Jhoppers Osaka Central

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Takaisin Osakassa oltiin viimein kello 20.30 aikoihin ja käytiin vielä nopeasti pyörähtämässä Osakan-aseman lähellä olevissa valtavissa kaupoissa, etsimässä hiukan kaikenlaista tavaraa jatkoa varten. Nyt on pakko alkaa latautua jo tulevaan...

Jaahas ja tästä alkaa nyt todellinen humuviikonloppu! Tiedossa on kolme päivää silkkaa juhlaa, joten päivityksissä saattaa esiintyä pieniä viivästyksiä... :-)

... niin täytyy koittaa pitää laukut tiukasti selässä, ettei käy kuten viimeksi! Ei kuitenkaan ollut tänään samaa henkilöä ja hotellin esitetelineet ja miespolon selkä säilyi täten ehjänä. :-) Viimeksi saatiin tosi pieni huone, mutta nyt napsahti oikein kunnon jättipotti ja Japanin mittaluokassa tosi komean kokoinen on tämä huone. Aamiaiset kuuluu hintaan ja kivasti ikkunasta näkyy vielä ohi kiitävät luotijunat, ei voi valittaa!

Koska tälle illalle ei ...

... You weren't able to see much from the outside except for the palace wall.

On the way to the palace I learned all about the X-Man ...... yes, the comic book. Jordan is a big fan. In return, I told him all about the original Planet of the Apes movies (all five of them).

Oh, forgot to say that we stopped at Mcdonalds for breakfast and Starbucks for coffee.

We also stopped at the International Manga Museum. Unfortunately ...

... grapple around a sandbox! We saw a few other Semester at Sea students at the tournament, but we certainly had the best seats out of all of them - none of them had a little box like we did. We ate stadium sushi (comparable to a hot dog at a baseball game I suppose), and bought some sumo merchandise as well, we were just so hyped up about being there. By the time the big competitions began around 5, the arena was packed and the fans were cheering wildly. Most matches didn't ...

... und Mutter diesen Stand betreibt. Total nett! Dann haben wir auch noch okonomiyaki gegessen und noch mehr geredet. Immer mehr Kunden sind gekommen und unter 上手-rufen bin ich fast über mich hinausgewachsen. Aber hochmut kommt vor dem Fall (siehe nächsten eintrag).

Wieder im Hotel muss ich noch unser Türschild fotographieren. Wer findet den Fehler??

Überhaupt witzig, jetzt in Sendai haben wir das Zimmer 606 - kann man auch drehen wie man will 1_1

... Shrine that was about twenty minutes across the city. Again we were driving thru a large modern city to a little piece of history. It is a quiet place of meditations and remembrance of the past. There are many shrines in Japan, but this is one of the most famous. In Feudal Japan, an Empress led an army into Korea. She asked the three sea gods to watch over her army and that it accomplished its goal. She was successful and as a reward to the three sea gods ...

... night is based upon tomorrow's weather forecast. If the wheel is lit orange, then tomorrow is predicted to be sunny. If the wheel is green then tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy, and if the wheel is lit blue, then tomorrow will be raining. As we landed at Kansai airport on the day we arrived into Japan, the ferris wheel dominated the view out of our windows across Osaka Bay, as it was lit up ...

... away, and the museum with it's limited time dinosaur exhibit is right here in the park. check out the pics for dino bones, a whale shark and hungry, hungry hippo. Though I am missing my friends and family, I know I`ll see them in only just under six months. I can`t post any photos unfortunately because the computer I`m on is very old. Will Write again soon. Peace out! Ben

... me (which is unusual, but a method that is necessary to manage these children). So the first teacher teaches with me and translates what I am saying, while the other one manages the students. She has to deal with kids taking scissors to their skin (not in any suicidal manner of course, but just for attention), she deals with kids flinging themselves on the window ledges (again, not suicidal), with students leaving the classroom at every 2 minutes, all the while slamming the doors as they ...

... first up close look at the bright neon lights of Pachinko parlors, cozy noodle shops and convoys of Mopeds weaving wildly through the larger traffic. After nearly two hours on the bus we reached our destination and disembarked. After a short walk down quite and narrow residential streets we came to our seminar house. Upon entering we were greeted excitedly by a crowd of Japanese students. We were then immediately reminded to remove our shoes.