Friday, August 14, 2009
Comiket!
Yesterday, I spent the morning in Hiroshima. Saw the Memorial Hall for Atomic Bomb Victims, and then checked out Hiroshima's downtown.... in the rain... Then took the Shinkansen (bullet-train) back to Tokyo (4hrs). I was pretty exahusted. Got up early to go to Comiket (Comic-market, the biggest comic convention in the world!) down in Odaiba, Tokyo. I stood in a crazy ass line for 2 hours to get in... (still beat Anime Expo in Long Beach). It would take several days to look at everything here. I ended the day by walking between the legs of a 1/1 scale Gundam. This is pretty much and Otaku's dream-land!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima...
So the first couple of nights back in Japan I stayed in Tokyo, at a capsule hotel. (The youth hostels were all booked.) Ran to Ueno, to exchange my cash I brought, and took care of the details for the next week.
I took the night bus to Kyoto, that was an adventure in and of it's self. Went to Inari and climbed though thousands and thousands of tori gates until I reached the top. Next day I checked out some temples and the Imperial Palace, then went to Osaka.
Saw the Osaka Castle, and the Umeda Sky building, then checked out downtown (huge). Took the night bus to Hiroshima. Where I checked out the Hiroshima Castle and the Hiroshima Peace Park/Memorial Museum. That's where I am now.
I took the night bus to Kyoto, that was an adventure in and of it's self. Went to Inari and climbed though thousands and thousands of tori gates until I reached the top. Next day I checked out some temples and the Imperial Palace, then went to Osaka.
Saw the Osaka Castle, and the Umeda Sky building, then checked out downtown (huge). Took the night bus to Hiroshima. Where I checked out the Hiroshima Castle and the Hiroshima Peace Park/Memorial Museum. That's where I am now.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
I'm a horrible blogger...
Yes, I admit it. I suck at blogging. So let's recap the last several months:
May 3rd, returned from Japan to the US, Los Angeles, California. No job, no home, and pretty broke. First day back got a parking ticket, discovered a lots of people were saying I owed them money for stuff that should have been taken care of months ago, and that my "back-up" credit card has been cancelled... Fortunately I had some good friends, who were there to help me out. I discovered new levels of how to stretch a dollar. Did some crazy stuff to make some quick cash, and now I'm back! August 6th, I have returned to Japan.
It was fun being back in LA for a while. I got to see just about everyone again. Went to some cool, cozy little parties. Spent some time with family that I have not done for a long, long while.
I still have several videos in the works from the last trip to post up eventually, but for now, it's time to explore. =)
Maybe I'll be better at blogging this time.... maybe....
May 3rd, returned from Japan to the US, Los Angeles, California. No job, no home, and pretty broke. First day back got a parking ticket, discovered a lots of people were saying I owed them money for stuff that should have been taken care of months ago, and that my "back-up" credit card has been cancelled... Fortunately I had some good friends, who were there to help me out. I discovered new levels of how to stretch a dollar. Did some crazy stuff to make some quick cash, and now I'm back! August 6th, I have returned to Japan.
It was fun being back in LA for a while. I got to see just about everyone again. Went to some cool, cozy little parties. Spent some time with family that I have not done for a long, long while.
I still have several videos in the works from the last trip to post up eventually, but for now, it's time to explore. =)
Maybe I'll be better at blogging this time.... maybe....
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