Destination: Japan
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Whether you end up taking photos of a reproduction Eiffel Tower, surfing an indoor wave, musing in a Zen temple, shacking up in a love hotel or kipping down in a capsule, you'll do best to come with an open mind and be prepared to be surprised.
Somewhere between the elegant formality of Japanese manners and the candid, sometimes boisterous exchanges that take place over a few drinks, between the sanitised shopping malls and the unexpected rural festivals, everyone finds their own vision of Japan.
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Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [12]
NOVEMBER 7TH-SATURDAY, WOKE UP THIS MORNING AT 4:30AM TO HEAD TO THE TSUJIKI FISH MARKET THE BIGGEST LIVE AUCTION IN THE WORLD. UPON ARRIVAL AT TSUJIKI STATION WE WHERE GREETED TO A FISHY SMELL WE KNEW WE WHERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, WE WHERE OFF TO FIND ... Read more >
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [12]
So this would have been way better detailed but I lost the first version I had of it which was very frustrating. Ok so again here we go. Stacey and I got up super early 4am to go to the tokyo fish market. which we kept putting off a lot and I was starting ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [37] | Comments [1]
So as I expected I've been very sick the whole time I've been here. For those who know me this is not a surprise lol. What makes it worse is were in a hostel with paper thin walls and no heating. So each day I feel I wake up worse than the day before.... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [25]
Well again awake at 4:00am trying again to sleep as long as I could but had some extra excitment today as I was heading to TOKYO DISNEY LAND!! When I did awake and finally got ready we went to go get a 250 Yen bento box, it is 2 blocks from our hostel ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By aaronmanz | Views [22] | Comments [1]
November 5 th ,
2009
Well,
Although I’m not quite finished the first week in Japan, I
figured I’d make a post to my travel blog because so much has happened already
that everything is starting to blur into itself. Sufficed to say, ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [33] | Comments [1]
So we have finally arrived in Japan. What a long flight! Matt was waiting at the airport for us when we arrived which was so nice. After getting used to the time difference we went to the Imperial Palace checked out their gardens and walked around ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [20]
WOKE UP THIS MORNING AT 4AM GETTING READY TO HEAD TO THE TSUJKI FISH MARKET, BUT AS I WAS DOING MY LAST MINUTE NAVIGATION SKILLS I FOUND IT WAS CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS, SO BACK INTO BED I WENT, I COULD NOT FALL ASLEEP AS I STILL IN CANADA TIME ZONE! AFTER ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [24]
AFTER A BAD SLEEP AND FREEZINGS TOES AND A LOUD NIGHT OF JAPANESSE PARTIERS IN OUR HOSTEL I WOKE UP AT 5:30AM THERE TIME WITH A VERY SORE THROAT AND LOTS OF AMBITION TO GET OUT AND SEE TOYKO. OUR FIRST DESTINATION WAS TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE WE HEADED ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [22]
AFTER A 11HR FLIGHT ON SINGAPORE AIRLINES WE ARRIVED IN TOYKO AT NARITA AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT WAS FUNUMABLE WE WHERE TREATED TO HOT TOWELS, SOCKS, TOOTH BRUSH-PASTE, 4 EXHUSITE MEALS ALL OF JAPANESSE TASTE AND BEN AND JERRYS ICE-CREAM AND ALL THE ALCHOL ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By ladydowse | Views [19]
So I’ll admit it. Right now I want out. Eight months down the line and I’m having unfamiliar feelings…I think normal people call it homesickness. (In my defence it is coinciding with culture shock bottom out and from having 10 days left to decide whether ... Read more >
Tags: homesickness, heads, hearts, meh!
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [29]
Brandon and I went down to American Village to check out their costume contest and grab a bite to eat. (Check out some of the costumes we saw in our photo gallery.) It rained off and on, so there wasn't as big of a turn out as predicted, but it was ... Read more >
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [28] | Comments [3]
As part of my on-going "Dessert Diplomacy" efforts, I made these cute Halloween spider cookies. They are frosted and decorated Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Brandon says they taste good. (I don't like chocolate cookies, so I've only sampled ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [32]
Megumi and I had a wonderful lunch at Soup Soup on the second floor of Max Furniture and right across from Today!OK. And no, I'm not kidding. We both chose soup sets. I had a bowl of their clam chowder, which was soy based with peas, carrots, onions, ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [30]
Day 3 Highlights: Seeing the tuna auction in action at the Tsukiji Market, the largest fish market in the world Taking the Shinkansen up to Sendai Taking the Loople bus to historical sights in Sendai Taking the local train to Matsushima, ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [44] | Comments [4]
Day 2 Highlights: Breakfast with Uncle Yasu and Aunt Toshiko at the Okura Hotel Asakusa’s Senso-ji temple and all the little shops out front Akihabara (electric town) with all the latest electronic gadgets Meiji-Jingu Buddhist temple, ... Read more >
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