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  • First Week in Kirari First week we stayed in Kirari, which is the International dorm at Hokkusei University. Trevor, Naomi, Steph and I took some walks around town. We had a lot of free time... This is the view from the University. The mountains are Posted by November in Divided roads and ocean blues | Sep 2, 2009
  • Oh Kyoto... 17/09 Today we had sashimi for breakfast, said goodbye to our Tokyo orange apartment and our Seiyu grocery store and headed to the train station direction Kyoto. We had one last lunch with our friend Shuhei before parting ways; him back Posted by thanh13 in Bloggin' N Globetrottin' | Sep 29, 2009
  • Silver week There are two major holiday weeks, with the exception of the New Years holiday, that are called silver week and golden week. Golden week is in the spring and silver week is in the fall. Essentially these weeks are given Posted by rmbarnes1 in Japan Happy Fun Time | Sep 28, 2009
  • Crazy, weird and amazing Tokyo!! 12/09 This morning, while I was updating our blog, Mark took advantage of it to catch up on his beauty sleep so when he woke up, he was in great shape to cook his first Japanese meal: Golden Curry!! It’s actually Posted by thanh13 in Bloggin' N Globetrottin' | Sep 26, 2009
  • Japanese food in Pictures Hello everybody! (just like Dr. Nick Riviera (Simpsons) would say it - lol!) or Konnichiwa to our Japanese friends. :) Ok, well Thanh has been doing alot of the writing lately (she will finish Tokyo soon), and that's because I Posted by malmn in Bloggin' N Globetrottin' | Sep 21, 2009
  • Life with Okasan, Matt and JJ Noriko-san (my first, and best, hostmom) Matt, Food and Jason (my two American hostbrothers for one week) [img=http://photos.t Posted by November in Divided roads and ocean blues | Sep 4, 2009
  • HI-C Welcome Party No need to go out for Karaoke every week but this was a good time. Hosted by the International group on campus. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/236780/DSC01545.jpg thumb=http://photos.trave Posted by November in Divided roads and ocean blues | Sep 19, 2009
  • Karaoke 1 Cheese Ramen Noodles. Really, really good ;) Some snapshots from my first Karaoke night with the International group. The beer Posted by November in Divided roads and ocean blues | Sep 11, 2009
  • Ooooh Osaka.... It was while I was strolling the streets of Kuala Lumpur when it struck me exactly how unprepared for Japan I was. If you can imagine landing in the worlds most developed and expensive countries for the first time without Posted by Theralipy in Ali's Asian Adventures... | Sep 19, 2009
  • Uh oh, Tokyo.... Hi everyone, woops, we kinda haven`t been too good at this thing, have we. Sorry. Here`s a recap of the last 5 days... Tuesday - we left Kyoto mid morning and jumped on a shinkansen to Tokyo. Posted by thommymay in World famous in Japan | Sep 18, 2009
  • Our introduction to crazy Tokyo!! After a 10 hour flight with a huge headache and not enough leg room, we set foot at Narita Airport. Japan has always been a dream destination for both Mark and I and we were beyond excited to finally make Posted by thanh13 in Bloggin' N Globetrottin' | Sep 17, 2009
  • Second day in Kyoto Day 2 in Kyoto started with a lazy morning and a trip to Sanjusangen-do temple, which has 1001 Budda’s all lined up in one long hallway (where they perform archery once a year). A spectacular sight. We then Posted by scurried in scurried | Sep 15, 2009
  • Osaka/Hiroshima/Kyoto Ohayo from Kyoto!! Last three days: OSAKA Started the morning off with a coffee (surprisingly good!) then a walk down Shinsaibashi Suji Shopping Mall and Dotonbori - a strip of restaurants and bars. Not many people out when we set out to Posted by thommymay in World famous in Japan | Sep 14, 2009
  • Don't fall off the mountain It is my belief that Japan has one of the most sophisticated train systems in the world. They are fast, efficient, always on time, and clean. Coming from Chicago where trains are slow, late, and filthy I was very excited Posted by rmbarnes1 in Japan Happy Fun Time | Sep 11, 2009
  • Chop sticks and round kicks! I took the bullet train from Hiroshima to Tokyo and wow it was a fast train. So the days has passed and i have been travelling around in Tokyo. Which is huge town with a lot people. I have been around Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Sep 11, 2009
  • Welcome to Osaka After an hour delay on the tarmac and an excruciating 8 hour flight, we arrived delirious at Kansai airport. We both had our navigational skills in top form and found a train to Osaka, then asked some locals for Posted by thommymay in World famous in Japan | Sep 11, 2009
  • Silver Weekend 4 days after deciding that we want to go to Kyoto and Hiroshima for the upcoming "Silver Week" (Weekend with 3 national holidays afterward, making it a 5 day weekend), Max and I have managed to book all of our Posted by Sincerity in Steph in Akita | Sep 8, 2009
  • In Tokyo! Going to bed now, will write more tomorrow. Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Sep 8, 2009
  • Sushi Max and I already knew two students when we arrived here. Yuto and Miki were both exchange students at St. Mary's and we were the excursion leaders for the St. Mary's international office. When we arrived, Yuto was nice enough Posted by Sincerity in Steph in Akita | Sep 7, 2009
  • Going to Tokyo So it's time to leave Hiroshima. I like Hiroshima very very very much. I had great fun here and people has been kind all the time. I am living 3 kilometres outside the city centre of Tokyo so i have put Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Sep 7, 2009
  • 37 degrees at most in Hiroshima Today i think it has "only" been 33 degrees in the shadows. But yesterday the temperature peaked to about 37 degrees which is WAY TO MUCH! I am exhausted all the time, much to the heat and also walking around Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Sep 7, 2009
  • Festivalpalooza One of the main things to do in my town is enjoy the nature and go hiking. I've gone hiking at a park close to my house and here are two pictures that I thought were really nice: [img=htt Posted by rmbarnes1 in Japan Happy Fun Time | Sep 7, 2009
  • Kyoto is hot hot hot The humidity hits us at the beautiful city, where old meets new near the fast flowing Kamo River. Kyoto is laid out on a grid system so easy to navigate, however we still couldn’t find the rendezvous point to Posted by scurried in scurried | Sep 6, 2009
  • How many shoes are too many? I've officially finished teaching my first week of school in Japan. It's gone very well. I've visited both of my junior high schools and three of my five elementary schools. The students in the elementary schools are so so so Posted by rmbarnes1 in Japan Happy Fun Time | Sep 6, 2009
  • In Hiroshima, Japan So a long day of travel finally ended with me actually leaving Vladivostok, Russia, doing plane transfer in Seoul, South Korea and a tourist migration into Hiroshima, Japan. First of all, just leaving Russia i felt was very stressful even if Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Sep 5, 2009
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