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Day 1: Kobe
June 4, 2008 - Kobe, Japan
Beware, Japan! The gaijin have arrived!! Today Randy took off of work, so we decided to do some exploration of Kobe. We grabbed some onigiri rice balls from the store and headed to downtown. Randy’s train stop, Tanigami Station, is apparently one of the more expensive stops in Japan, ataround 510 yen ( about 5 bucks ). We rode the train...
Placed by Matt and Jess in Japan
Arrival!
June 3, 2008 - Kobe, Japan
So I'd never been on a plane before... After having been up since 9am Sunday morning, we decided to go ahead and pull an all-nighter so we could sleep on the plane. Our first flight, from Atlanta to Toronto, was a micro-mini plane, with 10 rows on each side. Matt said he wasn't sure if our attendant was gay or just really French... Going...
Placed by Matt and Jess in Japan
Japan Highlights
March 10, 2008 - Osaka, Japan
JAPAN Sleeping in a "capsule". Thanks Jenny for organising that. Overcoming my fear of public nekedness and taking a bath in an Onsen (hot spings, at Hakone). And once again at our Ryokan hotel in Osaka. Hot Stone spa (again involving nekedness) Eating a lot, A LOT, of red bean sweets and awesome pastries from their really nice bakeries. Special...
Placed by Arlynne in Where's Lynn?
Stamina City
May 3, 2008 - Tokyo, Japan
Have you ever laughed at pictures of Japanese people falling asleep on the underground trains? Well tis no wonder as this city saps stamina by the bucket load. In fact you DO see many people asleep on the underground here as it is plausibly the only quiet moment they get where they are not dashing about. The seats in the carriages of the...
Placed by Barrie in 148 Days Around the World
Sumo Sumo
April 30, 2008 - Tokyo, Japan
The Sumo experience was very interesting indeed. The guide had told me that she had real difficulty getting one of the "stables" to agree to let us in due to a big tournament coming up (not sure if they were all practising special moves?!) As we arrived we were greeted by an out of breath sumo in his outfit standing outside the stable doing...
Placed by Barrie in 148 Days Around the World