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Tue, 20 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1175]
After walking around Asakusa a bit and getting the obligatory photo taken with the Asahi Beer headquarters building: (check out the "foam" on that giant mug of beer!), we set out for another adventure. Wait, what's that you say? You've ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [855] | Comments [3]
We met up with the Tomita family in Asakusa our third day in Tokyo. This was Brandon's (and Iori's) first time to Asakusa and our first time to meet Sakurako's hubby, Nobuhiko. This is the famous Kaminarimon Gate. Everyone stops to get their ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [738]
I'd like to take a moment to pay homage to the area of Nakano in Tokyo. It houses a covered alley of small stores that is attached to a multi-level shopping plaza. It is in this multi-level shopping plaza that our Tours+ guide, Chris (he was the ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1519] | Comments [2]
I hadn't seen Reiko since my last solo trip to Tokyo in 2005. She hadn't even met Brandon yet. Needless to say, she and I were both quite excited to see each other again! We met up for dinner and drinks at a yakitori bar in Shibuya. They had an ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [773]
On our trip to Tokyo last week, we made plans to meet up with Reiko (my first Japanese exchange student - and her family was my first Japanese host family) in Shibuya for dinner and drinks. Brandon and I spent the morning exploring Akihabara and then ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1070]
Okinawa has one major expressway, running from Nago to below Naha. We've heard all sorts of amazing stories about how it cuts down travel time and that it has practically mythical speed limit of *gasp* 80 KPH (to put that into perpective, that's only ... Read more >
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [776] | Comments [1]
Brandon had July 5th off from work, so we decided to put our annual Aquarium pass to good use and drove up north for the day. They have a few rows of seating in the large aquarium room and we decided to sit and watch the whale sharks and rays. They ... Read more >
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By yoshi | Views [1658]
After spending the last two years completing a Master's in Finland, Switzerland and the Netherlands, it is time to move on again (to my 24th home in my 12th country...not that I'm collecting or anything) and this time it's back to Japan. On July 28th ... Read more >
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Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By yoshi | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 4 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [777]
Happy Independence Day, everyone! We celebrated at the Torii festival on Saturday. Huge, American-style hamburgers were on the menu for lunch. I made it through half of mine (about the same amount as a normal-sized hamburger would be) before deferring ... Read more >
Sun, 4 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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