Back in Tokyo and we stopped off on our last whole day in the Akihabara region where all the electronics come cheaply. It was very busy with neon signs and hawkers and many advertised Duty Free. We walked into a small alleyway market with tons of little transitors and other electronic gagety thingies that would […]
Tag Archives: Japan 2007
Kyoto by Bike
by Bertha on 11. Oct, 2007 in Japan 2007, Travel
I got to Kyoto station about 4 hours earlier than everyone else and so I stored my bag in one of the lockers and wandered around the station and area since the LP said that it:s worth a look. Well, the Skywalk across the top of the station was a dissappointment because you couldn’t look […]
Okayama and Kurashiki
by Bertha on 09. Oct, 2007 in Japan 2007, Travel
I took the train from Tokyo station to Okayama on the super express to meet up with my friend. After getting picked up from the station, he took me around to see the sights briefly before we went to his grandmother`s restaurant for dinner. It`s a small restaurant with many regulars so it was pretty […]
Vicki`s Wedding Party
by Bertha on 08. Oct, 2007 in Japan 2007, Travel
Vicki`s wedding was really neat. Since everything starts basically on time here, hers was punctual too. Unfortunately for me, I jumped into a cab with a driver without GPS or any concept on how to read the map to the wedding even though it:s supposed to only be a 3 minute cab ride. My 15 […]
Harajuku
by Bertha on 05. Oct, 2007 in Japan 2007, Travel
So, yesterday the 5 of us wandered to Love Hotel Hill near Shibuya where we are staying and saw some interestingly colourful “hotels” where you rent rooms by the hour or by the night… Japanese people sometimes use them to crash if they have drunk too much and can`t make it home. The windows have […]
Shibuya
by Bertha on 04. Oct, 2007 in Japan 2007, Travel
Here I am using Angela’s laptop using the free internet in her and Dustin’s room. We are staying at the most famous intersection in Japan. All 17 people arrived and Vicki lead us all to the hotel. Ate some cool Japanesey food already. We had a dish that looked like calamari to me but it […]
3 Days and Counting
by Bertha on 30. Sep, 2007 in Japan 2007, Travel
Japan is coming up soon. I fly out on Wednesday and come back 10 days later. After the wedding, I’ve made plans (as in we said we would so something) to travel with team Chiang around Kyoto so it should be a good time. I’m not super excited but I hope it will be as […]
Planning Japan
by Bertha on 20. Aug, 2007 in Japan 2007, Travel
Am looking at stuff to do while visiting Japan for Vicki’s wedding. Dave and Winnie, Ange and Dustin are going too. (I think) I’ll be there for 10 days just because I feel guilty taking more time off since I already took 4 days earlier this month to go camping. I hope I can see […]
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