 | My dreams have been answered
2006-01-22, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | I’ve been waiting for this moment since I stepped into the country, all three times. No, it’s not the advent of Godzilla, nor does it have anything to do with a gigantic earthquake destroying all of t... |
|
| | |
 | Masa, Aki and the Khaosan Experience
2005-01-10, Tokyo, Japan. By: kev_jen | | While in Tokyo we spent a considerable amount of time at the beautiful Khaosan Guesthouse, located in Asakusa. We had spent a couple of days there surrounding the aforementioned Karaoke incident befo... |
|
| | |
| January Grand Sumo Tournament
2005-01-09, Tokyo, Japan. By: kev_jen | | After our brush with musical destiny we moved on to experience another Japanese tradition. Of course what could be more Japanese than SUMO Wrestling?!?! Luckily we just happened to be in the right p... |
|
| | |
| Encore, Encore!!!!
2005-01-09, Tokyo, Japan. By: kev_jen | | After a day of sightseeing in Asakusa we decided that we could use a drink. You`d be amazed at how hard it is to find a bar when you can`t read the signs. Either way we wound up walking for a little... |
|
| | |
| Konichiwa from Japan
2005-01-06, Tokyo, Japan. By: kev_jen | | You guessed it, we have finally arrived in Japan! Well the truth is, we arrived on Dec. 30th, but we couldn`t find an internet cafe that wouldn`t break our budget.
Our first few days here were ver... |
|
| | |
 | Tokyo
2005-12-30, Tokyo, Japan. By: pedrofletc | | Hi everybody,
V and I are in Tokyo now, and heading on to Bristol on the 1st.
On the first day we arrived at a reasonable hour of the morning, took a train to a station near Emi`s place where s... |
|
| | |
 | Christmas Day
2005-12-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | Well I don’t think we’ve ever had a Christmas day like that before in our lives. A number of reasons *might* have contributed to the fact, one might be Heather, one might be winter and one might be t... |
|
| | |
 | Day 1: Delays, layovers, Tokyo...
2005-01-21, Tokyo, Japan. By: Jemoma | | After boarding the plane, we sat for a while past the scheduled takeoff before they announced that we all had to get off the plane, since the water hose had frozen to the plane or some crazy crap. The... |
|
| | |
 | Movin Shmovin
2005-11-24, Tokyo, Japan. By: kellie | | Owatta!!
After an incredibly ill timed and unorganised shift of one`s few, but precious possessions - I am now settling into my new Nihonjin filled aparto. Unlike my two previous box-like dwelling... |
|
| | |
 | Already visiting places unplanned for
2005-10-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: BlackCoupe | | Well, I can add tokyo to my list of places I've been now, because we have about a 3 hour layover here before we take another 6 hour flight to Bangkok. The 747 we took on the way here left a little som... |
|
| | |
 | Japanese Cinema
2005-09-10, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | As film buffs, we made a few errors in choosing to come to Japan. Firstly Japanese films aren’t subtitled (foreign film are still in English, but we can’t view any local fair). Secondly, we’ve only b... |
|
| | |
 | The Missing Photos
2005-08-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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 boug... |
|
| | |
| Breaking News
2005-08-07, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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... |
|
| | |
 | Tokyo Strikes Again
2005-07-28, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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 squ... |
|
| | |
 | Tokyo DisneySea
2005-06-23, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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... |
|
| | |
 | Kana`s friends bday party Shibuya/Roppongi
2005-07-09, Tokyo, Japan. By: Masato | | Met this girl Kana a week ago at Club Lex. She was a hella sweet girl and invited me to her friend (Jun`s 22nd birthday party). We had fun at the party and got drenched in the rain. Everyone was drunk... |
|
| | |
 | Food and Friends
2005-06-14, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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... |
|
| | |
 | Sayonara!!
2005-05-29, Tokyo, Japan. By: Ramblinman | | Ohayo gozaimas!!
hi everyone, just wanted to write quickly in case I don’t get another chance before I leave for Oz!! Have had a wicked weekend hanging out with Twomey-san and his mates, went to an... |
|
| | |
 | Chicken Oriental
2005-05-28, Tokyo, Japan. By: Ramblinman | | Konnichiwa gang!!
Am recovering back at Twomey-san’s flat with a tall Tazo Chai Tea Latte (that’s a mouthful, so’s the drink as it happens…) from Starbucks next door (yes, they are here everywhere ... |
|
| | |
 | Sad days people, Sad days
2005-05-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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... |
|
| | |
 | Greetings from neon light country
2005-05-23, Tokyo, Japan. By: Ramblinman | | Konnichi wa!!
Hey gang, hope everything’s fine and dandy!! After a long overnight flight in a slightly packed 747, I’m settling into the pace of life here in Tokyo very nicely!! It’s a fantastic pl... |
|
| | |
 | The land of Emily's work
2005-05-20, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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, ... |
|
| | |
 | |
| | |
| It's a boring old game
2005-05-09, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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... |
|
| | |
| Why Japanese are so fit and healthy
2005-04-23, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | 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.
... |
|
| | |
