Japan Day 12 |
The word foreign has an entirely new meaning now. There are of course similarities in people that are constant anywhere you go. We're all the same in many ways...just people livin our lives. But the d...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 20:50:00 GMT |
Japan Day 10.5 |
...Ok.It's been a bit rainy in Tokyo this week.Unseasonable according to locals. Especially since it was so warm and nice here a few days back.There was enough of a break on Sunday though so the stree...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 20:31:00 GMT |
Japan Day 10 |
Japan's cities are big and densley packed, spread out across the more flat areas of the four island nation.Kyoto is big. Nagoya is huge. The only single word that I can come up with to describe Tokyo'...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 22:00:00 GMT |
Japan Day 8 |
Nagoya.Kyoto was big. Nagoyaa is huge! just about as much giant modern metropolitan city as anyone could want to come to.We only got to spend a day here, but saw some really cool sights downtown, and ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT |
Japan Day 7 |
Hafta leave Kyoto today.I said the day we got here, that there is no way two weeks in Japan is going to be enough.The more time that went by in Kyoto, the more I wanted to see an learn. There will nev...
Posted by on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT |
Japan Day 5 |
So after a few days, the initial state of awe of being in such a foreign place is beginning to fade...we were talking about this earlier. It is such a great feeling, and something I've looked forward ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT |
Japan Day 4 |
Ever seen an 800 year old building completely covered with pure gold leaf?Kinkakuji, built in the 1220s was the comfortable and serene villa for a succession of important leaders and figures for many ...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT |
Japan Day 3 |
More about the old, and then a bit about the new...Took a train about an hour from Kyoto to a town called Nara. It was nice to get out of the city a bit and see some more outlying areas.A couple thing...
Posted by on Sat, 03 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT |
Japan Day 2 |
Ok I f*****g love Japan.So after a long and complicated journey, we finally got to head out to start seeing the sights and experiencing the culture here in Kyoto.There's so much to talk about I could ...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 22:00:00 GMT |
Japan Day 1.5 |
Finally on the ground in Japan!It's been a long tough trip and this is just about how the whole of it has looked so farThough this one wasn't taken in a plane, but instead in a Shinkansen, or Bullet T...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT |
