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Japan! Monday, April 3 - Homeward Bound
The Longest Day. Our last day in Japan , the first day of our return home, the 37-hour day in which we landed at Newark before...
sursumcorda, 17 April 2006 |
Japan! Sunday, April 2
We relaxed a bit this morning, spending our time packing, reading, and practicing kanji, depending on who we were. :) Our lunch...
Japan! Saturday, April 1
There was no view of Fuji today, which goes along with the weather change from yesterday's cold to much warmer today. We walked...
Japan! Friday, March 31
Mt. Fuji was beautiful again this morning, definitely worth getting up for. I took time today to begin packing, since...
Japan! Thursday, March 30
This was a much more relaxed day. Both Janet and I have personalities that require time for rejuvenation at home, and she is...
Japan! Wednesday, March 29
I was the only one up for a long time this morning, and was rewarded by a fabulous view of Mt. Fuji as I drank my tea in the...
The Start of School (April 10-12)
Monday, April 10 th was the first day of school with everyone together. There were a few classes, but mostly it was freshman...
Palm Sunday
Kasia and Leslie spent the night at my place Saturday and we stayed up rather late talking. It didn’t keep me from getting up at 7,...
Shingen-ko Festival: Kofu full of samurai!
Saturday, April 8 th I had to work since it was the entrance ceremony for the new freshman. It’s a good thing I like my school and...
Friday April 7th My 24th Birthday!
I guess I’m getting older. My birthday snuck up on me and passed without any great fanfare. Of course, I did celebrate when Mom...
Kakkoii!! How a nerd is cool in Japan
I realize I am once again behind in this blog, but I had such a funny moment at school today I felt like writing a separate post....
Japan! Tuesday, March 28
Today was a walking day, which we began by heading in the direction of Kofu. Our first stop was the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of...
Japan! Monday, March 27
A stay at a Japanese-style hotel includes breakfast, and we had arranged for ours to be at 8:00. This was truly a Japanese...
Japan! Sunday, March 26
We slept well last night and felt better this morning, which is a good thing because we had another busy day ahead of us. After...
Japan! Saturday, March 25
I was up first this morning, turning the heater on, making tea, and finishing up the potato salad. We all left early for school;...
Japan! Friday, March 24
For years we slept on a mattress on the floor, and we've always enjoyed camping, but both of us found it hard to sleep the first...
Japan! Wednesday/Thursday March 22/23
I'm going to try to give a detailed picture of our trip to Japan, though the posts may come slowly, as they are long. Well, the first...
April 6th (Hanami, new Ogino, bread buffet!)
Today was less stressful at school, but I still have lots of random papers and things to sort through and organize before school...
April 3-5 2006
Like I said, Monday (April 3 rd ) was a beautiful day so I was motivated to go for a run and clean up my apartment after my comfort...
Yankee or Rebel? What Your Speech Reveals
This has nothing to do with Japan, except that a link to the site was waiting for me in an e-mail when we returned. I scored "38%...
Reverse Culture Shock, on Awakening
The first thing I did this morning was fall out of bed. After 11 days of sleeping on a futon in Japan, the floor was two and a half...
Mom and Dad in Japan!!
Well, the past twelve days I have had no guilt that Mom is daily searching for a blog post, so writing slipped from the “to do”...
Learning about Worship from Japan
Modern American Christians know so little about worship, and I include myself as chief of sinners. I find it a difficult concept...
The Japanese Have the Coolest Toilets!
Chronological stories from our trip to Japan will have to wait until I have more time, but I'll try to fit in an occasionally tidbit...
March 21-22 before Mom and Dad’s visit
Tuesday was a national holiday for the vernal equinox and Wednesday I took the first day off since I’ve come to Japan! I used both...