Well, at long last its time for another post. Naturally since I've been back to Tokyo its been a slightly less eventful week. But it still had the obligatory tiny bananas:


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WELCOME TO JAPAN!


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I'm just about to go to sleep - but I just thought I'd post this while its still fresh in my mind. In the same vein of the last post, I just turned on the TV for about 8 seconds - a girl on a set answered some question. Then there was a buzzer - the lights turned red and a man in an evil panda costume came out. He then proceeded to clasp her ( Read more... )

Now the Yen has rebounded back to 99. Yey for buying high and selling low. Also, the second day in a long time that I didn't have my camera - a man in hamburgler costume was running through the crowd at Shibuya station.

Yen hit 95.8 to the dollar. Then it started to bounce back up. Note image of me sitting by the ATM with my laptop watching the rate real time (sigh). I saw it pass 97 and tried to withdraw as much as I could - catching it (luckily...?) at 97.5 Its 97.8 now. One on hand I could make more by waiting - on the other - some say above the 90s may ( Read more... )

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Travel guides all warn that the Hiroshima Peace Park is an intense experience; the subject matter is graphic, depressing, and deadly serious. I thought an lj-cut was in order. Click on the link to continue.

( Hiroshima Peace Park and A-Bomb Museum )

So finally, the last weekend in Hiroshima. I figured the trip would be depressing - and I was especially depressed even before departure when I hit the ticket counter. Exchange Rate:


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So yet again, its been a day. Woke up this muggy overcast morning in Kyoto and had to get to my hotel in Kobe for tonight. Thats the best I could do for availability, an entire CITY over. Osaka is en route and had numerous points of interest. So with the few hours before check in - to Osaka. The city houses a very large castle, but more ( Read more... )