by Collin | Jun 7, 2004 | Travel
Today started off a little late with a visit to the Internet cafe to send a few emails home and let everyone know when we’d be getting home. After that we headed to our favorite yakimeshi place up the road to enjoy lunch. The lady who runs the restaurant had...
by Collin | Jun 6, 2004 | Travel
Today we return from Tokyo back to our home base in Kameoka for a party at E-chan’s house later that evening. During the train I finally got around to sending out the postcards that I had picked up so long ago. I know these will be sent out very late but I have...
by Collin | Jun 5, 2004 | Travel
Today was our big day off and we had a couple of choices open to us about what we could do. We could head out to Mt. Fuji or stay in Tokyo. We decided against Fuji because it was too much time on a train and not enough time doing stuff. Out targets for the day were...
by Collin | Jun 1, 2004 | Travel
Daily Galleries Tokyo Other Links Tokyo Tourism WebsiteAfter sleeping late and a quick run to the Internet café we headed out to Tokyo. It consisted of a two and a half hour train ride on the bullet train where the landscape zoomed (and the other trains) passed us in...
by Collin | May 31, 2004 | Travel
Today was our second totally free day of the trip. A few of us decided to sleep a little late and then make it to the internet cafe for about an hour. In response to a comment from a reader of my site, fanny packs are sexy. ‘Nuff said. After the leaving Kameoka,...
by Collin | May 29, 2004 | Travel
This morning was a little sad. Our host families came to see us off and I got to see Hiromi-san, Naho-chan, and the boys for the last time. I gave the boys one last piggy-back ride and twirled them around until none of us could stand up. Before too long, it was time...
