Toyoko Inn Ikebukuro Toshima

... with my waist size (I bike to school every day; I shouldn’t be getting fatter!) so now I don’t fit their stuff. :(

With the exception that and getting lost, I had an awesome day. My dream is to be like the B:Lily-Rose garcon. I think the fact that we had so much in common made me forget that they were supposed to be pretending to be guys. Or maybe it was the fact that because the theme is boys love, they didn’t ...

... of the day was the amazing night we were about to get into. We started by going to a place called "Lock Up". Picture traditional japanese dining....in a jail cell....novel concept, although we didn't get much food. Luckily we had plenty to drink. The next stop was this ridiculous club. 6 stories, with the top 3 being separate dance floors. I can't really put the club ...

... for me to sit at the counter where a sushi chef is making the food right in front of me. Hamarikyu garden Only a short walk down the street, and we were in the Hamarikyu garden. For the first time the sun was shining on us and we felt overdressed and warm, so we ended up taking of our jumpers and jackets. Sadly we didn't have much time as a boat was waiting for ...

... of premiere executive. Then she asked if I wouldn't like to have an economy plus seat. Well sure, why not? Membership does have its privileges. Upon arrival at the Bangkok airport, I talked to Chris via phone, who was in Chicago awaiting to head to Tokyo. All still sounded good, so I headed off to the hotel to sleep for a few hours before my side trip to Malaysia the following day. Chris:

I am tryiing to get used to Emis computer keyboard so beware. Today I spent it first with an Indian lunch with Emi. but I got lost. Took the wrong street..who would have guessed. But I knew where I was and just back tracked. It:s not that bad navigating Tokyo really. I then had to take my first venture into the Tokyo Subway system. I was ever so careful as I know they have this line and that going here and there and I don:t know much so I ...

Hey *ll, Li*m here. Since the l*st upd*te we've left the US, re*ched J*p*n, *nd h*ve found * (biz*rre) pl*ce to upd*te - * che*p, rent*ble *ll-night m*ng* comic *nd internet 'booth' of the kind th*t some people here *pp*rently live *nd sleep in. We've got some c*tching up to do - this entry covers Toronto, Ni*g*r*, Se*ttle, the S*n Ju*n Isl*nds *nd S*n Fr*ncisco - hope you enjoy! Toronto: It took * surprisingly long time to get to the ...

... we wouldn't know which button to press to withdraw or get our card back...That could be a slight problem. We next tried another 7-11 looking place and asked for some help with the Japanese. Unfortunately, that ATM did not take our card either. Determined to do something, I went back to the bank and headed for a cashier. I handed her my ATM card and made a sign for money with my hand since no one spoke English. She muttered some Japanese at me and then realized ...

... the other side. The next testing was a group of adult students with white obi's, followed by two testings of students with brown obi's. Finally, one of the sensei's who wears a hakama had a lengthy testing of his own. The throws and movements of the prior testings had all been relatively familiar to me from watching others learn them in class. This sensei, however, practices at a much higher level, and many of the movements he performed were ...

... in Japan have these features.) The national museum was pretty impressive, as well, with tons of art from all over Japan and the rest of Asia. But probably my best (and most memorable) moments involved funny mishaps, language difficulties, or really bizarre things I saw. Many of these moments involve food. Tokyo is a difficult city (at least in my opinion) for people who don't speak Japanese. Lots of restaurants have picture menus, and a ...

... of the museum. We had a short break in a confrence room. We were told earlier that we would not be meeting the president of PED because he was extremely busy all day, but fortunately he asked to see us for a brief moment. He was very enthusiastic about our visit. We went back into our meeting room. We were then asked back by the president to take a group picture. We were very honored that he would take time to see us and take a picture with us ...