Shin-Yokohama Grace Hotel

... dropping back off our passport as we left the lounge. It took no time at all and S@S sure has gotten efficient when it comes to getting us checked through customs. I went back to my room and got ready to head out into Honolulu and was off the ship with Jessica, Audrey, Bri, and Tonya by 8am. We started walking towards Waikiki but gave up after a mile and jumped on the bus to the mall. We grabbed some starbucks while oohing and ahhing about all the American ...

... because there were two monkeys who decided fighting would be a good idea. The next couple of exhibits at the zoo were a little disheartening. I began to wonder whether humans really were the most intelligent species, because the animals in these exhibits new to stay out of the damn sun, unlike us. There were animals such as Japanese black bears, lions and several types of jungle cats that we had ...

... are real. It reminds me of kermit and those muppets. Although we are nothing like those professionals, having a video really brought them to life. We put background music and used this video to introduce our story and to sing the "hello song" with. You would have to see it to understand. So after we did the whole introduction with the puppets, we then sang songs with the kids. We did songs with a lot of jumping and running around. One song is called "Jump, shout, and ...

... to learn how to live together very well, and they clearly take a pride in that as everything seems immaculately clean and cared for. Our accomodation is quite good fun, albeit very small (as apparently is the norm in Japan). Our tatami (ie.sleeping on a mat on the floor) room has barely enough room for the ` bed` let alone our bags and some space to stand! We do have Japanese Kimono style dressing gowns to wear though which is a bit of ...

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... in the fact that they were the first harbour opened to foriegn trade in Japan & it is here that the first warehouses of their type was constructed in Japan. These warehouses, Yokohama Aka Renga Soko, still stand & though maybe renovated they still look impressive sitting boldly in an immaculate flagged courtyard as part of Rinkosen Promenade. The structure was very similar to the Albert Docks, Liverpool with the colour of the bricks but in (dare I say ...

... tend to be hyper-self-conscious of how others think of them. I once saw adverts for tissue paper to remove excess oil from the face. The advert said "How do men find you if you had an oily face?" I see people reading a lot on the train, but we don't know what they are reading. The books are covered with paper wrap - so that it may stops people from judging them by what they are reading. (But never mind those soft-porn comics that go uncovered!) But these actually kills ...

... at 8pm so I wont get kidnapped, I think I may be able to go just about anywhere in Tokyo now and not worry about going missing! I called Cara and sat in Starbucks on my phone (I was too shocked to realise this is considered quite rude here) and we both couldnt stop laughing. Not only have I lost an entire day here, but I have completely messed up my body clock! It is now 1am and I have only been awake for 6 hours! I dont know how the hell I am going to sleep! Or ...

... ved at snakke til trods for at han ikke kunne meget engelsk, saa det var noget gaetvaerk hvad der egentlig blev snakket om. Men skide sjovt var det. Og saa fik jeg da ogsaa lige smagt noget sake. Det skal jo goeres. Og det smagte faktisk udemaerket. Simone fik en rigtig klam drink der var ved at tage livet af os. Jeg maatte hjaelpe hende med at drikke den for det ville vaere super uhoefligt bare at lade den staa. Men ydr, den var klam. Den hed Red Eye og bestod af Oel og tomatjuice tror ...

... us hand made cards as a thank you for our time. We have them sitting on our mantle. I had read about fortune sheets. At the temple, I found tall cylindrical tin containers with small opening in them. I shook it, until a round stick with Japanese characters written on it came out of the opening. I asked a women which of the 100 drawers to pull. In those drawers were beautiful sheets of fortune telling papers written in Japanese. On the back was the English translation. I got ...