 | Tokyo with Mom and Kat
2007-07-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | So Friday I headed out immediately after school to Tokyo where my mom and my sister has been in for the past day. The trip was nice, I love the express train, and I got to the hotel by 8:30pm. It was ... |
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 | Tokyo is CRAZY!
2007-07-01, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Damn...waht a weekend!
Sunday was an unexpected trip to visit my friend Susie who was visiting for 3 days. We didn't exactly plan it out and it was difficult meeting up cuz she was only going to be... |
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 | Los Angelos to Narita Airport
2007-06-12, Tokyo, Japan. By: mikegagnon | | As I write this it is the middle of the night and the lights are out in the Narita International Airport. Everyone is sleeping, but my internal clock is completely out of sync with my surroundings. ... |
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 | The blackest sky and the darkest ocean
2007-05-20, Tokyo, Japan. By: sbirch | | As I fly to Bali the sky has turned pitch black we are flying over the darkest ocean I have ever seen. The moon is a super-thin crescent laying on its bottom casting the softest glow on the water bel... |
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| Observations from the train
2007-05-20, Tokyo, Japan. By: sbirch | | When I arrived in Tokyo I only exchanged $40 assuming I’m only here for 24 hours how much could I need. I also thought I could get more from an ATM on any corner. Not quite so easy….. for one all of... |
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 | Tokyo
2007-05-19, Tokyo, Japan. By: sbirch | | My flight to Tokyo was awesome… I had not flown in business class or first class in a long time. What a treat... JAL has these seats that are in cocoons and lay almost completely flat. I watched fou... |
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 | Happy Easter!
2007-04-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Hello all and happy Easter! I'll have all of you know that with only 4 hours of sleep, Judy and I went religiously through a 1-hour subway ride to her church and witnessed the Easter service. They had... |
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 | Officially Completed Training!
2007-04-07, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Today we presented our mock teaching lessons to our peers and I must say, I feel my partner and I did really well, even with his hangover from last night. I'm very loud, I project my voice, I can spea... |
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 | Training...so much Training!
2007-04-05, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | So today is our official 4th day of training, but really our 2nd full day of training for our classes. It's been really kinda freaking me out as we've moved along. Yesterday we made an outline for our... |
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 | Day 1 of Training
2007-04-02, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Nothing super exciting yet, but I figure I should take advantage of the free internet from the hotel as much as I can before I have to figure out how to pay for mine at my apartment.
Today was Day ... |
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 | Arriving April 1st
2007-04-01, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Hello all and I'm officially in Japan!! Arrived around 1pm LA time, and Japan is 16 hours ahead. Right now it's 9:15pm so it's about 5:15am on the same day.
The flight was okay, 12 hours of sitti... |
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 | Tokyo Airport - Shopping Sucks!!
2006-12-27, Tokyo, Japan. By: sej | | Ok, so i'm not properly in Tokyo itself, but i'm very close. There's not as much shopping to be done as I would have liked but what the hell.... I'm here, finally on my way!!! Made a couple of friends... |
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 | From Rags to Riches.......
2006-10-11, Tokyo, Japan. By: gertjonnys | | This morning, Wednesday October 11, I woke up a little chilled, a little sore, but in good spirits because all my stuff was still next to me…..I had just spent the night sleeping in the Kuala Lumpur I... |
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 | 10 days in Japan
2005-03-26, Tokyo, Japan. By: puttosai | | It was the first time I visited Japan, one of my favourite countries. (to be continued..) |
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 | The Real Japan-weeks 3+4
2006-09-06, Tokyo, Japan. By: hisern | | I recently got off the phone with a much overdue call to my parents. They had just been to Orlando, Florida and had visited “Japan World” at Disney’s Epcot Center. In 'Japan World' things are blissf... |
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 | Shrines of Kamakura: Second Week In Japan
2006-08-19, Tokyo, Japan. By: hisern | | Week two in Japan was just as surreal as the first. I finally decided to re-watch “Lost in Translation” and had a few good laughs at how well the strangeness of a westerner adapting to the crazy cult... |
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 | Nihon arrival: First Week In Japan!
2006-08-12, Tokyo, Japan. By: hisern | | I have now been in Tokyo, Japan for one week. I must say that is an overwhelming city filled with a myriad of spectacles. Harajuku girls (see photos) dress themselves up in gothic little bo peep clo... |
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 | July 2006
2006-07-18, Tokyo, Japan. By: sarahj | | Well its been such a long time since ive updated you on whats been happening over here...im in tokyo still teaching at a high school and doing design work. ive been really busy and glad to now be on h... |
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 | Tsukiji, Ginza & Tokyo
2006-06-22, Tokyo, Japan. By: silverwing | | The day started off late because someone decided to turn off the cellphone alarm :P It was unfortunate because we had planned to hit the famous Tsukiji Fish Market, which requires an extra early start... |
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 | Ghibli Museum & Shinjuku
2006-06-21, Tokyo, Japan. By: silverwing | | Today was our first experience using the JR rail system. Since we want to save our JR rail pass for the last day in Osaka for the airport train (or else it would cost 3000 yen), we decided to pick up ... |
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 | Asakusa & Akihabara
2006-06-20, Tokyo, Japan. By: silverwing | | The day started out not so bright and early because of poor air conditions causing a lot of allergies. But we managed to be out on the streets by 9am-ish. Thinking that we had made a late start, as we... |
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 | Miracles do happen
2006-06-19, Tokyo, Japan. By: silverwing | | For those that know me well, packing for any trip is a horrific even for me. I would rather do *anything* but pack...even while on a trip. So it was some miracle that I was packed and ready to leave f... |
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 | Being Bill
2006-03-21, Tokyo, Japan. By: vorn | | Rolling over at 615am on a hazy Beijing morning and recalling that you have ordered a 545am wake up and a 6am ride to the airport certainly combines for a quick wake up. Lucky he was still waiting or ... |
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 | Top 5 of Japan
2006-02-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | Whenever anybody left the country from our little Sangubashi community, we could perform the “Top 5 of Japan”. It seams like only yesterday I was performing these quizzes on Zoren and Matthew, last n... |
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