibuya Creston Hotel

... they played.

Kra’s portion of the live was amazing. It was like a dance party and a rock concert. When I wasn’t headbanging, I was waving my arms and jumping up and down. Keiyuh really made us work, but he was bouncing all over the place too. His voice is amazing; he can go from screaming to singing softly. I think because Kra’s songs are generally more upbeat, it was easy to enjoy myself. Yasuno was the most ...

... where the band would play along whenever the music came on. They had a squishy breast that, according to the illustrations, offered such fun as washing it, throwing it at great speeds, and squeezing it quite viciously. And they had tons of costumes, brain-teasers, a really strange LIFE board game that led you through a beaten mountain path and a black hole, 3D planet puzzles, and much, much more! I actually considered getting some of ...

... had stalls, too). After forever went by we boarded our plane. We had the same seats as before, which was nice, I didn't want to be in the middle row. I got the window seat again, which was nice and comfey with all my little plane pillows and blankets (I wound up with three pillows and two blankets:). I got a nice bit of sleep on the plane, but this time there was a kind-of interesting movie on called Rachel's Getting Married or something. Most of the time I slept or tried ...

... own camera. So after Veronica took about a dozen shots, and then refused to purchase their photograph, it was time to come back and meet up with me again. Ariel was apparently another character who was happy just to be able to speak english again, as she spent a lot of time chatting to the girls. When Veronica met back up with me, we soon realised why crowd numbers were down when the rain started to fall. We made a dash for the ...

... als Europäer Zugang zu dieser Kunst sich als schwierig gestalten. Wir sind halt etwas ganz anderes gewöhnt und so wirkt es auf uns zwar schön, aber auch befremdlich. Besuchenswert war es auf jeden Fall! Auf der Rückreise haben wir aus dem Zugfenster den Fujiyama erblickt. Das war nur möglich, weil das Wetter gut war. Somit haben wir alles Wichtige gesehen und erlebt. Natürlich ist es nur ein ganz kleiner Teil, aber für uns befriedigend.

... second hand stores and great houses. The area is filled with beauty salons - about 100 in the area. We found lots of fun stores that we shopped in and saw antiques, great clothes (I even found something for Brooklyn - I hope she likes it!) and a great coffee shop! All in all it was a great day and we rode the train home to our station and came home and fixed dinner and now are watching TV. Tomorrow we will go to the aquarium and the beach - I will tell you all about it!! Love you all!!

... to say goodbye and depart for Nagoya. I must say it was hard to say goodbye and I sincerely hope that my host mom keeps in contact. Waving goodbye as we walked towards the train terminal, we soon found ourselves in Nagoya after a relatively short train ride. At Naogoya we were met with a down pour of rain which we had to brave for several blocks on our way to Naritake China. At Naritake we watched a short video and toured their show room, museum, and production ...

... directions and they will leave their post of work and walk you there, even if its 10 minutes away (this has happened countless times - the day of nasty traveling it happened 3 times one a day) and be so courteous and sweet about it, it sometimes feels as though they are thanking you for the honour of showing you! The food is healthy, delicious, hygienic, cheap, and generous in portion and delivered with the best service you could hope for. Not to mention the fact that it ...

My attempts to thwart the jet lag have failed. At 2AM i am wide awake and ready to go... I arrived safely in Tokyo after fourteen hour flight and an hour train to get to Tokyo and my hotel. The train ride was pleasant, filled with beautiful scenery of lots of green hills and japanese style buildings. Quick flight recap: Plane size: 777 Best meal: Fish on sticky rice Worst meal: Rotini pasta and tomato sauce ...

... never forget the immense crowd there. Finally, we left the aquarium where we rode the subway to the Swiss Hotel. At the hotel, Taku dropped me off and went home so I could meet them at the farewell dinner. I want to say that I had a wonderful experience with Shibata family. They were an accommodating family that took me in their house as their own. I will never forget them and will stay in contact with them to hopefully see them in the future.