We stopped here on the way back from Sapporo for about 4 hours in the afternoon. It was a nice enough town, big enough for us to spend an afternoon wandering around and exploring. The town itself was quite pretty and compact, we needed to find an Internet place so spent a lot of time looking for one. The first one we found wanted our passport an...

Well, well, I`ve finally got time to write something about the first two weeks of our travels... As you all know, we started off in Tokyo. As you can probably guess, it`s very much different that what we`re used to. How you order food, what you eat, how you dress, how you talk, where you can smoke... So much stuff to learn in just a few days... ...

tsaukki, Morioka-citysta iltaterkkuja. Jotkut varmaan tietaa kaupungin talviolympialaisista 1993...heh, niin makin tiesin sen vasta taalla ollessa. Taas yks kaupunki mista tykkaan, ei liian iso eika liian pieni ja rauhallinenkaan. Eilen kaytiiin taas lapi nahtavyydet ja tanaan oltiin paivaretkella Tazawa-ko:lla..noin puolisen tuntia junalla tast...

This morning I had a bit of an Italy moment... I went walking on my own looking for Coffee or a new pair of shoes (I really need a new pair, these ones are dying on me). But instead I ran into the drummer, Scott. He's a US citizen who's lived out here for 20 years, and speaks beautiful Japanese. He told me to follow the river, and check out cast...

This morning we met in the lobby, and got in the big fancy bus to get to the airport. And I mean fancy bus... full of doilies, and chandelier bits. Classy ride! I was stopped at airport security because of something, and I wasn't sure why. Again... my phrase book was packed away and I had very little idea what was wrong... Turns out, Samuri swor...

We stayed here for two nights but due to another typhoon we were stuck inside most of the time! we did buy umbrellas but they broke due to the wind straight away! We did go out for a nice meal and an all you can drink for 2hrs for 9 pounds each (the waiter wouldnt leave us alone LOTS AND LOTS OF DRINK). We spent the next day in bed hungover!!