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- Fugu Me
- We Gonna Rock Down To Electric Avenue - Things to Do When Your Wallet is Missing - See No Common Sense - Inner Child - Goldilocks and The Three Bowls - Sensory Overload - Searching For Godzilla - School Day - Indoor Fun - Live-Action Japanimation - Bullet Time - Zen and The Art of Bicycle Maintenance - The Japanese Connection - A Castle Tale - Fahrenheit 8/6 - The Critters of Miyajima - Farewell Surprise |
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September 27, 2004
Fugu MeDAY 337: One thing I never expected this Blog to do is actually have influence on the course of The Trip; usually a travel Blog is just a report on stuff that happens without ever actually being a part of...Read this entry September 28, 2004
We Gonna Rock Down To Electric AvenueDAY 338: Japanese technology can be seen all over the world, from a mobile phone in a remote town in Africa to a big home theater in Chicago, USA. Chances are that the very computer you are using right now...Read this entry September 29, 2004
Things to Do When Your Wallet is MissingDAY 339: People came from the left, right, north, south, east, west, northwest and north north west. Everywhere I turned there was another person speeding along on two legs trying to get somewhere. I stood in the middle of the...Read this entry September 30, 2004
See No Common SenseDAY 340: Tokyo is a huge sprawling metropolis with the area of 2,187 sq. km., almost 400 times larger than a football field. With so many buildings spread out over such an expanse, it's no wonder Tokyo was chosen to...Read this entry October 04, 2004
Inner ChildDAY 341: Slurping your noodles in a restaurant in the Western World isn't exactly proper manners, but in Japan it is actually encouraged; the intake of air is supposed to enhance the flavor of the them. Slurping is something that...Read this entry Goldilocks and The Three BowlsDAY 342: Of all the amazing technology in Japan, I must give honorable mention to the advancements in the toilet industry. Yes, the Japanese even use technology to make the daily experience of taking a dump easier. When I first...Read this entry Sensory OverloadDAY 343: I am probably a bit biased when I say this, but I think my generation, the generation whose childhood took place in the 1980s, is the best generation. It was in the 80s that the video game revolution...Read this entry October 06, 2004
Searching For GodzillaDAY 344: I never really realized how much Japanese pop culture had become world pop culture until I got to Japan. From video games to anime films, Japan has contributed many things to international pop culture, and none is bigger...Read this entry October 07, 2004
School DayDAY 345: Liz's job in Japan was a corporate trainer and English teacher for businesspeople. Most of her clients were Japanese businessmen and businesswomen who needed to learn English for their employers, to reach a particular rating by the Foreign...Read this entry October 08, 2004
Indoor FunDAY 346: Typhoon season in Japan occurs during the change in climate around the coming of autumn, from about August to October, much like the hurricanes that hit the Caribbean and the eastern seaboard of North America. Unlike the American...Read this entry Live-Action JapanimationDAY 347: Voltron. Pokémon. G-Force. Yu-Gi-Oh. Speed Racer. Unless you've been hiding in a cave for the past fifty years (without a TV), you must recognize at least one of these titles (each one representing a decade since the 1960s)....Read this entry October 09, 2004
Bullet TimeDAY 348: "I'm quite envious that you're going to Kyoto," Liz confessed to me at the dining table that morning. She had lived in Japan for five odd years, but had never made it out to tour the former Imperial...Read this entry Zen and The Art of Bicycle MaintenanceDAY 349: Kyoto is the other must-see city (aside from Tokyo) for anyone with a short amount of time in Japan, according to the 1997 Lonely Planet guide. "More than any other city in Japan, if you care to seek...Read this entry The Japanese ConnectionDAY 350: When I was on a tour to ride camels in the Sahara desert of Morocco, I met a young Japanese guy in my group named Muzza. He, along with the cartoon philosophical Vancouverite Sebastian and others including myself,...Read this entry October 11, 2004
A Castle TaleDAY 351: Osaka, as Lonely Planet says, is a big modern city concerned with money, food and drink but "if you go looking for beauty, [it] will surely disappoint." However, when I got off the local JR train (cheaper than...Read this entry Fahrenheit 8/6DAY 352: August 6, 1945, 8:14 a.m. It was a clear, sunny day over the city of Hiroshima, a city that prided itself as a center of education. People of the Saragakucho district, a vibrant neighborhood of actors and artisans,...Read this entry October 13, 2004
The Critters of MiyajimaDAY 353: One of the iconic and most photographic structures in Japan is the Ohtorii Gate, a bright orange gateway marking the entrance to the Itsukushima Shine on Miyajima Island. This island was a daytrip away from Hiroshima and I...Read this entry Farewell SurpriseDAY 354: Whispers were going back and forth between Hiroshi and Liz. They wanted to take me out for dinner for my last night in Japan, but they wanted the location to be a surprise. Maybe it's sushi. Maybe it's...Read this entry |