Tozan Odawara

... Centeriin (Keio Line) kesti noin 40 minuuttia, hinta 330 jeniä/suunta (2,5€) ja ihan kivoja kaupunkimaisemia ikkunasta vilisi.

Tämä Hello Kitty on Suomessa selkeästi enemmän lapsille suunnattu homma, mutta täällä Japanissa löytyy melkein mitä tahansa tavaraa Hello Kitty tuotemerkillä varustettuna. Itse asiassa, jos kirjoittaisin tähän mitä kaikkea Hello Kitty tavaraa täältä löytyy, niin joku imaisisi takuulla kahvit väärään kurkkuun ja pari hernettäkin nenään samaa kyyti ...

... br>While we were out Wendy had been in touch with JAL and Maria's luggage was finally on its way to Tokyo. We were told it had been unable to leave Beijing due to the bad weather brought on by a faux pas from the Beijing Weather Modification Office (although we discovered later it had inadvertently been sent to Kuala Lumpur - thanks Air China!). So, only two days late - it arrived by courier at around 11pm. Yay.

... out personnel are extremely thorough, you are given bags that you take to a table about 20 feet away where you bag your own groceries before you leave the store. On one of my last trips I was struggling with the items I had purchased when the cashier came running over to show me she had given me two bags. One of which was the appropriate size for my carry out item. Once again her ...

... to the ryokan, one must enjoy the natural onsen or hot spring baths that are scattered all over Japan. These are just thermal water, some with different chemical or natural elements that help, relieve or soothe the body. It is a long time tradition in Japan and it is ...

... Mrs. Sakuma) and Stephen (who politely averted his eyes for the chest auscultation :) were there for translation help. We did not know this in advance, so it was rather cozy in the exam room. The visit was brief, much like the usual 10 minute encounters in conventional American clinics. I was provided a transcription of the visit note, which he completed online and told to take 5 different medications. When I politely requested that I be given only certain of these, he said ...

... cravates qu'on croise la semaine.

On a aussi ete a Akihabara... mon cauchemar et le quartier prefere de Fred. C'est le quartier ou il y a des magasins d'electroniques partout. Il y en a un enorme, c'est juste de la folie! Imaginez Mediamarkt, doublez la surface et mettez-en 5 etages. No comment....

Le dimanche on a ete faire ...

... Still dead fear of heights. The falls became spiral spins on the snow which had me facing upwards towards the top of the run. How interesting. My 4th time down the run marked my completion of a seamless (!!!) motion of skiing down the run without falling! Hurray!!! The ski fields closed at 4pm so Mich took the time to do some yoga. I also killed some time by showing off my gymastics skills. Ange and Mich ...

... my sister. After my flight we got into Tokyo and were trying to find cell phones so we could contact my mo‚� so we could meet up with Lindsay and see if her flight got in on time. After walking around in Tokyo, we did not find a store that sold them. Luckily, we found a store in Tokyo Station, but we also had to catch the train up to Morioka. We had three minutes to spare, so we ran with our backpacks to the track that we were supposed to go to... Yeah, we got on the wrong ...

... of shopping centres. We had a curry, a little more than we had been use to paying but it was nice. Roppongi was an area crammed with bars, there were literally hundreds. The area was a favourite with the expat community and bars representing every part of the globe could be found there. We went to a bar called Paddy Foley's so I could watch a bit of the premiership football. Beer was a cool £4.50 a pint. We had a couple there before headed back to the hotel.

... performing some rites in front of a crowd of well-dressed dignitaries. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find out what they were actually doing as yet, although a student suggested it probably had something to do with the arrival of spring, symbolised by the first cherry blossoms. If this is true, then the "well-dressed dignitaries" were probably executives of surgical mask-producing companies giving thanks for the sudden release of ...