Friday, May 29, 2009

Vacationer Calm - Week 44 ( March 17 - March 23)

One of the main intersections in Harajuku. I was trying to get some pictures of unusual Japanese vehicles. Here we have a tiny, tiny truck.

Here we have the very common two person scooter

Eave decoration at Meiji-jingu

Shibuya station in the PM

Seth demonstrating what exactly it is to ROCK OUT!


Vacationer Calm

Week 44



Well, I can't say the next few weeks I'll be writing about were that exciting generally. Unfortunately you were curious enough to navigate to this page, so enjoy the very slow, flat ride!

*maniacal laughter*

Just kidding. March was a bit slow though.

This particular week saw an odd coincidence. One night while I was relaxing at home I got bored and started surfing YouTube watching old cartoons. You know, Tiny Toon Adventures, Looney Toons, Animaniacs, the good stuff. Oddly enough, while I was reliving the TV of my childhood, a woman messaged me on Facebook that I hadn't talked to in nearly 15 years, all the way back in Elementary School, when I was watching the very same shows.

Bizarre, but cool.

The weekend saw me head out to the Irish pub in Tachikawa on Saturday night to spend some time drinking with Sean before heading back to my place. Sunday was nice and lazy, but Monday was set up for some serious work.

Melissa had a friend of hers visiting from Korea. I therefore spent Monday afternoon hanging around with them visiting a few of the major Tokyo sites. Meiji-jingu, Harajuku, Shibuya. It was nice to wander around again, though a bit chilly. We even got to see the very start of the cherry blossom season in Yoyogi park. Sugoi!

Melissa's friend was pretty cool and joined up with us at Ben's place that night for some Rock Band. All and all though, not much to report from this week. Just another awesome 7 days in Japan.

Separating the wheat from the chaff

Ian "Mello Yello" Cantello

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