I was invited by my Japanese sensei to a 新年会 (New Years Party) today. It was held at a cultural center about 20 minutes from my house. At first I was kind of worry what sort of party it was going to be, but it turned out to be a lot of fun! There were a lot of families with small children inside. The kids were so cute! I mostly stayed close by my sensei and a couple of classmates….
Disclaimer: I swear this is the last vacation entry I’m going to post for the next half of year. Unless of course my favourite newscaster comes to Canada and by some miracle I can teleport myself to Vancouver. Please bear with me. I need to finish this before I seriously forget everything I did back in November. So voilà ~ I present you the last entry: Hong Kong +++ It’s been almost two years since I last step foot in HK,…
It was certainly the best weather we had during our two week stay in Japan. The sun was out, it was warm (for Tokyo standards) and all the leftover fall colours made it absolutely breathtaking strolling down the old streets of Kamakura. +++ We started the day at Shinjuku Station where I met Yuka and Junko before boarding a train to Kamakura. The ride took about an hour, and we were chatting about everything from Arashi to HK films. Later…
It’s taken me forever finish cataloguing a third of my trip. I need to hurry up and finish writing entries before I forget everything I did! Plus I”ve had to backpost all these entries! +++ So moving onto Tokyo – We took a 50-seater plane from Sapporo to Tokyo. It was the tiniest plane I’ve ever been on, but luckily there wasn’t a lot of turbulence and we landed in Tokyo safely. As we were running late, the first thing…
It didn’t seem like we had done anything in Hokkaido other than attend the Arashi concert. On Monday we finally had a full day of sightseeing. We took a side trip to Otaru, which is about 45 minutes away from Sapporo. Otaru is a town right by the water, so the sushi is there very fresh. That was one of the main things I was looking forward to when I arrived, as well as the chance to enjoy the hot…