 | My first day back.
2008-03-05, Asakusa, Japan. By: Marcus | | Well, after a year abnd a third away, i have finally returned to Japan. it`s a little different this time, as i`m visiting all the places i didn`t get to last time. at the moment, i`m in Asakusa, Toky... |
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 | Saying Sayonara to my 3rd years
2008-03-04, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | This past Friday was a very emotional day at school for me. I found out the day before that Friday would be my last class with my 3rd yr students. They graduate on the 11th of March and are basically ... |
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| Belly dancing- Mito style!
2008-03-04, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | As I've hinted at before, I have joined a dance class at Mito Community College. My friend, Yuko, teaches the class and I was really excited to finally be able to sign up for it. Class started two wee... |
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 | January Highlights
2008-01-31, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Only 2 more months until I'm home!
Celebrating New Years with family and my bubie.
Fully appreciating and taking advantage of my apartment until I have to leave.
Going to Daigo for a weekend with t... |
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 | Mito International Potluck
2008-02-23, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Saturday Josh invited me to the Mito International center for a potluck they have occasionally. I wasn't super excited about it, but I figured I needed to stop being so anti-social so I decided to go.... |
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 | So I Finally Vomited!
2008-03-01, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | This weekend Elena, Jenn, and I went to Tokyo for the weekend.
Saturday Jenn went and got a fabulous new cut and color while Elena and I wandered around Harajuku shopping (though we didn't buy mu... |
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 | Eating Horsemeat and Clubbing
2008-02-16, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Saturday Paul and I decided to go and eat some horsemeat, a specialty in Japan that I wanted to try before leaving. Paul had recommended a place at Mito station, so Matt and I met up with him around 6... |
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 | Happy Valentine's Day!
2008-02-14, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Valentine's Day was pretty cool this year despite being away from my boyfriend for the day. He was very cute and mailed me a large envelope that I saved to open on the actual day. It turns out he drew... |
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 | Gretings from Japan!
2005-04-07, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | We finally made it!! Hurra hurra! (insert fireworks and bangs and cracking noises here). Wow, I’m actually here. It seemed like it would take forever to get here. Our apartment is very small, but we w... |
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| Tissues anyone?
2005-04-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Well I tell you it’s hard to forget where you are in this crazy place.
Tokyo is just as random as the films make it out to be. Yesterday we were trying to find our way through Shinjuku station, wh... |
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| Bedazzle, monks, Shibuya
2005-04-09, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Have you ever seen a procession down a busy street of singing monks followed by Japanese men in colourful animal suits? Cause we have. We were minding our own business toddling off down to the shops w... |
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| Top 5 things we miss about Melbourne
2005-04-16, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Top 5 things we miss about Melbourne...
5 People who understand you (well most of the time)
4 Wardrobe space, sidewalk space, space on the train...space in general
3 Smoke free restaurants...*cou... |
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| Why Japanese are so fit and healthy
2005-04-23, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | A little over two weeks we have been in Japan and what a crazy manic time we have had. Since being here I have had a few ideas that I thought I would share with you, my dear readers, about Japan.
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| It's a boring old game
2005-05-09, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | WARNING: This post is extremely boring, unless you are actually interested in what I do at work, then leave now.
Well I bet you are all wondering about how I spend the better part of half my time i... |
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| The land of Emily's work
2005-05-20, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Well everyone seems to be interested in what it is I do with my daze here in Japan.
Well my part time job is teaching English to kids, very young kids! 0-7.
You may all say oh how cute, how fun, ... |
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| Sad days people, Sad days
2005-05-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | This story isn't specifically related to our journey, but it is very disappointing. Yesterday I travelled out to the far stretches of Tokyo is search of a place that will transfer the first two rolls ... |
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| Our first trip out of Tokyo
2005-06-07, Japanese Alps, Japan. By: travelalex | | As the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) started to approach speeds of almost 300km/hr things had started to settle down a little. We were becoming comfortable in our Green Class (First Class) seats and stari... |
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| Food and Friends
2005-06-14, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | 1. Our newfound friends
Walking home from Sangubashi station with Matt, a Californian who lives in the same building as us, we started to ascending the stairs before we heard a mighty roar of “Whaz... |
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| Tokyo DisneySea
2005-06-23, Chiba, Japan. By: travelalex | | Sorry it’s been such a long wait, we’ve done so much over the last month we haven’t known where to start. Loris and Elliott visited, we stayed in a beautiful 300 year old Ryokan in picturesque Hakone,... |
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| Tokyo Strikes Again
2005-07-28, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | As you might have heard, Tokyo has been rocked by two large earthquakes recently. The first occurred last Saturday. Walking in the skyscraper district, everything started shaking, a parked truck squea... |
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| Breaking News
2005-08-07, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | BREAKING NEWS
As an esteemed representative of AlexandEm Inc. I would like to squash the rumour that we will be departing the country so that certain members of our organization can engage in cinem... |
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| The Missing Photos
2005-08-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Being a photographer and a visually orientated person, I like to include photographs when we uploading our little adventure stories. Unfortunately, when Loris Meadows visited two months ago, she bough... |
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